diff --git a/doc/dbus.doxygen b/doc/dbus.doxygen
index 409db9522..17d4df06a 100644
--- a/doc/dbus.doxygen
+++ b/doc/dbus.doxygen
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.CreateInterface.
 	      <tr><th>Key</th><th>Value type</th><th>Description</th><th>Required</th>
 	      <tr><td>Type</td><td>s</td><td>Type of the scan. Possible values: "active", "passive"</td><td>Yes</td>
 	      <tr><td>SSIDs</td><td>aay</td><td>Array of SSIDs to scan for (applies only if scan type is active)</td><td>No</td>
-	      <tr><td>IEs</td><td>aay</td><td>Information elements to used in active scan (applies only if scan type is active)</td><td>No</td>
+	      <tr><td>IEs</td><td>aay</td><td>Information elements to used in active scan (applies only if scan type is active). Default IEs will be used in absence of this option.</td><td>No</td>
 	      <tr><td>Channels</td><td>a(uu)</td><td>Array of frequencies to scan in form of (center, width) in MHz.</td><td>No</td>
 	      <tr><td>AllowRoam</td><td>b</td><td>TRUE (or absent) to allow a roaming decision based on the results of this scan, FALSE to prevent a roaming decision.</td><td>No</td>
 	      <tr><td>NonColoc6GHz</td><td>b</td><td>TRUE to force scanning of non-PSC 6 GHz channels, FALSE (or absent) to skip scanning of non-PSC 6 GHz channels.</td><td>No</td>
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_learn.c b/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_learn.c
index 75bdec1c0..3db425963 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_learn.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_learn.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static void bgscan_learn_timeout(void *eloop_ctx, void *timeout_ctx)
 	}
 
 	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan learn: Request a background scan");
-	if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params)) {
+	if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params, true)) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan learn: Failed to trigger scan");
 		eloop_register_timeout(data->scan_interval, 0,
 				       bgscan_learn_timeout, data, NULL);
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_simple.c b/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_simple.c
index 5a8f97c2a..1b12726d2 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_simple.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/bgscan_simple.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void bgscan_simple_timeout(void *eloop_ctx, void *timeout_ctx)
 	 */
 
 	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Request a background scan");
-	if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params)) {
+	if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params, true)) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "bgscan simple: Failed to trigger scan");
 		eloop_register_timeout(data->scan_interval, 0,
 				       bgscan_simple_timeout, data, NULL);
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
index b47f130ae..665126711 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new_handlers.c
@@ -1632,6 +1632,7 @@ DBusMessage * wpas_dbus_handler_scan(DBusMessage *message,
 	dbus_bool_t allow_roam = TRUE;
 	dbus_bool_t non_coloc_6ghz = FALSE;
 	dbus_bool_t scan_6ghz_only = FALSE;
+	bool custom_ies = false;
 
 	os_memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
 
@@ -1658,6 +1659,7 @@ DBusMessage * wpas_dbus_handler_scan(DBusMessage *message,
 			if (wpas_dbus_get_scan_ies(message, &variant_iter,
 						   &params, &reply) < 0)
 				goto out;
+			custom_ies = true;
 		} else if (os_strcmp(key, "Channels") == 0) {
 			if (wpas_dbus_get_scan_channels(message, &variant_iter,
 							&params, &reply) < 0)
@@ -1724,7 +1726,8 @@ DBusMessage * wpas_dbus_handler_scan(DBusMessage *message,
 			if (params.freqs && params.freqs[0]) {
 				wpa_s->last_scan_req = MANUAL_SCAN_REQ;
 				if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s,
-								&params)) {
+								&params,
+								false)) {
 					reply = wpas_dbus_error_scan_error(
 						message,
 						"Scan request rejected");
@@ -1750,7 +1753,7 @@ DBusMessage * wpas_dbus_handler_scan(DBusMessage *message,
 		}
 
