--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java	
+++ a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java	
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public class FTP extends Task implements FTPTaskConfig {
     protected static final int CHMOD = 5;
     protected static final int RM_DIR = 6;
     protected static final int SITE_CMD = 7;
+    protected static final int FEAT = 8;
     /** return code of ftp */
     private static final int CODE_521 = 521;
     private static final int CODE_550 = 550;
@@ -2176,6 +2177,30 @@ public class FTP extends Task implements FTPTaskConfig {
     }
     /**
+     * Sends the feat command to the ftp server
+     * @param ftp ftp client
+     * @throws IOException  in unknown circumstances
+     * @throws BuildException in unknown circumstances
+     */
+    protected void doFeatCommand(FTPClient ftp)
+        throws IOException, BuildException {
+
+        log("Doing Feat Command: ", Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
+
+        // use commons-net 1.4 compatible syntax although there
+        // are alternatives for newer versions
+        if (ftp.sendCommand("FEAT") != 211) {
+            log("Failed to issue Feat Command: ", Project.MSG_WARN);
+        } else {
+            for (String reply : ftp.getReplyStrings()) {
+                if (reply != null && !reply.contains("211")) {
+                    log(reply, Project.MSG_WARN);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Sends a single file to the remote host. <code>filename</code> may
      * contain a relative path specification. When this is the case, <code>sendFile</code>
      * will attempt to create any necessary parent directories before sending
@@ -2590,6 +2615,11 @@ public class FTP extends Task implements FTPTaskConfig {
                 executeRetryable(new RetryHandler(this.retriesAllowed, this),
                     () -> doSiteCommand(lftp, FTP.this.siteCommand),
                     "Site Command: " + this.siteCommand);
+            } else if (action == FEAT) {
+                final FTPClient lftp = ftp;
+                executeRetryable(new RetryHandler(this.retriesAllowed, this),
+                    () -> doFeatCommand(lftp),
+                    "Feat Command");
             } else {
                 if (remotedir != null) {
                     log("changing the remote directory to " + remotedir,
@@ -2644,13 +2674,13 @@ public class FTP extends Task implements FTPTaskConfig {
     /**
      * an action to perform, one of
      * "send", "put", "recv", "get", "del", "delete", "list", "mkdir", "chmod",
-     * "rmdir"
+     * "rmdir", "feat"
      */
     public static class Action extends EnumeratedAttribute {
         private static final String[] VALID_ACTIONS = {
             "send", "put", "recv", "get", "del", "delete", "list", "mkdir",
-            "chmod", "rmdir", "site"
+            "chmod", "rmdir", "site", "feat"
         };
         /**
@@ -2689,6 +2719,8 @@ public class FTP extends Task implements FTPTaskConfig {
                 return RM_DIR;
             case "site":
                 return SITE_CMD;
+            case "feat":
+                return FEAT;
             default:
                 return SEND_FILES;
             }