diff --git a/net/mac802154/Makefile b/net/mac802154/Makefile
index 2e497d0..702d8b4 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/Makefile
+++ b/net/mac802154/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_MAC802154)	+= mac802154.o
 mac802154-objs		:= main.o rx.o tx.o mac_cmd.o mib.o \
-			   iface.o llsec.o util.o
+			   iface.o llsec.o util.o cfg.o
 
 ccflags-y += -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__
diff --git a/net/mac802154/cfg.c b/net/mac802154/cfg.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..105468e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/mac802154/cfg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Alexander Aring <aar@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * Based on: net/mac80211/cfg.c
+ */
+
+#include <net/cfg802154.h>
+
+const struct cfg802154_ops mac802154_config_ops = {
+};
diff --git a/net/mac802154/cfg.h b/net/mac802154/cfg.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2718f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/mac802154/cfg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* mac802154 configuration hooks for cfg802154
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CFG_H
+#define __CFG_H
+
+extern const struct cfg802154_ops mac802154_config_ops;
+
+#endif /* __CFG_H */
diff --git a/net/mac802154/main.c b/net/mac802154/main.c
index ebc2bb1..785abb1 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/main.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/main.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <net/cfg802154.h>
 
 #include "ieee802154_i.h"
+#include "cfg.h"
 
 static int
 mac802154_netdev_register(struct wpan_phy *phy, struct net_device *dev)
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@
 
 	priv_size = ALIGN(sizeof(*local), NETDEV_ALIGN) + priv_data_len;
 
-	phy = wpan_phy_alloc(NULL, priv_size);
+	phy = wpan_phy_alloc(&mac802154_config_ops, priv_size);
 	if (!phy) {
 		pr_err("failure to allocate master IEEE802.15.4 device\n");
 		return NULL;