diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211.c
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211.c
@@ -434,6 +434,30 @@
 	IEEE80211_LOCK_DESTROY(ic);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called by drivers during setup to set the supported
+ * cipher set for software encryption.
+ */
+void
+ieee80211_set_software_cipher_set(struct ieee80211com *ic,
+    uint32_t cipher_suite)
+{
+	ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_software_ciphers(ic,
+	    cipher_suite);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called by drivers during setup to set the supported
+ * cipher set for hardware encryption.
+ */
+void
+ieee80211_set_hardware_cipher_set(struct ieee80211com *ic,
+    uint32_t cipher_suite)
+{
+	ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_hardware_ciphers(ic,
+	    cipher_suite);
+}
+
 struct ieee80211com *
 ieee80211_find_com(const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.h b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.h
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.h
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.h
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@
 
 void	ieee80211_crypto_attach(struct ieee80211com *);
 void	ieee80211_crypto_detach(struct ieee80211com *);
+void	ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_software_ciphers(struct ieee80211com *,
+	    uint32_t cipher_set);
+void	ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_hardware_ciphers(struct ieee80211com *,
+	    uint32_t cipher_set);
 void	ieee80211_crypto_vattach(struct ieee80211vap *);
 void	ieee80211_crypto_vdetach(struct ieee80211vap *);
 int	ieee80211_crypto_newkey(struct ieee80211vap *,
diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.c
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.c
@@ -164,6 +164,27 @@
 {
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set the supported ciphers for software encryption.
+ */
+void
+ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_software_ciphers(struct ieee80211com *ic,
+    uint32_t cipher_set)
+{
+	ic->ic_supp_cryptocaps = cipher_set;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the supporter ciphers for hardware encryption.
+ */
+void
+ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_hardware_ciphers(struct ieee80211com *ic,
+    uint32_t cipher_set)
+{
+	ic->ic_cryptocaps = cipher_set;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Setup crypto support for a vap.
  */
diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_var.h b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_var.h
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_var.h
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_var.h
@@ -751,6 +751,10 @@
 int	ic_printf(struct ieee80211com *, const char *, ...) __printflike(2, 3);
 void	ieee80211_ifattach(struct ieee80211com *);
 void	ieee80211_ifdetach(struct ieee80211com *);
+void	ieee80211_set_software_cipher_set(struct ieee80211com *,
+	    uint32_t cipher_suite);
+void	ieee80211_set_hardware_cipher_set(struct ieee80211com *,
+	    uint32_t cipher_suite);
 int	ieee80211_vap_setup(struct ieee80211com *, struct ieee80211vap *,
 		const char name[IFNAMSIZ], int unit,
 		enum ieee80211_opmode opmode, int flags,