diff --git a/src/nl80211util.c b/src/nl80211util.c
index bde58607..f226f155 100644
--- a/src/nl80211util.c
+++ b/src/nl80211util.c
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ static bool extract_name(const void *data, uint16_t len, void *o)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool extract_2_chars(const void *data, uint16_t len, void *o)
+{
+	char *out = o;
+	const char *in = data;
+
+	if (len != 3 || in[2] != 0)
+		return false;
+
+	out[0] = in[0];
+	out[1] = in[1];
+	return true;
+}
+
 static bool extract_mac(const void *data, uint16_t len, void *o)
 {
 	const uint8_t **out = o;
@@ -118,6 +131,8 @@ static attr_handler handler_for_type(enum nl80211_attrs type)
 	case NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME:
 	case NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME:
 		return extract_name;
+	case NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA2:
+		return extract_2_chars;
 	case NL80211_ATTR_MAC:
 		return extract_mac;
 	case NL80211_ATTR_ACK: