diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/driver-call.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/driver-call.go
index 4640c51d8bb..aad05eeb159 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/driver-call.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/driver-call.go
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ const (
 
 	optionKeyServiceAccountName = "kubernetes.io/serviceAccount.name"
 
-	attachCapability = "attach"
+	attachCapability         = "attach"
+	selinuxRelabelCapability = "selinuxRelabel"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ type DriverCall struct {
 	args    []string
 }
 
+type driverCapabilities struct {
+	attach         bool
+	selinuxRelabel bool
+}
+
 func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) NewDriverCall(command string) *DriverCall {
 	return plugin.NewDriverCallWithTimeout(command, 0)
 }
@@ -235,3 +241,23 @@ func handleCmdResponse(cmd string, output []byte) (*DriverStatus, error) {
 
 	return &status, nil
 }
+
+// getDriverCapabilities returns the reported capabilities as returned by driver's init() function
+func (ds *DriverStatus) getDriverCapabilities() *driverCapabilities {
+	driverCaps := &driverCapabilities{
+		attach:         true,
+		selinuxRelabel: true,
+	}
+
+	// Check if driver supports SELinux Relabeling of mounted volume
+	if dcap, ok := ds.Capabilities[selinuxRelabelCapability]; ok {
+		driverCaps.selinuxRelabel = dcap
+	}
+
+	// Check whether the plugin is attachable.
+	if dcap, ok := ds.Capabilities[attachCapability]; ok {
+		driverCaps.attach = dcap
+	}
+
+	return driverCaps
+}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/mounter-defaults.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/mounter-defaults.go
index a8586b46ec9..a3996d4da3c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/mounter-defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/mounter-defaults.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (f *mounterDefaults) GetAttributes() volume.Attributes {
 	return volume.Attributes{
 		ReadOnly:        f.readOnly,
 		Managed:         !f.readOnly,
-		SupportsSELinux: true,
+		SupportsSELinux: f.flexVolume.plugin.capabilities.selinuxRelabel,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
index 955a47c3c00..2e54aae964c 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/flexvolume/plugin.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type flexVolumePlugin struct {
 	runner     exec.Interface
 
 	sync.Mutex
+	capabilities        *driverCapabilities
 	unsupportedCommands []string
 }
 
@@ -64,44 +65,29 @@ func NewFlexVolumePlugin(pluginDir, name string) (volume.VolumePlugin, error) {
 		unsupportedCommands: []string{},
 	}
 
-	// Check whether the plugin is attachable.
-	ok, err := isAttachable(flexPlugin)
+	// Retrieve driver reported capabilities
+	call := flexPlugin.NewDriverCall(initCmd)
+	ds, err := call.Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if ok {
-		// Plugin supports attach/detach, so return flexVolumeAttachablePlugin
+	driverCaps := ds.getDriverCapabilities()
+	flexPlugin.capabilities = driverCaps
+
+	// Check whether the plugin is attachable.
+	if driverCaps.attach {
+		// Plugin supports attach/detach by default, so return flexVolumeAttachablePlugin
 		return &flexVolumeAttachablePlugin{flexVolumePlugin: flexPlugin}, nil
 	} else {
 		return flexPlugin, nil
 	}
 }
 
-func isAttachable(plugin *flexVolumePlugin) (bool, error) {
-	call := plugin.NewDriverCall(initCmd)
-	res, err := call.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	// By default all plugins are attachable, unless they report otherwise.
-	cap, ok := res.Capabilities[attachCapability]
-	if ok {
-		// cap is false, so plugin does not support attach/detach calls.
-		return cap, nil
-	}
-
-	return true, nil
-}
-
 // Init is part of the volume.VolumePlugin interface.
 func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) Init(host volume.VolumeHost) error {
-	plugin.host = host
-	// call the init script
-	call := plugin.NewDriverCall(initCmd)
-	_, err := call.Run()
-	return err
+	// Hardwired 'success' as any errors from calling init() will be caught by NewFlexVolumePlugin()
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (plugin *flexVolumePlugin) getExecutable() string {