diff --git a/prov/efa/src/efa_shm.c b/prov/efa/src/efa_shm.c
index 624c8cfd10e..3aff0f1b87f 100644
--- a/prov/efa/src/efa_shm.c
+++ b/prov/efa/src/efa_shm.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void efa_shm_info_create(const struct fi_info *app_info, struct fi_info **shm_in
 
 	shm_hints->domain_attr->threading = app_info->domain_attr->threading;
 	shm_hints->domain_attr->av_type = FI_AV_TABLE;
-	shm_hints->domain_attr->caps |= FI_LOCAL_COMM;
+	shm_hints->domain_attr->caps |= FI_LOCAL_COMM | FI_PEER | FI_AV_USER_ID;
 	shm_hints->tx_attr->msg_order = FI_ORDER_SAS;
 	shm_hints->rx_attr->msg_order = FI_ORDER_SAS;
 	/*
diff --git a/prov/shm/src/smr_attr.c b/prov/shm/src/smr_attr.c
index 3e58d9c25c5..7b300f118bb 100644
--- a/prov/shm/src/smr_attr.c
+++ b/prov/shm/src/smr_attr.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #define SMR_RX_CAPS (FI_SOURCE | FI_RMA_EVENT | OFI_RX_MSG_CAPS | FI_TAGGED | \
 		     OFI_RX_RMA_CAPS | FI_ATOMICS | FI_DIRECTED_RECV | \
 		     FI_MULTI_RECV)
+#define SMR_DOMAIN_CAPS (FI_LOCAL_COMM | FI_PEER | FI_AV_USER_ID)
 #define SMR_HMEM_TX_CAPS (SMR_TX_CAPS | FI_HMEM)
 #define SMR_HMEM_RX_CAPS (SMR_RX_CAPS | FI_HMEM)
 #define SMR_TX_OP_FLAGS (FI_COMPLETION | FI_INJECT_COMPLETE | \
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ struct fi_domain_attr smr_domain_attr = {
 	.max_ep_tx_ctx = 1,
 	.max_ep_rx_ctx = 1,
 	.mr_iov_limit = SMR_IOV_LIMIT,
-	.caps = FI_LOCAL_COMM,
+	.caps = SMR_DOMAIN_CAPS,
 };
 
 struct fi_domain_attr smr_hmem_domain_attr = {
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ struct fi_domain_attr smr_hmem_domain_attr = {
 	.max_ep_tx_ctx = 1,
 	.max_ep_rx_ctx = 1,
 	.mr_iov_limit = SMR_IOV_LIMIT,
-	.caps = FI_LOCAL_COMM,
+	.caps = SMR_DOMAIN_CAPS,
 };
 
 struct fi_fabric_attr smr_fabric_attr = {
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ struct fi_fabric_attr smr_fabric_attr = {
 };
 
 struct fi_info smr_hmem_info = {
-	.caps = SMR_HMEM_TX_CAPS | SMR_HMEM_RX_CAPS | FI_MULTI_RECV | FI_LOCAL_COMM,
+	.caps = SMR_HMEM_TX_CAPS | SMR_HMEM_RX_CAPS | FI_MULTI_RECV |
+		SMR_DOMAIN_CAPS,
 	.addr_format = FI_ADDR_STR,
 	.tx_attr = &smr_hmem_tx_attr,
 	.rx_attr = &smr_hmem_rx_attr,
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ struct fi_info smr_hmem_info = {
 
 struct fi_info smr_info = {
 	.caps = SMR_TX_CAPS | SMR_RX_CAPS | FI_MULTI_RECV | FI_LOCAL_COMM,
+		SMR_DOMAIN_CAPS,
 	.addr_format = FI_ADDR_STR,
 	.tx_attr = &smr_tx_attr,
 	.rx_attr = &smr_rx_attr,