diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant/defconfig-gnutls b/meta/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant/defconfig-gnutls
index 8be41074cd..92573e2f99 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant/defconfig-gnutls
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant/defconfig-gnutls
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ CONFIG_PEERKEY=y
 
 # Add support for new DBus control interface
 # (fi.w1.hostap.wpa_supplicant1)
-#CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_NEW=y
+CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_NEW=y
 
 # Add introspection support for new DBus control interface
 #CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_INTRO=y