diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index fb877b5621b7..17c5c8849250 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -804,6 +804,28 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  * @NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN: The device supports IBSS RSN, which mostly
  *	means support for per-station GTKs.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for transmitting.
+ *	This can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should
+ *	not be used for transmitting. If an antenna is not selected in this
+ *	bitmap the hardware is not allowed to transmit on this antenna.
+ *
+ *	Each bit represents one antenna, starting with antenna 1 at the first
+ *	bit. Depending on which antennas are selected in the bitmap, 802.11n
+ *	drivers can derive which chainmasks to use (if all antennas belonging to
+ *	a particular chain are disabled this chain should be disabled) and if
+ *	a chain has diversity antennas wether diversity should be used or not.
+ *	HT capabilities (STBC, TX Beamforming, Antenna selection) can be
+ *	derived from the available chains after applying the antenna mask.
+ *	Non-802.11n drivers can derive wether to use diversity or not.
+ *	Drivers may reject configurations or RX/TX mask combinations they cannot
+ *	support by returning -EINVAL.
+ *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX: Bitmap of allowed antennas for receiving.
+ *	This can be used to mask out antennas which are not attached or should
+ *	not be used for receiving. If an antenna is not selected in this bitmap
+ *	the hardware should not be configured to receive on this antenna.
+ *	For a more detailed descripton see @NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX.
+ *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
  */
@@ -973,6 +995,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
 	NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORT_IBSS_RSN,
 
+	NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX,
+	NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX,
+
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
 	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index e5702f5ac57c..07425e648a09 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1304,6 +1304,9 @@ struct cfg80211_ops {
 	void	(*mgmt_frame_register)(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 				       struct net_device *dev,
 				       u16 frame_type, bool reg);
+
+	int	(*set_antenna)(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 tx_ant, u32 rx_ant);
+	int	(*get_antenna)(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 *tx_ant, u32 *rx_ant);
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index c506241f8637..5e4dda4c0fd3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -166,7 +166,11 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
 
 	[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TX_POWER_SETTING] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TX_POWER_LEVEL] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+
 	[NL80211_ATTR_FRAME_TYPE] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
+
+	[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 /* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -526,7 +530,6 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
 		    dev->wiphy.rts_threshold);
 	NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_COVERAGE_CLASS,
 		    dev->wiphy.coverage_class);
-
 	NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAX_NUM_SCAN_SSIDS,
 		   dev->wiphy.max_scan_ssids);
 	NLA_PUT_U16(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAX_SCAN_IE_LEN,
@@ -545,6 +548,16 @@ static int nl80211_send_wiphy(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 pid, u32 seq, int flags,
 	if (dev->wiphy.flags & WIPHY_FLAG_CONTROL_PORT_PROTOCOL)
 		NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_ETHERTYPE);
 
+	if (dev->ops->get_antenna) {
+		u32 tx_ant = 0, rx_ant = 0;
+		int res;
+		res = dev->ops->get_antenna(&dev->wiphy, &tx_ant, &rx_ant);
+		if (!res) {
+			NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX, tx_ant);
+			NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX, rx_ant);
+		}
+	}
+
 	nl_modes = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SUPPORTED_IFTYPES);
 	if (!nl_modes)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -1024,6 +1037,22 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			goto bad_res;
 	}
 
+	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX] &&
+	    info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX]) {
+		u32 tx_ant, rx_ant;
+		if (!rdev->ops->set_antenna) {
+			result = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto bad_res;
+		}
+
+		tx_ant = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_TX]);
+		rx_ant = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_ANTENNA_RX]);
+
+		result = rdev->ops->set_antenna(&rdev->wiphy, tx_ant, rx_ant);
+		if (result)
+			goto bad_res;
+	}
+
 	changed = 0;
 
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_RETRY_SHORT]) {