diff --git a/umac/scan/dispatcher/inc/wlan_scan_public_structs.h b/umac/scan/dispatcher/inc/wlan_scan_public_structs.h
index 0dbc83b02fdf..ffca1931fb1a 100644
--- a/umac/scan/dispatcher/inc/wlan_scan_public_structs.h
+++ b/umac/scan/dispatcher/inc/wlan_scan_public_structs.h
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@
 typedef uint16_t wlan_scan_requester;
 typedef uint32_t wlan_scan_id;
 
+#define WLAN_SCAN_MAX_HINT_S_SSID        10
+#define WLAN_SCAN_MAX_HINT_BSSID         10
+#define MAX_RNR_BSS			5
 #define WLAN_SCAN_MAX_NUM_SSID          16
 #define WLAN_SCAN_MAX_NUM_BSSID         4
-#define MAX_RNR_BSS 5
 
 #define SCM_CANCEL_SCAN_WAIT_TIME 50
 #define SCM_CANCEL_SCAN_WAIT_ITERATION 600
@@ -859,6 +861,30 @@ struct chan_list {
 	struct chan_info chan[NUM_CHANNELS];
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct hint_short_ssid - short SSID hint
+ *  and their phymode
+ * @freq_flags: freq unit: MHz (upper 16bits)
+ *              flags (lower 16bits)
+ * @short_ssid: short SSID
+ */
+struct hint_short_ssid {
+	uint32_t freq_flags;
+	uint32_t short_ssid;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct hint_bssid - BSSID hint
+ *  and their phymode
+ * @freq_flags: freq unit: MHz (upper 16bits)
+ *              flags (lower 16bits)
+ * @bssid: BSSID
+ */
+struct hint_bssid {
+	uint32_t freq_flags;
+	struct qdf_mac_addr bssid;
+};
+
 /**
  * enum scan_request_type: scan type
  * @SCAN_TYPE_DEFAULT: Def scan
@@ -949,6 +975,10 @@ enum scan_request_type {
  * @htcap: htcap ie
  * @vhtcap: vhtcap ie
  * @scan_ctrl_flags_ext: scan control flag extended
+ * @num_hint_s_ssid: number of short SSID hints
+ * @num_hint_bssid: number of BSSID hints
+ * @hint_s_ssid: short SSID hints
+ * @hint_bssid: BSSID hints
  */
 
 struct scan_req_params {
@@ -1042,6 +1072,10 @@ struct scan_req_params {
 	struct element_info htcap;
 	struct element_info vhtcap;
 	uint32_t scan_ctrl_flags_ext;
+	uint32_t num_hint_s_ssid;
+	uint32_t num_hint_bssid;
+	struct hint_short_ssid hint_s_ssid[WLAN_SCAN_MAX_HINT_S_SSID];
+	struct hint_bssid hint_bssid[WLAN_SCAN_MAX_HINT_BSSID];
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/wmi/src/wmi_unified_tlv.c b/wmi/src/wmi_unified_tlv.c
index c729951ae256..c42080c757b9 100644
--- a/wmi/src/wmi_unified_tlv.c
+++ b/wmi/src/wmi_unified_tlv.c
@@ -2802,6 +2802,8 @@ static QDF_STATUS send_scan_start_cmd_tlv(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle,
 	uint16_t extraie_len_with_pad = 0;
 	uint8_t phymode_roundup = 0;
 	struct probe_req_whitelist_attr *ie_whitelist = &params->ie_whitelist;
+	wmi_hint_freq_short_ssid *s_ssid = NULL;
+	wmi_hint_freq_bssid *hint_bssid = NULL;
 
 	/* Length TLV placeholder for array of uint32_t */
 	len += WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE;
@@ -2837,6 +2839,14 @@ static QDF_STATUS send_scan_start_cmd_tlv(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle,
 					sizeof(uint32_t));
 	len += phymode_roundup;
 
+	len += WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE;
+	if (params->num_hint_bssid)
+		len += params->num_hint_bssid * sizeof(wmi_hint_freq_bssid);
+
+	len += WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE;
+	if (params->num_hint_s_ssid)
+		len += params->num_hint_s_ssid * sizeof(wmi_hint_freq_short_ssid);
+
 	/* Allocate the memory */
 	wmi_buf = wmi_buf_alloc(wmi_handle, len);
 	if (!wmi_buf)
@@ -2964,6 +2974,33 @@ static QDF_STATUS send_scan_start_cmd_tlv(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle,
 	} else {
 		/* Add ZERO legth phy mode TLV */
 		WMITLV_SET_HDR(buf_ptr, WMITLV_TAG_ARRAY_BYTE, 0);
+		buf_ptr += WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE;
+	}
+
+	WMITLV_SET_HDR(buf_ptr, WMITLV_TAG_ARRAY_FIXED_STRUC,
+		       (params->num_hint_s_ssid * sizeof(wmi_hint_freq_short_ssid)));
+	if (params->num_hint_s_ssid) {
+		s_ssid = (wmi_hint_freq_short_ssid *)(buf_ptr + WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE);
+		for (i = 0; i < params->num_hint_s_ssid; ++i) {
+			s_ssid->freq_flags = params->hint_s_ssid[i].freq_flags;
+			s_ssid->short_ssid = params->hint_s_ssid[i].short_ssid;
+			s_ssid++;
+		}
+	}
+	buf_ptr += WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE +
+		(params->num_hint_s_ssid * sizeof(wmi_hint_freq_short_ssid));
+
+	WMITLV_SET_HDR(buf_ptr, WMITLV_TAG_ARRAY_FIXED_STRUC,
+		       (params->num_hint_bssid * sizeof(wmi_hint_freq_bssid)));
+	if (params->num_hint_bssid) {
+		hint_bssid = (wmi_hint_freq_bssid *)(buf_ptr + WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE);
+		for (i = 0; i < params->num_hint_bssid; ++i) {
+			hint_bssid->freq_flags =
+				params->hint_bssid[i].freq_flags;
+			WMI_CHAR_ARRAY_TO_MAC_ADDR(&params->hint_bssid[i].bssid.bytes[0],
+						   &hint_bssid->bssid);
+			hint_bssid++;
+		}
 	}
 
 	wmi_mtrace(WMI_START_SCAN_CMDID, cmd->vdev_id, 0);