diff --git a/src/platform/silabs/wifi/SiWx/WifiInterface.cpp b/src/platform/silabs/wifi/SiWx/WifiInterface.cpp
index 96a12ab6bc..5e59407de1 100644
--- a/src/platform/silabs/wifi/SiWx/WifiInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/silabs/wifi/SiWx/WifiInterface.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ const sl_wifi_device_configuration_t config = {
 #ifdef SLI_SI91X_MCU_INTERFACE
                          (SL_SI91X_FEAT_SECURITY_OPEN | SL_SI91X_FEAT_WPS_DISABLE),
 #else
-                         (SL_SI91X_FEAT_SECURITY_OPEN | SL_SI91X_FEAT_AGGREGATION),
+                         (SL_SI91X_FEAT_SECURITY_OPEN | SL_SI91X_FEAT_AGGREGATION | SL_SI91X_FEAT_ULP_GPIO_BASED_HANDSHAKE |
+                          SL_SI91X_FEAT_DEV_TO_HOST_ULP_GPIO_1),
 #endif
                      .tcp_ip_feature_bit_map = (SL_SI91X_TCP_IP_FEAT_DHCPV4_CLIENT | SL_SI91X_TCP_IP_FEAT_DNS_CLIENT |
                                                 SL_SI91X_TCP_IP_FEAT_SSL | SL_SI91X_TCP_IP_FEAT_BYPASS