diff --git a/src/common/wpa_ctrl.h b/src/common/wpa_ctrl.h
index c8e302a8c..eaf20d13a 100644
--- a/src/common/wpa_ctrl.h
+++ b/src/common/wpa_ctrl.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define MESH_GROUP_REMOVED "MESH-GROUP-REMOVED "
 #define MESH_PEER_CONNECTED "MESH-PEER-CONNECTED "
 #define MESH_PEER_DISCONNECTED "MESH-PEER-DISCONNECTED "
+/** Mesh SAE authentication failure. Wrong password suspected. */
+#define MESH_SAE_AUTH_FAILURE "MESH-SAE-AUTH-FAILURE "
 
 /* WMM AC events */
 #define WMM_AC_EVENT_TSPEC_ADDED "TSPEC-ADDED "
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/mesh_rsn.c b/wpa_supplicant/mesh_rsn.c
index da4cb03ca..d42502c19 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/mesh_rsn.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/mesh_rsn.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ void mesh_auth_timer(void *eloop_ctx, void *user_data)
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "AUTH: Re-authenticate with " MACSTR
 			   " (attempt %d) ",
 			   MAC2STR(sta->addr), sta->sae_auth_retry);
+		wpa_msg(wpa_s, MSG_INFO, MESH_SAE_AUTH_FAILURE "addr=" MACSTR,
+			MAC2STR(sta->addr));
 		if (sta->sae_auth_retry < MESH_AUTH_RETRY) {
 			mesh_rsn_auth_sae_sta(wpa_s, sta);
 		} else {