diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
index 846d7fd7a9..f54536b499 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 #define VMXNET3_RX_OFFLOAD_CAP		\
 	(DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP |	\
+	 DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_FILTER |   \
 	 DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER |	\
 	 DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM |	\
 	 DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |	\