diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index ba1180d4b6..21bbd3e5a9 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ WPA_SUPPLICANT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_EDITS =
 
-WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_SET =
+# Add support for simple background scan
+WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_SET = CONFIG_BGSCAN_SIMPLE
 
 WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG_ENABLE = \
 	CONFIG_IEEE80211AC	\