diff --git a/cli/compose/convert/service.go b/cli/compose/convert/service.go
index d7f64d1863..7bcce00217 100644
--- a/cli/compose/convert/service.go
+++ b/cli/compose/convert/service.go
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ func Service(
 				Isolation:       container.Isolation(service.Isolation),
 				Init:            service.Init,
 				Sysctls:         service.Sysctls,
+				CapabilityAdd:   service.CapAdd,
+				CapabilityDrop:  service.CapDrop,
 			},
 			LogDriver:     logDriver,
 			Resources:     resources,
diff --git a/cli/compose/convert/service_test.go b/cli/compose/convert/service_test.go
index 72e27f2f06..b7363a07fa 100644
--- a/cli/compose/convert/service_test.go
+++ b/cli/compose/convert/service_test.go
@@ -623,3 +623,29 @@ func TestConvertUpdateConfigParallelism(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	assert.Check(t, is.Equal(parallel, updateConfig.Parallelism))
 }
+
+func TestConvertServiceCapAddAndCapDrop(t *testing.T) {
+	// test default behavior
+	result, err := Service("1.41", Namespace{name: "foo"}, composetypes.ServiceConfig{}, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	assert.Check(t, is.DeepEqual(result.TaskTemplate.ContainerSpec.CapabilityAdd, []string(nil)))
+	assert.Check(t, is.DeepEqual(result.TaskTemplate.ContainerSpec.CapabilityDrop, []string(nil)))
+
+	// with some values
+	service := composetypes.ServiceConfig{
+		CapAdd: []string{
+			"SYS_NICE",
+			"CAP_NET_ADMIN",
+		},
+		CapDrop: []string{
+			"CHOWN",
+			"DAC_OVERRIDE",
+			"CAP_FSETID",
+			"CAP_FOWNER",
+		},
+	}
+	result, err = Service("1.41", Namespace{name: "foo"}, service, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	assert.Check(t, is.DeepEqual(result.TaskTemplate.ContainerSpec.CapabilityAdd, service.CapAdd))
+	assert.Check(t, is.DeepEqual(result.TaskTemplate.ContainerSpec.CapabilityDrop, service.CapDrop))
+}
diff --git a/cli/compose/types/types.go b/cli/compose/types/types.go
index d490d2122c..fd748d62b2 100644
--- a/cli/compose/types/types.go
+++ b/cli/compose/types/types.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 // UnsupportedProperties not yet supported by this implementation of the compose file
 var UnsupportedProperties = []string{
 	"build",
-	"cap_add",
-	"cap_drop",
 	"cgroupns_mode",
 	"cgroup_parent",
 	"devices",