diff --git a/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/wlan_mlme_twt_ucfg_api.h b/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/wlan_mlme_twt_ucfg_api.h
index 7cca4c7b0d7e..73e3458bf43a 100644
--- a/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/wlan_mlme_twt_ucfg_api.h
+++ b/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/wlan_mlme_twt_ucfg_api.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. 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 above
@@ -382,6 +383,18 @@ uint8_t ucfg_mlme_get_twt_peer_capabilities(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
 	return mlme_get_twt_peer_capabilities(psoc, peer_mac);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ucfg_mlme_get_twt_peer_responder_capabilities() - Get peer responder
+ * capabilities
+ * @psoc: Pointer to global psoc object
+ * @peer_mac: Pointer to peer mac address
+ *
+ * Return: Return True if peer responder capabilities support else False
+ */
+bool ucfg_mlme_get_twt_peer_responder_capabilities(
+						struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
+						struct qdf_mac_addr *peer_mac);
+
 /**
  * ucfg_mlme_init_twt_context() - Initialize TWT context
  * @psoc: Pointer to global psoc object
@@ -678,6 +691,14 @@ uint8_t ucfg_mlme_get_twt_peer_capabilities(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline
+bool ucfg_mlme_get_twt_peer_responder_capabilities(
+						struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
+						struct qdf_mac_addr *peer_mac)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline
 QDF_STATUS ucfg_mlme_init_twt_context(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
 				      struct qdf_mac_addr *peer_mac,
diff --git a/components/mlme/dispatcher/src/wlan_mlme_twt_ucfg_api.c b/components/mlme/dispatcher/src/wlan_mlme_twt_ucfg_api.c
index 26b31cc37855..6a8d28511270 100644
--- a/components/mlme/dispatcher/src/wlan_mlme_twt_ucfg_api.c
+++ b/components/mlme/dispatcher/src/wlan_mlme_twt_ucfg_api.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. 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 above
@@ -259,6 +260,20 @@ ucfg_mlme_set_twt_nudge_tgt_cap(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc, bool val)
 	return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+bool ucfg_mlme_get_twt_peer_responder_capabilities(
+					struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
+					struct qdf_mac_addr *peer_mac)
+{
+	uint8_t peer_cap;
+
+	peer_cap = mlme_get_twt_peer_capabilities(psoc, peer_mac);
+
+	if (peer_cap & WLAN_TWT_CAPA_RESPONDER)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 QDF_STATUS
 ucfg_mlme_get_twt_nudge_tgt_cap(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc, bool *val)
 {
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_twt.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_twt.c
index f4f2aeb5f9b9..35ca8edd9729 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_twt.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_twt.c
@@ -1817,6 +1817,13 @@ static int hdd_twt_setup_session(struct hdd_adapter *adapter,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (!ucfg_mlme_get_twt_peer_responder_capabilities(
+					adapter->hdd_ctx->psoc,
+					&hdd_sta_ctx->conn_info.bssid)) {
+		hdd_err_rl("TWT setup reject: TWT responder not supported");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	ret = hdd_twt_get_add_dialog_values(tb2, &params);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;