--- a/hostapd/config_file.c
+++ b/hostapd/config_file.c
@@ -2366,6 +2366,8 @@ static int hostapd_config_fill(struct ho
 			return 1;
 		}
 		conf->driver = driver;
+	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "uci_section") == 0) {
+		bss->uci_section = os_strdup(pos);
 	} else if (os_strcmp(buf, "driver_params") == 0) {
 		os_free(conf->driver_params);
 		conf->driver_params = os_strdup(pos);
--- a/src/ap/ap_config.h
+++ b/src/ap/ap_config.h
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ struct hostapd_bss_config {
 	char snoop_iface[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
 	char vlan_bridge[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
 	char wds_bridge[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
+	char *uci_section;
 
 	enum hostapd_logger_level logger_syslog_level, logger_stdout_level;
 
--- a/src/ap/ap_config.c
+++ b/src/ap/ap_config.c
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ void hostapd_config_free_bss(struct host
 	os_free(conf->radius_req_attr_sqlite);
 	os_free(conf->rsn_preauth_interfaces);
 	os_free(conf->ctrl_interface);
+	os_free(conf->uci_section);
 	os_free(conf->ca_cert);
 	os_free(conf->server_cert);
 	os_free(conf->server_cert2);