diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.h b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.h
index e4d81b125..6e6c87247 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.h
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 #include "utils/list.h"
 #include "driver.h"
 
+#ifndef NL_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3_5_0
+#define nla_nest_start(msg, attrtype) \
+	nla_nest_start(msg, NLA_F_NESTED | (attrtype))
+#endif
+
 struct nl80211_global {
 	void *ctx;
 	struct dl_list interfaces;