diff --git a/include/mraa_internal_types.h b/include/mraa_internal_types.h
index 6f097fd..cf37c4c 100644
--- a/include/mraa_internal_types.h
+++ b/include/mraa_internal_types.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct _i2c {
     int busnum; /**< the bus number of the /dev/i2c-* device */
     int fh; /**< the file handle to the /dev/i2c-* device */
     int addr; /**< the address of the i2c slave */
+    unsigned long funcs;
     /*@}*/
 };
 
diff --git a/src/i2c/i2c.c b/src/i2c/i2c.c
index 2386827..ba7d051 100644
--- a/src/i2c/i2c.c
+++ b/src/i2c/i2c.c
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ mraa_i2c_init_raw(unsigned int bus)
         syslog(LOG_ERR, "i2c: Failed to open requested i2c port %s", filepath);
     }
 
+    if (ioctl(dev->fh, I2C_FUNCS, &dev->funcs) < 0) {
+        syslog(LOG_CRIT, "i2c: Failed to get I2C_FUNC map from device");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     if (advance_func->i2c_init_post != NULL) {
         mraa_result_t ret = advance_func->i2c_init_post(dev);
         if (ret != MRAA_SUCCESS) {