diff --git a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index efe8cff..62a810f 100644
--- a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -16297,7 +16297,10 @@
             pHddStaCtx->conn_info.authType = eCSR_AUTH_TYPE_CCKM_WPA;//eCSR_AUTH_TYPE_CCKM_RSN needs to be handled as well if required.
             break;
 #endif
-
+        case NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SAE:
+             hddLog(LOG1, "set authentication type to SAE");
+             pHddStaCtx->conn_info.authType = eCSR_AUTH_TYPE_SAE;
+             break;
 
         default:
             hddLog(VOS_TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR,
@@ -16369,6 +16372,10 @@
             pWextState->authKeyMgmt |= IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_802_1X;
             break;
 #endif
+        case WLAN_AKM_SUITE_SAE:
+             hddLog(LOG1, "setting key mgmt type to SAE");
+             pWextState->authKeyMgmt |= IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_802_1X;
+             break;
 
         default:
             hddLog(VOS_TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR, "%s: Unsupported key mgmt type %d",