diff --git a/sys/net80211/_ieee80211.h b/sys/net80211/_ieee80211.h
--- a/sys/net80211/_ieee80211.h
+++ b/sys/net80211/_ieee80211.h
@@ -536,6 +536,27 @@
 	"\21AMPDU\22AMSDU\23HT\24SMPS\25RIFS\32TXLDPC\33RXAMSDUAMPDU" \
 	"\34TXAMSDUAMPDU"
 
+/*
+ * AKM (key management) suite capability list.
+ *
+ * These represent what's in 802.11-2016 - Table 9-133 - AKM Suite Selectors.
+ * Note that they do not match what the table values are, in case other key
+ * management suites want to be added with different OUIs.
+ */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_UNSPEC_802_1X		0x00000001 /* RSN suite 1 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_PSK_OVER_802_1X		0x00000002 /* RSN suite 2 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_FT_OVER_802_1X		0x00000004 /* RSN suite 3 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_FT_PSK			0x00000008 /* RSN suite 4 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_802_1X_SHA256		0x00000010 /* RSN suite 5 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_PSK_SHA256		0x00000020 /* RSN suite 6 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_TPK_HANDSHAKE		0x00000040 /* RSN suite 7 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_SAE			0x00000080 /* RSN suite 8 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_FT_SAE			0x00000100 /* RSN suite 9 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_APPEERKEY_SHA256		0x00000200 /* RSN suite 10 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_802_1X_SUITE_B		0x00000400 /* RSN suite 11 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_802_1X_SUITE_B_192	0x00000800 /* RSN suite 12 */
+#define	IEEE80211_KEYMGMT_RSN_FT_802_1X_SHA384		0x00001000 /* RSN suite 13 */
+
 /*
  * RX status notification - which fields are valid.
  */
diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211.c
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211.c
@@ -456,6 +456,18 @@
 	ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_hardware_ciphers(ic, cipher_suite);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called by drivers during attach to set the supported
+ * key management suites by the driver/hardware.
+ */
+void
+ieee80211_set_driver_keymgmt_suites(struct ieee80211com *ic,
+    uint32_t keymgmt_set)
+{
+	ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_driver_keymgmt(ic,
+	    keymgmt_set);
+}
+
 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
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@
 	    uint32_t cipher_set);
 void	ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_hardware_ciphers(struct ieee80211com *,
 	    uint32_t cipher_set);
+void	ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_driver_keymgmt(struct ieee80211com *,
+	    uint32_t keymgmt_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
@@ -154,6 +154,25 @@
 	 */
 	ic->ic_sw_cryptocaps = IEEE80211_CRYPTO_WEP |
 	    IEEE80211_CRYPTO_TKIP | IEEE80211_CRYPTO_AES_CCM;
+
+	/*
+	 * Default set of key management types supported by net80211.
+	 *
+	 * These are supported by software net80211 and announced/
+	 * driven by hostapd + wpa_supplicant.
+	 *
+	 * Drivers doing full supplicant offload must not set
+	 * anything here.
+	 *
+	 * Note that IEEE80211_C_WPA1 and IEEE80211_C_WPA2 are the
+	 * "old" style way of drivers announcing key management
+	 * capabilities.  There are many, many more key management
+	 * suites in 802.11-2016 (see 9.4.2.25.3 - AKM suites.)
+	 * For now they still need to be set - these flags are checked
+	 * when assembling a beacon to reserve space for the WPA
+	 * vendor IE (WPA 1) and RSN IE (WPA 2).
+	 */
+	ic->ic_sw_keymgmtcaps = 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -184,6 +203,22 @@
 	ic->ic_cryptocaps = cipher_set;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set the supported software key management by the driver.
+ *
+ * These are the key management suites that are supported via
+ * the driver via hostapd/wpa_supplicant.
+ *
+ * Key management which is completely offloaded (ie, the supplicant
+ * runs in hardware/firmware) must not be set here.
+ */
+void
+ieee80211_crypto_set_supported_driver_keymgmt(struct ieee80211com *ic,
+    uint32_t keymgmt_set)
+{
+
+	ic->ic_sw_keymgmtcaps = keymgmt_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
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@
 	uint32_t		ic_sw_cryptocaps;
 	uint32_t		ic_cryptocaps;	/* hardware crypto caps */
 						/* set of mode capabilities */
+				/* driver/net80211 sw KEYMGMT capabilities */
+	uint32_t		ic_sw_keymgmtcaps;
 	uint8_t			ic_modecaps[IEEE80211_MODE_BYTES];
 	uint8_t			ic_promisc;	/* vap's needing promisc mode */
 	uint8_t			ic_allmulti;	/* vap's needing all multicast*/
@@ -755,6 +757,8 @@
 	    uint32_t cipher_suite);
 void	ieee80211_set_hardware_ciphers(struct ieee80211com *,
 	    uint32_t cipher_suite);
+void	ieee80211_set_driver_keymgmt_suites(struct ieee80211com *ic,
+	    uint32_t keymgmt_set);
 int	ieee80211_vap_setup(struct ieee80211com *, struct ieee80211vap *,
 		const char name[IFNAMSIZ], int unit,
 		enum ieee80211_opmode opmode, int flags,