diff --git a/include/net/regulatory.h b/include/net/regulatory.h
index b03ddee3341d..92ab80f69efe 100644
--- a/include/net/regulatory.h
+++ b/include/net/regulatory.h
@@ -123,12 +123,17 @@ struct regulatory_request {
  *	derived from the regulatory domain. The regulatory domain used will be
  *	based on the ISO3166-alpha2 from country IE provided through
  *	regulatory_hint_country_ie()
+ * @REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE: for devices that have a preference to ignore
+ * 	all country IE information processed by the regulatory core. This will
+ * 	override %REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_FOLLOW_POWER as all country IEs will
+ * 	be ignored.
  */
 enum ieee80211_regulatory_flags {
 	REGULATORY_CUSTOM_REG			= BIT(0),
 	REGULATORY_STRICT_REG			= BIT(1),
 	REGULATORY_DISABLE_BEACON_HINTS		= BIT(2),
 	REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_FOLLOW_POWER	= BIT(3),
+	REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE		= BIT(4),
 };
 
 struct ieee80211_freq_range {
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 6b3051f6a8a7..067c1f63a1ae 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -1543,6 +1543,9 @@ __reg_process_hint_country_ie(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 		if (regdom_changes(country_ie_request->alpha2))
 			return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
 		return REG_REQ_ALREADY_SET;
+	} else {
+		if (wiphy->regulatory_flags & REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE)
+			return REG_REQ_IGNORE;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(!is_an_alpha2(country_ie_request->alpha2)))