diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index 698e365228..443a358532 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL),y)
 	WPA_SUPPLICANT_DEPENDENCIES += libnl
 define WPA_SUPPLICANT_LIBNL_CONFIG
 	$(SED) "s/^#CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211/CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211/" $(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
+	echo "CONFIG_LIBNL20=y" >>$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
 endef
 endif