diff --git a/components/pmo/core/src/wlan_pmo_wow.c b/components/pmo/core/src/wlan_pmo_wow.c
index 51cfffef4bff..988b166ae433 100644
--- a/components/pmo/core/src/wlan_pmo_wow.c
+++ b/components/pmo/core/src/wlan_pmo_wow.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ void pmo_set_sta_wow_bitmask(uint32_t *bitmask, uint32_t wow_bitmap_size)
 	pmo_set_wow_event_bitmap(WOW_ROAM_PREAUTH_START_EVENT,
 				 wow_bitmap_size,
 				 bitmask);
+	pmo_set_wow_event_bitmap(WOW_ROAM_PMKID_REQUEST_EVENT,
+				 wow_bitmap_size,
+				 bitmask);
 }
 
 void pmo_set_sap_wow_bitmask(uint32_t *bitmask, uint32_t wow_bitmap_size)
diff --git a/core/wma/inc/wma_internal.h b/core/wma/inc/wma_internal.h
index df5158d00710..9a9510ac90f8 100644
--- a/core/wma/inc/wma_internal.h
+++ b/core/wma/inc/wma_internal.h
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ static inline void
 wma_register_pmkid_req_event_handler(tp_wma_handle wma_handle)
 {
 }
+
+static inline int
+wma_roam_pmkid_request_event_handler(void *handle,
+				     uint8_t *event,
+				     uint32_t len)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* WLAN_FEATURE_FIPS */
 
 /**
@@ -283,6 +291,14 @@ wma_roam_stats_event_handler(WMA_HANDLE handle, uint8_t *event,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline int
+wma_roam_pmkid_request_event_handler(void *handle,
+				     uint8_t *event,
+				     uint32_t len)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/wma/src/wma_features.c b/core/wma/src/wma_features.c
index f8454cd3151f..3659476299dd 100644
--- a/core/wma/src/wma_features.c
+++ b/core/wma/src/wma_features.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,8 @@ static const uint8_t *wma_wow_wake_reason_str(A_INT32 wake_reason)
 #endif /* WLAN_FEATURE_MOTION_DETECTION */
 	case WOW_REASON_PAGE_FAULT:
 		return "PAGE_FAULT";
+	case WOW_REASON_ROAM_PMKID_REQUEST:
+		return "ROAM_PMKID_REQUEST";
 	default:
 		return "unknown";
 	}
@@ -1737,6 +1739,9 @@ static int wow_get_wmi_eventid(int32_t reason, uint32_t tag)
 	case WOW_ROAM_PREAUTH_START_EVENT:
 		event_id = WMI_ROAM_PREAUTH_STATUS_CMDID;
 		break;
+	case WOW_REASON_ROAM_PMKID_REQUEST:
+		event_id = WMI_ROAM_PMKID_REQUEST_EVENTID;
+		break;
 	default:
 		WMA_LOGD(FL("No Event Id for WOW reason %s(%d)"),
 			 wma_wow_wake_reason_str(reason), reason);
@@ -1775,6 +1780,7 @@ static bool is_piggybacked_event(int32_t reason)
 	case WOW_REASON_NAN_DATA:
 	case WOW_REASON_TDLS_CONN_TRACKER_EVENT:
 	case WOW_REASON_ROAM_HO:
+	case WOW_REASON_ROAM_PMKID_REQUEST:
 		return true;
 	default:
 		return false;
@@ -2632,7 +2638,11 @@ static int wma_wake_event_piggybacked(
 		wma_send_msg(wma, SIR_LIM_DELETE_STA_CONTEXT_IND, del_sta_ctx,
 			     0);
 		break;
-
+	case WOW_REASON_ROAM_PMKID_REQUEST:
+		WMA_LOGD("Host woken up because of PMKID request event");
+		errno = wma_roam_pmkid_request_event_handler(wma, pb_event,
+							     pb_event_len);
+		break;
 	default:
 		WMA_LOGE("Wake reason %s(%u) is not a piggybacked event",
 			 wma_wow_wake_reason_str(wake_reason), wake_reason);