diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant/0001-wpa_supplicant-enable-control-socket-interface-when-.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant/0001-wpa_supplicant-enable-control-socket-interface-when-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2956bf002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant/0001-wpa_supplicant-enable-control-socket-interface-when-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From: Javier Viguera <javier.viguera@digi.com>
+Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 18:30:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] wpa_supplicant: enable control socket interface when executed
+ by D-Bus
+
+Otherwise trying to use the "wpa_cli" fails with:
+
+Failed to connect to non-global ctrl_ifname
+
+Signed-off-by: Javier Viguera <javier.viguera@digi.com>
+---
+ wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service.in | 2 +-
+ wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service.in           | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service.in b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service.in
+index a75918f9380b..9cce6331d92e 100644
+--- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service.in
++++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service.in
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [D-BUS Service]
+ Name=fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant
+-Exec=@BINDIR@/wpa_supplicant -u
++Exec=@BINDIR@/wpa_supplicant -u -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant
+ User=root
+ SystemdService=wpa_supplicant.service
+diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service.in b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service.in
+index d97ff392175d..98b72cf32481 100644
+--- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service.in
++++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service.in
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [D-BUS Service]
+ Name=fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1
+-Exec=@BINDIR@/wpa_supplicant -u
++Exec=@BINDIR@/wpa_supplicant -u -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant
+ User=root
+ SystemdService=wpa_supplicant.service
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_%.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_%.bbappend
index 24383d38a..bee53d088 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_%.bbappend
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2013 Digi International.
+# Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Digi International.
 
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}:"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "openssl"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-wpa_supplicant-enable-control-socket-interface-when-.patch"
 SRC_URI_append_ccimx6ul = " file://wpa_supplicant_p2p.conf"
 
 do_install_append_ccimx6ul() {