diff --git a/src/common/qca-vendor.h b/src/common/qca-vendor.h
index 11f7326db..aa7a65c95 100644
--- a/src/common/qca-vendor.h
+++ b/src/common/qca-vendor.h
@@ -1492,6 +1492,18 @@ enum qca_wlan_vendor_attr_config {
 	 */
 	QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_CONFIG_LATENCY_LEVEL = 55,
 
+	/* 8-bit unsigned value indicating the driver to use the RSNE as-is from
+	 * the connect interface. Exclusively used for the scenarios where the
+	 * device is used as a test bed device with special functionality and
+	 * not recommended for production. This helps driver to not validate the
+	 * RSNE passed from user space and thus allow arbitrary IE data to be
+	 * used for testing purposes.
+	 * 1-enable, 0-disable.
+	 * Applications set/reset this configuration. If not reset, this
+	 * parameter remains in use until the driver is unloaded.
+	 */
+	QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_CONFIG_RSN_IE = 56,
+
 	/* keep last */
 	QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_CONFIG_AFTER_LAST,
 	QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_CONFIG_MAX =