--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/ap/ap_config.h
++++ b/src/ap/ap_config.h
+@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ struct hostapd_bss_config {
+ char iface[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
+ char bridge[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
+ char ft_iface[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
++ char snoop_iface[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
+ char vlan_bridge[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
+ char wds_bridge[IFNAMSIZ + 1];
+
+--- a/src/ap/x_snoop.c
++++ b/src/ap/x_snoop.c
+@@ -71,8 +71,12 @@ x_snoop_get_l2_packet(struct hostapd_dat
+ {
+ struct hostapd_bss_config *conf = hapd->conf;
+ struct l2_packet_data *l2;
++ const char *ifname = conf->bridge;
+
+- l2 = l2_packet_init(conf->bridge, NULL, ETH_P_ALL, handler, hapd, 1);
++ if (conf->snoop_iface[0])
++ ifname = conf->snoop_iface;
++
++ l2 = l2_packet_init(ifname, NULL, ETH_P_ALL, handler, hapd, 1);
+ if (l2 == NULL) {
+ wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
+ "x_snoop: Failed to initialize L2 packet processing %s",
+--- a/hostapd/config_file.c
++++ b/hostapd/config_file.c
+@@ -2357,6 +2357,8 @@ static int hostapd_config_fill(struct ho
+ sizeof(conf->bss[0]->iface));
+ } else if (os_strcmp(buf, "bridge") == 0) {
+ os_strlcpy(bss->bridge, pos, sizeof(bss->bridge));
++ } else if (os_strcmp(buf, "snoop_iface") == 0) {
++ os_strlcpy(bss->snoop_iface, pos, sizeof(bss->snoop_iface));
+ } else if (os_strcmp(buf, "vlan_bridge") == 0) {
+ os_strlcpy(bss->vlan_bridge, pos, sizeof(bss->vlan_bridge));
+ } else if (os_strcmp(buf, "wds_bridge") == 0) {