diff --git a/mercurial/bundle2.py b/mercurial/bundle2.py
--- a/mercurial/bundle2.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundle2.py
@@ -1490,11 +1490,18 @@
                 'stream': ('v2',),
                }
 
-def getrepocaps(repo, allowpushback=False):
+def getrepocaps(repo, allowpushback=False, role=None):
     """return the bundle2 capabilities for a given repo
 
     Exists to allow extensions (like evolution) to mutate the capabilities.
+
+    The returned value is used for servers advertising their capabilities as
+    well as clients advertising their capabilities to servers as part of
+    bundle2 requests. The ``role`` argument specifies which is which.
     """
+    if role not in ('client', 'server'):
+        raise error.ProgrammingError('role argument must be client or server')
+
     caps = capabilities.copy()
     caps['changegroup'] = tuple(sorted(
         changegroup.supportedincomingversions(repo)))
diff --git a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
--- a/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/bundlerepo.py
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
             kwargs = {}
             kwargs[r'common'] = common
             kwargs[r'heads'] = rheads
-            kwargs[r'bundlecaps'] = exchange.caps20to10(repo)
+            kwargs[r'bundlecaps'] = exchange.caps20to10(repo, role='client')
             kwargs[r'cg'] = True
             b2 = other.getbundle('incoming', **kwargs)
             fname = bundle = changegroup.writechunks(ui, b2._forwardchunks(),
diff --git a/mercurial/exchange.py b/mercurial/exchange.py
--- a/mercurial/exchange.py
+++ b/mercurial/exchange.py
@@ -1015,7 +1015,8 @@
 
     # create reply capability
     capsblob = bundle2.encodecaps(bundle2.getrepocaps(pushop.repo,
-                                                      allowpushback=pushback))
+                                                      allowpushback=pushback,
+                                                      role='client'))
     bundler.newpart('replycaps', data=capsblob)
     replyhandlers = []
     for partgenname in b2partsgenorder:
@@ -1448,7 +1449,7 @@
     """pull data using bundle2
 
     For now, the only supported data are changegroup."""
-    kwargs = {'bundlecaps': caps20to10(pullop.repo)}
+    kwargs = {'bundlecaps': caps20to10(pullop.repo, role='client')}
 
     # make ui easier to access
     ui = pullop.repo.ui
@@ -1680,10 +1681,10 @@
             pullop.repo.invalidatevolatilesets()
     return tr
 
-def caps20to10(repo):
+def caps20to10(repo, role):
     """return a set with appropriate options to use bundle20 during getbundle"""
     caps = {'HG20'}
-    capsblob = bundle2.encodecaps(bundle2.getrepocaps(repo))
+    capsblob = bundle2.encodecaps(bundle2.getrepocaps(repo, role=role))
     caps.add('bundle2=' + urlreq.quote(capsblob))
     return caps
 
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -577,7 +577,8 @@
     def _restrictcapabilities(self, caps):
         if self.ui.configbool('experimental', 'bundle2-advertise'):
             caps = set(caps)
-            capsblob = bundle2.encodecaps(bundle2.getrepocaps(self))
+            capsblob = bundle2.encodecaps(bundle2.getrepocaps(self,
+                                                              role='client'))
             caps.add('bundle2=' + urlreq.quote(capsblob))
         return caps
 
diff --git a/mercurial/wireproto.py b/mercurial/wireproto.py
--- a/mercurial/wireproto.py
+++ b/mercurial/wireproto.py
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
         else:
             caps.append('streamreqs=%s' % ','.join(sorted(requiredformats)))
     if repo.ui.configbool('experimental', 'bundle2-advertise'):
-        capsblob = bundle2.encodecaps(bundle2.getrepocaps(repo))
+        capsblob = bundle2.encodecaps(bundle2.getrepocaps(repo, role='server'))
         caps.append('bundle2=' + urlreq.quote(capsblob))
     caps.append('unbundle=%s' % ','.join(bundle2.bundlepriority))