diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index d81e730962ccd48177a7676083d2c681efda1241..f1686d460e6b08deaaeede1bfaf9db6cfe590f08 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1465,6 +1465,7 @@ struct cfg80211_ibss_params {
  * @ie: IEs for association request
  * @ie_len: Length of assoc_ie in octets
  * @privacy: indicates whether privacy-enabled APs should be used
+ * @mfp: indicate whether management frame protection is used
  * @crypto: crypto settings
  * @key_len: length of WEP key for shared key authentication
  * @key_idx: index of WEP key for shared key authentication
@@ -1485,6 +1486,7 @@ struct cfg80211_connect_params {
 	u8 *ie;
 	size_t ie_len;
 	bool privacy;
+	enum nl80211_mfp mfp;
 	struct cfg80211_crypto_settings crypto;
 	const u8 *key;
 	u8 key_len, key_idx;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 6c4f703ae890ee4d9b4b9dc62c35deb622c31fa1..d01c16220dc5727b6ea6a7396d6cae41af70a57d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@
  *	requests to connect to a specified network but without separating
  *	auth and assoc steps. For this, you need to specify the SSID in a
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_SSID attribute, and can optionally specify the association
- *	IEs in %NL80211_ATTR_IE, %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_MAC,
- *	%NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT,
+ *	IEs in %NL80211_ATTR_IE, %NL80211_ATTR_AUTH_TYPE, %NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP,
+ *	%NL80211_ATTR_MAC, %NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ, %NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT,
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE and
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT.
  *	Background scan period can optionally be
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  * @NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP: Whether management frame protection (IEEE 802.11w) is
  *	used for the association (&enum nl80211_mfp, represented as a u32);
  *	this attribute can be used
- *	with %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE request
+ *	with %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE and %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS2: Attribute containing a
  *	&struct nl80211_sta_flag_update.
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d543cf152100d837194ee215179602f2494b418c..df82a5c9faeea1705e20b695a01ccb3595a038bf 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -5932,6 +5932,15 @@ static int nl80211_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		connect.ie_len = nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IE]);
 	}
 
+	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP]) {
+		connect.mfp = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP]);
+		if (connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED &&
+		    connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_NO)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		connect.mfp = NL80211_MFP_NO;
+	}
+
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ]) {
 		connect.channel =
 			ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy,
diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
index d2d26518cdd7ba64342d5388e1cd52fbdc0cc77f..a825dfe12cf74bfad50ea500b5a96f9018a11a19 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ static int cfg80211_conn_do_work(struct wireless_dev *wdev)
 					    prev_bssid,
 					    params->ssid, params->ssid_len,
 					    params->ie, params->ie_len,
-					    false, &params->crypto,
+					    params->mfp != NL80211_MFP_NO,
+					    &params->crypto,
 					    params->flags, &params->ht_capa,
 					    &params->ht_capa_mask);
 		if (err)