diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index e0b0d2b12b88..3ee07db23049 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
 
 struct wiphy;
 
+#define CFG80211_SCAN_BSSID 1
+#define CFG80211_CONNECT_PREV_BSSID 1
+
 /*
  * wireless hardware capability structures
  */
@@ -1455,6 +1458,7 @@ struct cfg80211_ssid {
  * @mac_addr_mask: MAC address mask used with randomisation, bits that
  *	are 0 in the mask should be randomised, bits that are 1 should
  *	be taken from the @mac_addr
+ * @bssid: BSSID to scan for (most commonly, the wildcard BSSID)
  */
 struct cfg80211_scan_request {
 	struct cfg80211_ssid *ssids;
@@ -1471,6 +1475,7 @@ struct cfg80211_scan_request {
 
 	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 	u8 mac_addr_mask[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
+	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 
 	/* internal */
 	struct wiphy *wiphy;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index b5323800eeb5..c4984741be61 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -322,7 +322,9 @@
  * @NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN: get scan results
  * @NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN: trigger a new scan with the given parameters
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE is used to decide whether to send the
- *	probe requests at CCK rate or not.
+ *	probe requests at CCK rate or not. %NL80211_ATTR_MAC can be used to
+ *	specify a BSSID to scan for; if not included, the wildcard BSSID will
+ *	be used.
  * @NL80211_CMD_NEW_SCAN_RESULTS: scan notification (as a reply to
  *	NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN and on the "scan" multicast group)
  * @NL80211_CMD_SCAN_ABORTED: scan was aborted, for unspecified reasons,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 30f54d1fc841..c4ab1abcf514 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -6022,6 +6022,12 @@ static int nl80211_trigger_scan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	request->no_cck =
 		nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE]);
 
+	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC])
+		memcpy(request->bssid, nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]),
+		       ETH_ALEN);
+	else
+		eth_broadcast_addr(request->bssid);
+
 	request->wdev = wdev;
 	request->wiphy = &rdev->wiphy;
 	request->scan_start = jiffies;
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 30f967665e84..16c3424507c3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -1293,6 +1293,8 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
 		if (wiphy->bands[i])
 			creq->rates[i] = (1 << wiphy->bands[i]->n_bitrates) - 1;
 
+	eth_broadcast_addr(creq->bssid);
+
 	rdev->scan_req = creq;
 	err = rdev_scan(rdev, creq);
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
index e9be8c3b177b..44f420dfa8e3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ static int cfg80211_conn_scan(struct wireless_dev *wdev)
 		wdev->conn->params.ssid_len);
 	request->ssids[0].ssid_len = wdev->conn->params.ssid_len;
 
+	eth_broadcast_addr(request->bssid);
+
 	request->wdev = wdev;
 	request->wiphy = &rdev->wiphy;
 	request->scan_start = jiffies;