diff --git a/lang/cpp/src/context.cpp b/lang/cpp/src/context.cpp
index 9e31b6a9..20d827ec 100644
--- a/lang/cpp/src/context.cpp
+++ b/lang/cpp/src/context.cpp
@@ -1519,6 +1519,7 @@ static const unsigned long supported_features = 0
         ;
 
 static const unsigned long supported_features2 = 0
+        | GpgME::BinaryAndFineGrainedIdentify
         ;
 
 bool GpgME::hasFeature(unsigned long features)
diff --git a/lang/cpp/src/global.h b/lang/cpp/src/global.h
index 9be5202c..508e1d76 100644
--- a/lang/cpp/src/global.h
+++ b/lang/cpp/src/global.h
@@ -131,8 +131,10 @@ enum Feature {
     FeatureMaxValue                            = 0x80000000
 };
 enum Feature2 {
+    BinaryAndFineGrainedIdentify               = 0x00000001, // gpgme >= 1.7.0
     Feature2MaxValue                           = 0x80000000
 };
+
 // use hasFeature( unsigned long, unsigned long ) instead
 GPGMEPP_DEPRECATED_EXPORT bool hasFeature(unsigned long feature);
 GPGMEPP_EXPORT bool hasFeature(unsigned long feature, unsigned long feature2);