--- a/src/ap/ap_config.h
+++ b/src/ap/ap_config.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ struct hostapd_wmm_ac_params {
 struct hostapd_bss_config {
 	char iface[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
 	char bridge[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
+	char wds_bridge[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
 
 	enum hostapd_logger_level logger_syslog_level, logger_stdout_level;
 
--- a/hostapd/config_file.c
+++ b/hostapd/config_file.c
@@ -1193,6 +1193,8 @@ struct hostapd_config * hostapd_config_r
 				   sizeof(conf->bss[0].iface));
 		} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "bridge") == 0) {
 			os_strlcpy(bss->bridge, pos, sizeof(bss->bridge));
+		} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "wds_bridge") == 0) {
+			os_strlcpy(bss->wds_bridge, pos, sizeof(bss->wds_bridge));
 		} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "driver") == 0) {
 			int j;
 			/* clear to get error below if setting is invalid */
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -4642,7 +4642,8 @@ static int i802_set_sta_vlan(void *priv,
 }
 
 
-static int i802_set_wds_sta(void *priv, const u8 *addr, int aid, int val)
+static int i802_set_wds_sta(void *priv, const u8 *addr, int aid, int val,
+                            const char *bridge_ifname)
 {
 	struct i802_bss *bss = priv;
 	struct wpa_driver_nl80211_data *drv = bss->drv;
@@ -4656,6 +4657,10 @@ static int i802_set_wds_sta(void *priv, 
 			if (nl80211_create_iface(drv, name, NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN,
 					 NULL, 1) < 0)
 				return -1;
+			if (bridge_ifname) {
+				if (linux_br_add_if(drv->ioctl_sock, bridge_ifname, name) < 0)
+					return -1;
+			}
 		}
 		linux_set_iface_flags(drv->ioctl_sock, name, 1);
 		return i802_set_sta_vlan(priv, addr, name, 0);
--- a/src/ap/ap_drv_ops.c
+++ b/src/ap/ap_drv_ops.c
@@ -265,9 +265,15 @@ static int hostapd_vlan_if_remove(struct
 static int hostapd_set_wds_sta(struct hostapd_data *hapd, const u8 *addr,
 			       int aid, int val)
 {
+	const char *bridge = NULL;
+
 	if (hapd->driver == NULL || hapd->driver->set_wds_sta == NULL)
 		return 0;
-	return hapd->driver->set_wds_sta(hapd->drv_priv, addr, aid, val);
+	if (hapd->conf->wds_bridge[0])
+		bridge = hapd->conf->wds_bridge;
+	else if (hapd->conf->bridge[0])
+		bridge = hapd->conf->bridge;
+	return hapd->driver->set_wds_sta(hapd->drv_priv, addr, aid, val, bridge);
 }
 
 
--- a/src/drivers/driver.h
+++ b/src/drivers/driver.h
@@ -1622,7 +1622,8 @@ struct wpa_driver_ops {
 	 * @val: 1 = bind to 4-address WDS; 0 = unbind
 	 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
 	 */
-	int (*set_wds_sta)(void *priv, const u8 *addr, int aid, int val);
+	int (*set_wds_sta)(void *priv, const u8 *addr, int aid, int val,
+	                   const char *bridge_ifname);
 
 	/**
 	 * send_action - Transmit an Action frame