diff --git a/tests/api/test_connect.py b/tests/api/test_connect.py
index 3630437e..c4de8891 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_connect.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_connect.py
@@ -115,6 +115,27 @@ async def test_connect_skip_bootloader_rts_dtr_pins(make_znp_server, mocker):
     znp.close()
 
 
+async def test_connect_skip_bootloader_config(make_znp_server, mocker):
+    znp_server = make_znp_server(server_cls=BaseServerZNP)
+    znp = ZNP(config_for_port_path(znp_server.port_path))
+    znp._znp_config["skip_bootloader"] = False
+
+    mocker.patch.object(znp.nvram, "determine_alignment", new=CoroutineMock())
+    mocker.patch.object(znp, "detect_zstack_version", new=CoroutineMock())
+
+    znp_server.reply_to(
+        c.SYS.Ping.Req(), responses=[c.SYS.Ping.Rsp(Capabilities=t.MTCapabilities.SYS)]
+    )
+
+    await znp.connect(test_port=True)
+
+    serial = znp._uart._transport
+    assert serial._mock_dtr_prop.called is False
+    assert serial._mock_rts_prop.called is False
+
+    znp.close()
+
+
 async def test_api_close(connected_znp, mocker):
     znp, znp_server = connected_znp
     uart = znp._uart
diff --git a/zigpy_znp/api.py b/zigpy_znp/api.py
index 941314da..555c6b52 100644
--- a/zigpy_znp/api.py
+++ b/zigpy_znp/api.py
@@ -734,7 +734,12 @@ async def connect(self, *, test_port=True) -> None:
             # prevent any data from being sent
             if test_port:
                 # The reset indication callback is sent when some sticks start up
-                self.capabilities = (await self._skip_bootloader()).Capabilities
+                if self._znp_config[conf.CONF_SKIP_BOOTLOADER]:
+                    self.capabilities = (await self._skip_bootloader()).Capabilities
+                else:
+                    self.capabilities = (
+                        await self.request(c.SYS.Ping.Req())
+                    ).Capabilities
 
                 # We need to know how structs are packed to deserialize frames correctly
                 await self.nvram.determine_alignment()