diff --git a/src/rsn_supp/tdls.c b/src/rsn_supp/tdls.c
index 490fcbbd3..ed88f1f93 100644
--- a/src/rsn_supp/tdls.c
+++ b/src/rsn_supp/tdls.c
@@ -2302,3 +2302,9 @@ void wpa_tdls_enable(struct wpa_sm *sm, int enabled)
 	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "TDLS: %s", enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 	sm->tdls_disabled = !enabled;
 }
+
+
+int wpa_tdls_is_external_setup(struct wpa_sm *sm)
+{
+	return sm->tdls_external_setup;
+}
diff --git a/src/rsn_supp/wpa.h b/src/rsn_supp/wpa.h
index d4ae09c1a..4c1750f19 100644
--- a/src/rsn_supp/wpa.h
+++ b/src/rsn_supp/wpa.h
@@ -370,5 +370,6 @@ int wpa_tdls_init(struct wpa_sm *sm);
 void wpa_tdls_deinit(struct wpa_sm *sm);
 void wpa_tdls_enable(struct wpa_sm *sm, int enabled);
 void wpa_tdls_disable_link(struct wpa_sm *sm, const u8 *addr);
+int wpa_tdls_is_external_setup(struct wpa_sm *sm);
 
 #endif /* WPA_H */
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
index 1b2b766f0..a1d13e325 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_tdls_discover(
 	struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, char *addr)
 {
 	u8 peer[ETH_ALEN];
+	int ret;
 
 	if (hwaddr_aton(addr, peer)) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "CTRL_IFACE TDLS_DISCOVER: invalid "
@@ -216,7 +217,12 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_tdls_discover(
 	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "CTRL_IFACE TDLS_DISCOVER " MACSTR,
 		   MAC2STR(peer));
 
-	return wpa_drv_tdls_oper(wpa_s, TDLS_DISCOVERY_REQ, peer);
+	if (wpa_tdls_is_external_setup(wpa_s->wpa))
+		ret = wpa_tdls_send_discovery_request(wpa_s->wpa, peer);
+	else
+		ret = wpa_drv_tdls_oper(wpa_s, TDLS_DISCOVERY_REQ, peer);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 
@@ -236,8 +242,13 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_tdls_setup(
 		   MAC2STR(peer));
 
 	ret = wpa_tdls_reneg(wpa_s->wpa, peer);
-	if (ret)
-		ret = wpa_drv_tdls_oper(wpa_s, TDLS_SETUP, peer);
+	if (ret) {
+		if (wpa_tdls_is_external_setup(wpa_s->wpa))
+			ret = wpa_tdls_start(wpa_s->wpa, peer);
+		else
+			ret = wpa_drv_tdls_oper(wpa_s, TDLS_SETUP, peer);
+	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -256,7 +267,8 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_ctrl_iface_tdls_teardown(
 	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "CTRL_IFACE TDLS_TEARDOWN " MACSTR,
 		   MAC2STR(peer));
 
-	return wpa_drv_tdls_oper(wpa_s, TDLS_TEARDOWN, peer);
+	return wpa_tdls_teardown_link(wpa_s->wpa, peer,
+				      WLAN_REASON_TDLS_TEARDOWN_UNSPECIFIED);
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_TDLS */