diff --git a/wpa_supplicant.h b/wpa_supplicant.h
index 585f76e..20a0916 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant.h
+++ b/wpa_supplicant.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 extern const char kKeyManagementMethodSuffixPSK[];
 extern const char kKeyModeNone[];
 extern const char kNetworkBgscanMethodLearn[];
+// None is not a real method name, but we interpret 'none' as a request that
+// no background scan parameter should be supplied to wpa_supplicant.
+extern const char kNetworkBgscanMethodNone[];
 extern const char kNetworkBgscanMethodSimple[];
 extern const char kNetworkModeInfrastructure[];
 extern const char kNetworkModeAdHoc[];