A method and an apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability is presented. An apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability includes: a processor configured to obtain D2D capability information of a terminal device; and a transmitter configured to send the D2D capability information of the terminal device to a base station. In the method and the apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability that are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device reports D2D capability information to a base station, so that the base station can correctly schedule a resource for D2D communication of the terminal device.