diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index cb13789ebaef..4456491132cd 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1619,6 +1619,17 @@ struct cfg80211_sched_scan_plan {
 	u32 iterations;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct cfg80211_bss_select_adjust - BSS selection with RSSI adjustment.
+ *
+ * @band: band of BSS which should match for RSSI level adjustment.
+ * @delta: value of RSSI level adjustment.
+ */
+struct cfg80211_bss_select_adjust {
+	enum nl80211_band band;
+	s8 delta;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request - scheduled scan request description
  *
@@ -1654,6 +1665,16 @@ struct cfg80211_sched_scan_plan {
  *	cycle.  The driver may ignore this parameter and start
  *	immediately (or at any other time), if this feature is not
  *	supported.
+ * @relative_rssi_set: Indicates whether @relative_rssi is set or not.
+ * @relative_rssi: Relative RSSI threshold in dB to restrict scan result
+ *	reporting in connected state to cases where a matching BSS is determined
+ *	to have better or slightly worse RSSI than the current connected BSS.
+ *	The relative RSSI threshold values are ignored in disconnected state.
+ * @rssi_adjust: delta dB of RSSI preference to be given to the BSSs that belong
+ *	to the specified band while deciding whether a better BSS is reported
+ *	using @relative_rssi. If delta is a negative number, the BSSs that
+ *	belong to the specified band will be penalized by delta dB in relative
+ *	comparisions.
  */
 struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request {
 	struct cfg80211_ssid *ssids;
@@ -1673,6 +1694,10 @@ struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request {
 	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 	u8 mac_addr_mask[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 
+	bool relative_rssi_set;
+	s8 relative_rssi;
+	struct cfg80211_bss_select_adjust rssi_adjust;
+
 	/* internal */
 	struct wiphy *wiphy;
 	struct net_device *dev;
@@ -1980,17 +2005,6 @@ struct cfg80211_ibss_params {
 	struct ieee80211_ht_cap ht_capa_mask;
 };
 
-/**
- * struct cfg80211_bss_select_adjust - BSS selection with RSSI adjustment.
- *
- * @band: band of BSS which should match for RSSI level adjustment.
- * @delta: value of RSSI level adjustment.
- */
-struct cfg80211_bss_select_adjust {
-	enum nl80211_band band;
-	s8 delta;
-};
-
 /**
  * struct cfg80211_bss_selection - connection parameters for BSS selection.
  *
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 908886c83894..6b17feb5e839 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1982,6 +1982,20 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  * @NL80211_ATTR_BSSID: The BSSID of the AP. Note that %NL80211_ATTR_MAC is also
  *	used in various commands/events for specifying the BSSID.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI: Relative RSSI threshold by which
+ *	other BSSs has to be better or slightly worse than the current
+ *	connected BSS so that they get reported to user space.
+ *	This will give an opportunity to userspace to consider connecting to
+ *	other matching BSSs which have better or slightly worse RSSI than
+ *	the current connected BSS by using an offloaded operation to avoid
+ *	unnecessary wakeups.
+ *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST: When present the RSSI level for BSSs in
+ *	the specified band is to be adjusted before doing
+ *	%NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI based comparision to figure out
+ *	better BSSs. The attribute value is a packed structure
+ *	value as specified by &struct nl80211_bss_select_rssi_adjust.
+ *
  * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2388,6 +2402,9 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 
 	NL80211_ATTR_BSSID,
 
+	NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI,
+	NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST,
+
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
 	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -3080,6 +3097,13 @@ enum nl80211_reg_rule_attr {
  *	how this API was implemented in the past. Also, due to the same problem,
  *	the only way to create a matchset with only an RSSI filter (with this
  *	attribute) is if there's only a single matchset with the RSSI attribute.
+ * @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RELATIVE_RSSI: Flag indicating whether
+ *	%NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI to be used as absolute RSSI or
+ *	relative to current bss's RSSI.
+ * @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI_ADJUST: When present the RSSI level for
+ *	BSS-es in the specified band is to be adjusted before doing
+ *	RSSI-based BSS selection. The attribute value is a packed structure
+ *	value as specified by &struct nl80211_bss_select_rssi_adjust.
  * @NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_MAX: highest scheduled scan filter
  *	attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -3089,6 +3113,8 @@ enum nl80211_sched_scan_match_attr {
 
 	NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_SSID,
 	NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI,
+	NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RELATIVE_RSSI,
+	NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_RSSI_ADJUST,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -4703,6 +4729,9 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
  *	in @NL80211_CMD_FRAME while not associated.
  * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA_CONNECTED: This driver supports
  *	randomized TA in @NL80211_CMD_FRAME while associated.
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI: The driver supports sched_scan
+ *	for reporting BSSs with better RSSI than the current connected BSS
+ *	(%NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI).
  *
  * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
  * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
@@ -4720,6 +4749,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_FILS_STA,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA_CONNECTED,
+	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI,
 
 	/* add new features before the definition below */
 	NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index b378d0a04003..71c66ff9a702 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
 	[NL80211_ATTR_FILS_NONCES] = { .len = 2 * FILS_NONCE_LEN },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_MULTICAST_TO_UNICAST_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_FLAG, },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_BSSID] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI] = { .type = NLA_S8 },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST] = {
+		.len = sizeof(struct nl80211_bss_select_rssi_adjust)
+	},
 };
 
 /* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -6950,6 +6954,12 @@ nl80211_parse_sched_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 	if (!n_plans || n_plans > wiphy->max_sched_scan_plans)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	if (!wiphy_ext_feature_isset(
+		    wiphy, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI) &&
+	    (attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI] ||
+	     attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST]))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 	request = kzalloc(sizeof(*request)
 			+ sizeof(*request->ssids) * n_ssids
 			+ sizeof(*request->match_sets) * n_match_sets
@@ -7156,6 +7166,26 @@ nl80211_parse_sched_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 		request->delay =
 			nla_get_u32(attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY]);
 
+	if (attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI]) {
+		request->relative_rssi = nla_get_s8(
+			attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI]);
+		request->relative_rssi_set = true;
+	}
+
+	if (request->relative_rssi_set &&
+	    attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST]) {
+		struct nl80211_bss_select_rssi_adjust *rssi_adjust;
+
+		rssi_adjust = nla_data(
+			attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST]);
+		request->rssi_adjust.band = rssi_adjust->band;
+		request->rssi_adjust.delta = rssi_adjust->delta;
+		if (!is_band_valid(wiphy, request->rssi_adjust.band)) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = nl80211_parse_sched_scan_plans(wiphy, n_plans, request, attrs);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
@@ -9692,6 +9722,20 @@ static int nl80211_send_wowlan_nd(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY, req->delay))
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 
+	if (req->relative_rssi_set) {
+		struct nl80211_bss_select_rssi_adjust rssi_adjust;
+
+		if (nla_put_s8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RELATIVE_RSSI,
+			       req->relative_rssi))
+			return -ENOBUFS;
+
+		rssi_adjust.band = req->rssi_adjust.band;
+		rssi_adjust.delta = req->rssi_adjust.delta;
+		if (nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_RSSI_ADJUST,
+			    sizeof(rssi_adjust), &rssi_adjust))
+			return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
 	freqs = nla_nest_start(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FREQUENCIES);
 	if (!freqs)
 		return -ENOBUFS;