diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb4629f..bf4723a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ nu-ansi-term = { version = "0.50", optional = true }
 crossterm = { version = "0.27", optional = true }
 owo-colors = { version = "4.0", optional = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+capctl = "0.2.4"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "^3"
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1032dc1..05257d7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ pub trait Colorable {
 
     /// Try to get the metadata for this file.
     fn metadata(&self) -> Option<Metadata>;
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    fn has_capabilities(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            capctl::caps::FileCaps::get_for_file(self.path()),
+            Ok(Some(..))
+        )
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+    fn has_capabilities(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
 }
 
 impl Colorable for DirEntry {
@@ -333,11 +345,14 @@ impl LsColors {
                     if let Some(metadata) = file.metadata() {
                         let mode = crate::fs::mode(&metadata);
                         let nlink = crate::fs::nlink(&metadata);
-
                         if self.has_color_for(Indicator::Setuid) && mode & 0o4000 != 0 {
                             return Indicator::Setuid;
                         } else if self.has_color_for(Indicator::Setgid) && mode & 0o2000 != 0 {
                             return Indicator::Setgid;
+                        } else if self.has_color_for(Indicator::Capabilities)
+                            && file.has_capabilities()
+                        {
+                            return Indicator::Capabilities;
                         } else if self.has_color_for(Indicator::ExecutableFile)
                             && mode & 0o0111 != 0
                         {