diff --git a/src/drivers/driver.h b/src/drivers/driver.h
index 1d2dff9f2..9018c083c 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver.h
+++ b/src/drivers/driver.h
@@ -482,6 +482,15 @@ struct wpa_driver_scan_params {
 	 */
 	 unsigned int sched_scan_plans_num;
 
+	/**
+	 * sched_scan_start_delay - Delay to use before starting the first scan
+	 *
+	 * Delay (in seconds) before scheduling first scan plan cycle. The
+	 * driver may ignore this parameter and start immediately (or at any
+	 * other time), if this feature is not supported.
+	 */
+	 u32 sched_scan_start_delay;
+
 	/**
 	 * bssid - Specific BSSID to scan for
 	 *
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c
index 4417721e6..10517e403 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211_scan.c
@@ -595,6 +595,11 @@ int wpa_driver_nl80211_sched_scan(void *priv,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (params->sched_scan_start_delay &&
+	    nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_DELAY,
+			params->sched_scan_start_delay))
+		goto fail;
+
 	ret = send_and_recv_msgs(drv, msg, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* TODO: if we get an error here, we should fall back to normal scan */
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config.c b/wpa_supplicant/config.c
index 00c5ff0db..e3ce6bc1d 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config.c
@@ -4432,6 +4432,7 @@ static const struct global_parse_data global_fields[] = {
 	{ FUNC(freq_list), 0 },
 	{ INT(scan_cur_freq), 0 },
 	{ INT(sched_scan_interval), 0 },
+	{ INT(sched_scan_start_delay), 0 },
 	{ INT(tdls_external_control), 0},
 	{ STR(osu_dir), 0 },
 	{ STR(wowlan_triggers), 0 },
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config.h b/wpa_supplicant/config.h
index 3f84b0e1c..a7b043561 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config.h
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config.h
@@ -1096,6 +1096,15 @@ struct wpa_config {
 	 */
 	unsigned int sched_scan_interval;
 
+	/**
+	 * sched_scan_start_delay - Schedule scan start delay before first scan
+	 *
+	 * Delay (in seconds) before scheduling first scan plan cycle. The
+	 * driver may ignore this parameter and start immediately (or at any
+	 * other time), if this feature is not supported.
+	 */
+	unsigned int sched_scan_start_delay;
+
 	/**
 	 * tdls_external_control - External control for TDLS setup requests
 	 *
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config_file.c b/wpa_supplicant/config_file.c
index 160a5da2c..2b46fed4f 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config_file.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config_file.c
@@ -1320,6 +1320,10 @@ static void wpa_config_write_global(FILE *f, struct wpa_config *config)
 		fprintf(f, "sched_scan_interval=%u\n",
 			config->sched_scan_interval);
 
+	if (config->sched_scan_start_delay)
+		fprintf(f, "sched_scan_start_delay=%u\n",
+			config->sched_scan_start_delay);
+
 	if (config->external_sim)
 		fprintf(f, "external_sim=%d\n", config->external_sim);
 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/scan.c b/wpa_supplicant/scan.c
index d19531a3d..413abf63e 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/scan.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/scan.c
@@ -1512,13 +1512,18 @@ scan:
 		params.sched_scan_plans_num = 1;
 	}
 
+	params.sched_scan_start_delay = wpa_s->conf->sched_scan_start_delay;
+
 	if (ssid || !wpa_s->first_sched_scan) {
 		wpa_dbg(wpa_s, MSG_DEBUG,
-			"Starting sched scan: interval %u timeout %d",
+			"Starting sched scan after %u seconds: interval %u timeout %d",
+			params.sched_scan_start_delay,
 			params.sched_scan_plans[0].interval,
 			wpa_s->sched_scan_timeout);
 	} else {
-		wpa_dbg(wpa_s, MSG_DEBUG, "Starting sched scan (no timeout)");
+		wpa_dbg(wpa_s, MSG_DEBUG,
+			"Starting sched scan after %u seconds (no timeout)",
+			params.sched_scan_start_delay);
 	}
 
 	wpa_setband_scan_freqs(wpa_s, scan_params);
@@ -2588,6 +2593,8 @@ int wpas_start_pno(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)
 		params.sched_scan_plans_num = 1;
 	}
 
+	params.sched_scan_start_delay = wpa_s->conf->sched_scan_start_delay;
+
 	if (params.freqs == NULL && wpa_s->manual_sched_scan_freqs) {
 		wpa_dbg(wpa_s, MSG_DEBUG, "Limit sched scan to specified channels");
 		params.freqs = wpa_s->manual_sched_scan_freqs;
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli.c
index 964311c55..4598cf222 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli.c
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ static char ** wpa_cli_complete_get(const char *str, int pos)
 		"p2p_go_max_inactivity", "auto_interworking", "okc", "pmf",
 		"dtim_period", "beacon_int", "ignore_old_scan_res",
 		"scan_cur_freq", "sched_scan_interval",
+		"sched_scan_start_delay",
 		"tdls_external_control", "osu_dir", "wowlan_triggers",
 		"p2p_search_delay", "mac_addr", "rand_addr_lifetime",
 		"preassoc_mac_addr", "key_mgmt_offload", "passive_scan",