diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.28.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.28.0.bb
index 1053bdd427..3e7a068acb 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.28.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/networkmanager/networkmanager_1.28.0.bb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[dnsmasq] = "--with-dnsmasq=${bindir}/dnsmasq"
 PACKAGECONFIG[nss] = "--with-crypto=nss,,nss"
 PACKAGECONFIG[resolvconf] = "--with-resolvconf=${base_sbindir}/resolvconf,,,resolvconf"
 PACKAGECONFIG[gnutls] = "--with-crypto=gnutls,,gnutls"
-PACKAGECONFIG[wifi] = "--enable-wifi=yes,--enable-wifi=no,,wpa-supplicant"
+PACKAGECONFIG[wifi] = "--with-wext=yes --enable-wifi=yes,--with-wext=no --enable-wifi=no,,wpa-supplicant"
 PACKAGECONFIG[ifupdown] = "--enable-ifupdown,--disable-ifupdown"
 PACKAGECONFIG[qt4-x11-free] = "--enable-qt,--disable-qt,qt4-x11-free"
 PACKAGECONFIG[cloud-setup] = "--with-nm-cloud-setup=yes,--with-nm-cloud-setup=no"