diff --git a/src/common/qca-vendor-attr.h b/src/common/qca-vendor-attr.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f51803e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/qca-vendor-attr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Qualcomm Atheros vendor specific attribute definitions
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
+ *
+ * This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
+ * See README for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QCA_VENDOR_ATTR_H
+#define QCA_VENDOR_ATTR_H
+
+/*
+ * This file defines some of the attributes used with Qualcomm Atheros OUI
+ * 00:13:74 in a way that is not suitable for qca-vendor.h, e.g., due to
+ * compiler dependencies.
+ */
+
+struct qca_avoid_freq_range {
+	u32 start_freq;
+	u32 end_freq;
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+struct qca_avoid_freq_list {
+	u32 count;
+	struct qca_avoid_freq_range range[0];
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+#endif /* QCA_VENDOR_ATTR_H */
diff --git a/src/common/qca-vendor.h b/src/common/qca-vendor.h
index 40fb9a183..1bc981b0b 100644
--- a/src/common/qca-vendor.h
+++ b/src/common/qca-vendor.h
@@ -55,16 +55,6 @@ enum qca_nl80211_vendor_subcmds {
 };
 
 
-struct qca_avoid_freq_range {
-	u32 start_freq;
-	u32 end_freq;
-} STRUCT_PACKED;
-
-struct qca_avoid_freq_list {
-	u32 count;
-	struct qca_avoid_freq_range range[0];
-} STRUCT_PACKED;
-
 enum qca_wlan_vendor_attr {
 	QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_INVALID = 0,
 	/* used by QCA_NL80211_VENDOR_SUBCMD_DFS_CAPABILITY */
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index 1300703e5..b47d63fe0 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "eloop.h"
 #include "utils/list.h"
 #include "common/qca-vendor.h"
+#include "common/qca-vendor-attr.h"
 #include "common/ieee802_11_defs.h"
 #include "common/ieee802_11_common.h"
 #include "l2_packet/l2_packet.h"