#define WL18XX_RX_CHECKSUM_MASK      0x40
 
+static char *ht_mode_param;
+
 static const u8 wl18xx_rate_to_idx_2ghz[] = {
        /* MCS rates are used only with 11n */
        15,                            /* WL18XX_CONF_HW_RXTX_RATE_MCS15 */
                },
 };
 
+/* HT cap appropriate for MIMO rates in 20mhz channel */
+static struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap wl18xx_mimo_ht_cap = {
+       .cap = IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_20,
+       .ht_supported = true,
+       .ampdu_factor = IEEE80211_HT_MAX_AMPDU_16K,
+       .ampdu_density = IEEE80211_HT_MPDU_DENSITY_16,
+       .mcs = {
+               .rx_mask = { 0xff, 0xff, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, },
+               .rx_highest = cpu_to_le16(144),
+               .tx_params = IEEE80211_HT_MCS_TX_DEFINED,
+               },
+};
+
 int __devinit wl18xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
        struct wl1271 *wl;
        wl->hw_min_ht_rate = WL18XX_CONF_HW_RXTX_RATE_MCS0;
        wl->fw_status_priv_len = sizeof(struct wl18xx_fw_status_priv);
        memcpy(&wl->ht_cap, &wl18xx_ht_cap, sizeof(wl18xx_ht_cap));
+       if (ht_mode_param && !strcmp(ht_mode_param, "mimo"))
+               memcpy(&wl->ht_cap, &wl18xx_mimo_ht_cap,
+                      sizeof(wl18xx_mimo_ht_cap));
+
        wl18xx_conf_init(wl);
 
        return wlcore_probe(wl, pdev);
 }
 module_exit(wl18xx_exit);
 
+module_param_named(ht_mode, ht_mode_param, charp, S_IRUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ht_mode, "Force HT mode: wide or mimo");
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>");
 MODULE_FIRMWARE(WL18XX_FW_NAME);