diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 740ccdc2..81d961e2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ tools_hwsim_SOURCES = tools/hwsim.c src/mpdu.h \
 tools_hwsim_LDADD = ell/libell-internal.la
 tools_test_runner_LDADD = ell/libell-internal.la
 
+if SIM_HARDCODED
+builtin_modules += sim_hardcoded
+builtin_sources += plugins/sim_hardcoded.c
+endif
+
 unit_tests = unit/test-cmac-aes \
 		unit/test-hmac-md5 unit/test-hmac-sha1 unit/test-hmac-sha256 \
 		unit/test-prf-sha1 unit/test-kdf-sha256 \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 207796dc..2d0cdf4c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(pie, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-pie],
 	fi
 ])
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(sim_hardcoded, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-sim-hardcoded],
+			[disable hard coded SIM keys]),
+			[enable_sim_hardcoded=${enableval}])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(SIM_HARDCODED, test "${enable_sim_hardcoded}" != "no")
+
 if (test "${prefix}" = "NONE"); then
 	dnl no prefix and no localstatedir, so default to /var
 	if (test "$localstatedir" = '${prefix}/var'); then