diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-libnl-3.patch b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-libnl-3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a460c2aba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-libnl-3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/src/drivers/drivers.mak	2011-11-29 19:19:56.684221050 +0100
++++ b/src/drivers/drivers.mak	2011-11-29 19:20:12.199609246 +0100
+@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
+ NEED_AP_MLME=y
+ NEED_NETLINK=y
+ NEED_LINUX_IOCTL=y
+-DRV_LIBS += -lnl
++DRV_LIBS += -lnl-3
+ 
+ ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
+-DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
++DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl-3
+ DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
+ endif
+ endif
diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
index baa739bfdb..f722b818dd 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.mk
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ endif
 
 define WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	cp $(@D)/wpa_supplicant/defconfig $(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
-	echo "CFLAGS += $(TARGET_CFLAGS)" >>$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
+	echo "CFLAGS += $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libnl3/" >>$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
 	echo "LDFLAGS += $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" >>$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
 	echo "CC = $(TARGET_CC)" >>$(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)
 	$(SED) "s/^#CONFIG_IEEE80211R/CONFIG_IEEE80211R/" $(WPA_SUPPLICANT_CONFIG)