diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index 683123b..8ebf7d9 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
 	unsigned int in_deinit:1;
 	unsigned int wdev_id_set:1;
 	unsigned int added_if:1;
+	unsigned int static_ap:1;
 
 	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
@@ -4763,6 +4764,9 @@
 	bss->if_dynamic = bss->if_dynamic || drv->global->if_add_wdevid_set;
 	drv->global->if_add_wdevid_set = 0;
 
+	if (!bss->if_dynamic && nl80211_get_ifmode(bss) == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
+		bss->static_ap = 1;
+
 	if (wpa_driver_nl80211_capa(drv))
 		return -1;
 
@@ -4778,7 +4782,7 @@
 	if (first && nl80211_get_ifmode(bss) == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
 		drv->start_mode_ap = 1;
 
-	if (drv->hostapd)
+	if (drv->hostapd || bss->static_ap)
 		nlmode = NL80211_IFTYPE_AP;
 	else if (bss->if_dynamic)
 		nlmode = nl80211_get_ifmode(bss);
@@ -10566,7 +10570,8 @@
 
 	if (!report) {
 		if (bss->nl_preq && drv->device_ap_sme &&
-		    is_ap_interface(drv->nlmode) && !bss->in_deinit) {
+		    is_ap_interface(drv->nlmode) && !bss->in_deinit &&
+		    !bss->static_ap) {
 			/*
 			 * Do not disable Probe Request reporting that was
 			 * enabled in nl80211_setup_ap().
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_wext.c b/src/drivers/driver_wext.c
index a4f9cec..459ac48 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_wext.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_wext.c
@@ -2320,6 +2320,37 @@
 }
 
 
+static int wpa_driver_wext_signal_poll(void *priv, struct wpa_signal_info *si)
+{
+	struct wpa_driver_wext_data *drv = priv;
+	struct iw_statistics stats;
+	struct iwreq iwr;
+
+	os_memset(si, 0, sizeof(*si));
+	si->current_signal = -9999;
+	si->current_noise = 9999;
+	si->chanwidth = CHAN_WIDTH_UNKNOWN;
+
+	os_memset(&iwr, 0, sizeof(iwr));
+	os_strlcpy(iwr.ifr_name, drv->ifname, IFNAMSIZ);
+	iwr.u.data.pointer = (caddr_t) &stats;
+	iwr.u.data.length = sizeof(stats);
+	iwr.u.data.flags = 1;
+
+	if (ioctl(drv->ioctl_sock, SIOCGIWSTATS, &iwr) < 0) {
+		wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "WEXT: SIOCGIWSTATS: %s",
+			   strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	si->current_signal = stats.qual.level -
+		((stats.qual.updated & IW_QUAL_DBM) ? 0x100 : 0);
+	si->current_noise = stats.qual.noise -
+		((stats.qual.updated & IW_QUAL_DBM) ? 0x100 : 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 const struct wpa_driver_ops wpa_driver_wext_ops = {
 	.name = "wext",
 	.desc = "Linux wireless extensions (generic)",
@@ -2339,4 +2370,5 @@
 	.get_capa = wpa_driver_wext_get_capa,
 	.set_operstate = wpa_driver_wext_set_operstate,
 	.get_radio_name = wext_get_radio_name,
+	.signal_poll = wpa_driver_wext_signal_poll,
 };