diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index f7a299431e6c..f2ef2a170d9f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,8 @@ static struct ib_ucontext *mlx5_ib_alloc_ucontext(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 		resp.response_length += sizeof(resp.cqe_version);
 
 	if (field_avail(typeof(resp), cmds_supp_uhw, udata->outlen)) {
-		resp.cmds_supp_uhw |= MLX5_USER_CMDS_SUPP_UHW_QUERY_DEVICE;
+		resp.cmds_supp_uhw |= MLX5_USER_CMDS_SUPP_UHW_QUERY_DEVICE |
+				      MLX5_USER_CMDS_SUPP_UHW_CREATE_AH;
 		resp.response_length += sizeof(resp.cmds_supp_uhw);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5-abi.h b/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5-abi.h
index b0a41c8dc1fb..ac28729a1245 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5-abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/mlx5-abi.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ enum mlx5_ib_alloc_ucontext_resp_mask {
 
 enum mlx5_user_cmds_supp_uhw {
 	MLX5_USER_CMDS_SUPP_UHW_QUERY_DEVICE = 1 << 0,
+	MLX5_USER_CMDS_SUPP_UHW_CREATE_AH    = 1 << 1,
 };
 
 struct mlx5_ib_alloc_ucontext_resp {