diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CapabilitiesController.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CapabilitiesController.java
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+package it.inaf.oats.vospace;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
+
+@RestController
+public class CapabilitiesController {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private HttpServletRequest request;
+
+    @GetMapping(value = "/capabilities", produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE, MediaType.TEXT_XML_VALUE})
+    public String getCapabilities() throws IOException {
+        String xml = loadCapabilitiesXmlTemplate();
+        return xml.replace("{{ base_url }}", getBaseUrl());
+    }
+
+    private String loadCapabilitiesXmlTemplate() throws IOException {
+        try ( InputStream in = CapabilitiesController.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("capabilities.xml")) {
+            Scanner s = new Scanner(in).useDelimiter("\\A");
+            return s.hasNext() ? s.next() : "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generate base URL considering also proxied requests.
+     */
+    private String getBaseUrl() {
+
+        String forwaredProtocol = request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Proto");
+        String scheme = forwaredProtocol != null ? forwaredProtocol : request.getScheme();
+
+        String forwardedHost = request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Host");
+        if (forwardedHost != null && forwardedHost.contains(",")) {
+            // X-Forwarded-Host can be a list of comma separated values
+            forwardedHost = forwardedHost.split(",")[0];
+        }
+        String host = forwardedHost != null ? forwardedHost : request.getServerName();
+
+        UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder.newInstance()
+                .scheme(scheme).host(host).path(request.getContextPath());
+
+        if (forwardedHost == null) {
+            builder.port(request.getServerPort());
+        }
+
+        return builder.toUriString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/capabilities.xml b/src/main/resources/capabilities.xml
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+++ b/src/main/resources/capabilities.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<vosi:capabilities xmlns:vosi="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOSICapabilities/v1.0" xmlns:vs="http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VODataService/v1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSI#capabilities">
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/capabilities</accessURL>
+        </interface>
+    </capability>
+    <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSI#availability">
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/availability</accessURL>
+        </interface>
+    </capability>
+    <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSpace/v2.0#views">
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/views</accessURL>
+        </interface>
+    </capability>
+    <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSpace/v2.0#nodes">
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="base">{{ base_url }}/nodes</accessURL>
+        </interface>
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="base">{{ base_url }}/nodes</accessURL>
+            <securityMethod standardID="vos://cadc.nrc.ca~vospace/CADC/std/Auth#token-1.0"/>
+        </interface>
+    </capability>
+    <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSpace/v2.0#transfers">
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/transfers</accessURL>
+        </interface>
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/transfers</accessURL>
+            <securityMethod standardID="vos://cadc.nrc.ca~vospace/CADC/std/Auth#token-1.0"/>
+        </interface>
+    </capability>
+    <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSpace/v2.0#sync">
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/synctrans</accessURL>
+        </interface>
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/synctrans</accessURL>
+            <securityMethod standardID="vos://cadc.nrc.ca~vospace/CADC/std/Auth#token-1.0"/>
+        </interface>
+    </capability>
+    <capability standardID="ivo://ivoa.net/std/VOSpace#sync-2.1">
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/synctrans</accessURL>
+        </interface>
+        <interface xsi:type="vs:ParamHTTP" role="std">
+            <accessURL use="full">{{ base_url }}/synctrans</accessURL>
+            <securityMethod standardID="vos://cadc.nrc.ca~vospace/CADC/std/Auth#token-1.0"/>
+        </interface>
+    </capability>
+</vosi:capabilities>
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diff --git a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CapabilitiesControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CapabilitiesControllerTest.java
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+++ b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CapabilitiesControllerTest.java
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+package it.inaf.oats.vospace;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
+
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+public class CapabilitiesControllerTest {
+
+    private MockMvc mockMvc;
+
+    @Mock
+    private HttpServletRequest request;
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    private CapabilitiesController controller;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void init() {
+        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(controller).build();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetCapabilitiesBase() throws Exception {
+
+        when(request.getServerName()).thenReturn("ia2.inaf.it");
+        when(request.getServerPort()).thenReturn(8080);
+        when(request.getContextPath()).thenReturn("/vospace");
+        when(request.getScheme()).thenReturn("http");
+
+        String xml = mockMvc.perform(get("/capabilities"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString();
+
+        assertTrue(xml.contains("http://ia2.inaf.it:8080/vospace/nodes"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetCapabilitiesProxied() throws Exception {
+
+        when(request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Proto")).thenReturn("https");
+        when(request.getHeader("X-Forwarded-Host")).thenReturn("ia2.inaf.it,server2.ia2.inaf.it");
+
+        when(request.getContextPath()).thenReturn("/vospace");
+
+        String xml = mockMvc.perform(get("/capabilities"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andReturn().getResponse().getContentAsString();
+
+        assertTrue(xml.contains("https://ia2.inaf.it/vospace/nodes"));
+    }
+}