diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
index dac9188815a..8920903791b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, qt4 ? null}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "wpa_supplicant-0.6.9";
+  name = "wpa_supplicant-0.7.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0w7mf3nyilkjsn5v7p15v5fxnh0klgm8c979z80y0mkw7zx88lkf";
+    sha256 = "08aynxk842vg4if28ydza3mwkx2nvk9gw2vkbdlfn88vi1wgcd4x";
   };
 
   preBuild = ''
     cd wpa_supplicant
     cp defconfig .config
+    echo CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y >> .config
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr/local $out
     makeFlagsArray=(ALL="wpa_supplicant wpa_passphrase wpa_cli ${if qt4 == null then "" else "wpa_gui-qt4"}")
   '';