diff --git a/lnrpc/routerrpc/router.pb.go b/lnrpc/routerrpc/router.pb.go
index 4f872cfc..b80c3f2c 100644
--- a/lnrpc/routerrpc/router.pb.go
+++ b/lnrpc/routerrpc/router.pb.go
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@ type SendPaymentRequest struct {
 	//*
 	//Features assumed to be supported by the final node. All transitive feature
 	//depdencies must also be set properly. For a given feature bit pair, either
-	//optional or remote may be set, but not both.
+	//optional or remote may be set, but not both. If this field is nil or empty,
+	//the router will try to load destination features from the graph as a
+	//fallback.
 	DestFeatures         []lnrpc.FeatureBit `protobuf:"varint,16,rep,packed,name=dest_features,json=destFeatures,proto3,enum=lnrpc.FeatureBit" json:"dest_features,omitempty"`
 	XXX_NoUnkeyedLiteral struct{}           `json:"-"`
 	XXX_unrecognized     []byte             `json:"-"`
diff --git a/lnrpc/routerrpc/router.proto b/lnrpc/routerrpc/router.proto
index 3019eaeb..aa0d9676 100644
--- a/lnrpc/routerrpc/router.proto
+++ b/lnrpc/routerrpc/router.proto
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ message SendPaymentRequest {
     /**
     Features assumed to be supported by the final node. All transitive feature
     depdencies must also be set properly. For a given feature bit pair, either
-    optional or remote may be set, but not both.
+    optional or remote may be set, but not both. If this field is nil or empty,
+    the router will try to load destination features from the graph as a
+    fallback.
     */
     repeated lnrpc.FeatureBit dest_features = 16;
 }
diff --git a/lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go b/lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go
index acd3125a..79976ca3 100644
--- a/lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go
+++ b/lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go
@@ -710,7 +710,15 @@ func unmarshallHopHint(rpcHint *lnrpc.HopHint) (zpay32.HopHint, error) {
 // UnmarshalFeatures converts a list of uint32's into a valid feature vector.
 // This method checks that feature bit pairs aren't assigned toegether, and
 // validates transitive depdencies.
-func UnmarshalFeatures(rpcFeatures []lnrpc.FeatureBit) (*lnwire.FeatureVector, error) {
+func UnmarshalFeatures(
+	rpcFeatures []lnrpc.FeatureBit) (*lnwire.FeatureVector, error) {
+
+	// If no destination features are specified we'll return nil to signal
+	// that the router should try to use the graph as a fallback.
+	if rpcFeatures == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	raw := lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector()
 	for _, bit := range rpcFeatures {
 		err := raw.SafeSet(lnwire.FeatureBit(bit))
diff --git a/lnrpc/rpc.pb.go b/lnrpc/rpc.pb.go
index cf4b5095..42829000 100644
--- a/lnrpc/rpc.pb.go
+++ b/lnrpc/rpc.pb.go
@@ -1229,7 +1229,9 @@ type SendRequest struct {
 	//*
 	//Features assumed to be supported by the final node. All transitive feature
 	//depdencies must also be set properly. For a given feature bit pair, either
-	//optional or remote may be set, but not both.
+	//optional or remote may be set, but not both. If this field is nil or empty,
+	//the router will try to load destination features from the graph as a
+	//fallback.
 	DestFeatures         []FeatureBit `protobuf:"varint,15,rep,packed,name=dest_features,json=destFeatures,proto3,enum=lnrpc.FeatureBit" json:"dest_features,omitempty"`
 	XXX_NoUnkeyedLiteral struct{}     `json:"-"`
 	XXX_unrecognized     []byte       `json:"-"`
diff --git a/lnrpc/rpc.proto b/lnrpc/rpc.proto
index 1aad92eb..6665bf3a 100644
--- a/lnrpc/rpc.proto
+++ b/lnrpc/rpc.proto
@@ -971,7 +971,9 @@ message SendRequest {
     /**
     Features assumed to be supported by the final node. All transitive feature
     depdencies must also be set properly. For a given feature bit pair, either
-    optional or remote may be set, but not both.
+    optional or remote may be set, but not both. If this field is nil or empty,
+    the router will try to load destination features from the graph as a
+    fallback.
     */
     repeated FeatureBit dest_features = 15;
 }
diff --git a/lnrpc/rpc.swagger.json b/lnrpc/rpc.swagger.json
index 643a9f9e..a817a5e1 100644
--- a/lnrpc/rpc.swagger.json
+++ b/lnrpc/rpc.swagger.json
@@ -3874,7 +3874,7 @@
           "items": {
             "$ref": "#/definitions/lnrpcFeatureBit"
           },
-          "description": "*\nFeatures assumed to be supported by the final node. All transitive feature\ndepdencies must also be set properly. For a given feature bit pair, either\noptional or remote may be set, but not both."
+          "description": "*\nFeatures assumed to be supported by the final node. All transitive feature\ndepdencies must also be set properly. For a given feature bit pair, either\noptional or remote may be set, but not both. If this field is nil or empty,\nthe router will try to load destination features from the graph as a\nfallback."
         }
       }
     },