diff --git a/wireless/wapi/Kconfig b/wireless/wapi/Kconfig
index 309f3366d..eed466f3c 100644
--- a/wireless/wapi/Kconfig
+++ b/wireless/wapi/Kconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ config WIRELESS_WAPI_PRIORITY
 	int "Command Priority"
 	default 100
 
+config WIRELESS_WAPI_SCAN_MAX_DATA
+	int "Scan Cache Buffer Size (bytes)"
+	default 4096
+
 config WIRELESS_WAPI_INITCONF
 	bool "Wireless Configure Initialization"
 	default n
diff --git a/wireless/wapi/src/wireless.c b/wireless/wapi/src/wireless.c
index ee6db4a6a..96a946584 100644
--- a/wireless/wapi/src/wireless.c
+++ b/wireless/wapi/src/wireless.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ int wapi_scan_coll(int sock, FAR const char *ifname,
 
   WAPI_VALIDATE_PTR(aps);
 
-  buflen = IW_SCAN_MAX_DATA;
+  buflen = CONFIG_WIRELESS_WAPI_SCAN_MAX_DATA;
   buf = malloc(buflen * sizeof(char));
   if (!buf)
     {