diff --git a/src/drivers/drivers.mak b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
index b1b05cc63..aeb7924d2 100644
--- a/src/drivers/drivers.mak
+++ b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXTENSION
 DRV_WPA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_WIRELESS_EXTENSION
 DRV_WPA_OBJS += ../src/drivers/driver_wext.o
+NEED_RFKILL=y
 endif
 
 ifdef NEED_NETLINK