 		wpa_s->last_scan_req = MANUAL_SCAN_REQ;
-		if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params)) {
+		if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params, !custom_ies)) {
 			reply = wpas_dbus_error_scan_error(
 				message, "Scan request rejected");
 		}
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/rrm.c b/wpa_supplicant/rrm.c
index 238fe68da..bf6575a0b 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/rrm.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/rrm.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static void wpas_rrm_scan_timeout(void *eloop_ctx, void *timeout_ctx)
 	}
 	os_get_reltime(&wpa_s->beacon_rep_scan);
 	if (wpa_s->scanning || wpas_p2p_in_progress(wpa_s) ||
-	    wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, params))
+	    wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, params, true))
 		wpas_rrm_refuse_request(wpa_s);
 	params->duration = prev_duration;
 }
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/scan.c b/wpa_supplicant/scan.c
index e4883d518..e4b72a8fa 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/scan.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/scan.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "scan.h"
 #include "mesh.h"
 
+static struct wpabuf * wpa_supplicant_extra_ies(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
+
 
 static void wpa_supplicant_gen_assoc_event(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)
 {
@@ -278,19 +280,43 @@ static void wpas_trigger_scan_cb(struct wpa_radio_work *work, int deinit)
  * wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan - Request driver to start a scan
  * @wpa_s: Pointer to wpa_supplicant data
  * @params: Scan parameters
+ * @default_ies: Whether or not to use the default IEs in the Probe Request
+ * frames. Note that this will free any existing IEs set in @params, so this
+ * shouldn't be set if the IEs have already been set with
+ * wpa_supplicant_extra_ies(). Otherwise, wpabuf_free() will lead to a
+ * double-free.
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure
  */
 int wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
-				struct wpa_driver_scan_params *params)
+				struct wpa_driver_scan_params *params,
+				bool default_ies)
 {
 	struct wpa_driver_scan_params *ctx;
+	struct wpabuf *ies = NULL;
 
 	if (wpa_s->scan_work) {
 		wpa_dbg(wpa_s, MSG_INFO, "Reject scan trigger since one is already pending");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (default_ies) {
+		if (params->extra_ies_len) {
+			os_free((u8 *) params->extra_ies);
+			params->extra_ies = NULL;
+			params->extra_ies_len = 0;
+		}
+		ies = wpa_supplicant_extra_ies(wpa_s);
+		if (ies) {
+			params->extra_ies = wpabuf_head(ies);
+			params->extra_ies_len = wpabuf_len(ies);
+		}
+	}
 	ctx = wpa_scan_clone_params(params);
+	if (ies) {
+		wpabuf_free(ies);
+		params->extra_ies = NULL;
+		params->extra_ies_len = 0;
+	}
 	if (!ctx ||
 	    radio_add_work(wpa_s, 0, "scan", 0, wpas_trigger_scan_cb, ctx) < 0)
 	{
@@ -1534,7 +1560,7 @@ scan:
 		wpas_p2p_scan_freqs(wpa_s, &params, true);
 #endif /* CONFIG_P2P */
 
-	ret = wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, scan_params);
+	ret = wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, scan_params, false);
 
 	if (ret && wpa_s->last_scan_req == MANUAL_SCAN_REQ && params.freqs &&
 	    !wpa_s->manual_scan_freqs) {
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/scan.h b/wpa_supplicant/scan.h
index 30f43951c..4a21b4221 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/scan.h
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/scan.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ void wpa_supplicant_notify_scanning(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 				    int scanning);
 struct wpa_driver_scan_params;
 int wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
-				struct wpa_driver_scan_params *params);
+				struct wpa_driver_scan_params *params,
+				bool default_ies);
 struct wpa_scan_results *
 wpa_supplicant_get_scan_results(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 				struct scan_info *info, int new_scan);
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/sme.c b/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
index ab64d467b..9f12a7b3c 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
@@ -3093,7 +3093,7 @@ static void sme_obss_scan_timeout(void *eloop_ctx, void *timeout_ctx)
 	params.low_priority = 1;
 	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "SME OBSS: Request an OBSS scan");
 
-	if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params))
+	if (wpa_supplicant_trigger_scan(wpa_s, &params, true))
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "SME OBSS: Failed to trigger scan");
 	else
 		wpa_s->sme.sched_obss_scan = 1;