diff --git a/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/BrambleCoreIntegrationTestModule.java b/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/BrambleCoreIntegrationTestModule.java
index ab30c90a65629c7bcf8881711c87c4eeb14b6641..8b06bc4169a3f2fdade37f6e00b674817fd2a3e9 100644
--- a/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/BrambleCoreIntegrationTestModule.java
+++ b/bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/BrambleCoreIntegrationTestModule.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.test;
 
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.FeatureFlags;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.battery.DefaultBatteryManagerModule;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.event.DefaultEventExecutorModule;
 
 import dagger.Module;
+import dagger.Provides;
 
 @Module(includes = {
 		DefaultBatteryManagerModule.class,
@@ -13,4 +15,20 @@ import dagger.Module;
 		TestSecureRandomModule.class
 })
 public class BrambleCoreIntegrationTestModule {
+
+	@Provides
+	FeatureFlags provideFeatureFlags() {
+		return new FeatureFlags() {
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean shouldEnableImageAttachments() {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean shouldEnableRemoteContacts() {
+				return true;
+			}
+		};
+	}
 }
diff --git a/briar-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/messaging/MessagingModule.java b/briar-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/messaging/MessagingModule.java
index c9a55cff8e4f39e2f7433dc93600575104f13f5c..17b77ef39006ce6e68e6156ef27e7aea35a69f33 100644
--- a/briar-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/messaging/MessagingModule.java
+++ b/briar-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/messaging/MessagingModule.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.briarproject.briar.messaging;
 
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.FeatureFlags;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.data.BdfReaderFactory;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.data.MetadataEncoder;
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import dagger.Provides;
 
 import static org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.MessagingManager.CLIENT_ID;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.MessagingManager.MAJOR_VERSION;
-import static org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.MessagingManager.MINOR_VERSION;
 
 @Module
 public class MessagingModule {
@@ -57,14 +57,17 @@ public class MessagingModule {
 			ContactManager contactManager, ValidationManager validationManager,
 			ConversationManager conversationManager,
 			ClientVersioningManager clientVersioningManager,
-			MessagingManagerImpl messagingManager) {
+			FeatureFlags featureFlags, MessagingManagerImpl messagingManager) {
 		lifecycleManager.registerOpenDatabaseHook(messagingManager);
 		contactManager.registerContactHook(messagingManager);
 		validationManager.registerIncomingMessageHook(CLIENT_ID, MAJOR_VERSION,
 				messagingManager);
 		conversationManager.registerConversationClient(messagingManager);
+		// Advertise the current or previous minor version depending on the
+		// feature flag
+		int minorVersion = featureFlags.shouldEnableImageAttachments() ? 1 : 0;
 		clientVersioningManager.registerClient(CLIENT_ID, MAJOR_VERSION,
-				MINOR_VERSION, messagingManager);
+				minorVersion, messagingManager);
 		return messagingManager;
 	}
 
diff --git a/briar-headless/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/HeadlessModule.kt b/briar-headless/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/HeadlessModule.kt
index 1a4c2a4b0c8856d8187ba2066b18ea5dd0bb42b4..af765e114e5e355f2dc3be5b94112b5e5a0e5631 100644
--- a/briar-headless/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/HeadlessModule.kt
+++ b/briar-headless/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/HeadlessModule.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.briarproject.briar.headless
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import dagger.Module
 import dagger.Provides
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.FeatureFlags
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseConfig
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus
@@ -94,4 +95,9 @@ internal class HeadlessModule(private val appDir: File) {
     @Singleton
     internal fun provideObjectMapper() = ObjectMapper()
 
+    @Provides
+    internal fun provideFeatureFlags() = object : FeatureFlags {
+        override fun shouldEnableImageAttachments() = false
+        override fun shouldEnableRemoteContacts() = true
+    }
 }
diff --git a/briar-headless/src/test/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/HeadlessTestModule.kt b/briar-headless/src/test/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/HeadlessTestModule.kt
index c8f2b7d21df8bb51d84b5a7f3050401f5e160c62..160efd8f076b11a2ba919d3b61c0cdaebc5a0106 100644
--- a/briar-headless/src/test/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/HeadlessTestModule.kt
+++ b/briar-headless/src/test/java/org/briarproject/briar/headless/HeadlessTestModule.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.briarproject.briar.headless
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import dagger.Module
 import dagger.Provides
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.FeatureFlags
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseConfig
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.PluginConfig
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.duplex.DuplexPluginFactory
@@ -61,4 +62,9 @@ internal class HeadlessTestModule(private val appDir: File) {
     @Singleton
     internal fun provideObjectMapper() = ObjectMapper()
 
+    @Provides
+    internal fun provideFeatureFlags() = object : FeatureFlags {
+        override fun shouldEnableImageAttachments() = false
+        override fun shouldEnableRemoteContacts() = true
+    }
 }