diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6d8e59..fe8b1e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ vicious.widgets.wifi, but uses `iw` instead of `iwconfig`).
 Supported platforms: GNU/Linux.
 
 * Argument: the network interface, e.g. `"wlan0"`
-* Returns a table with string keys: `${ssid}`, `${mode}`, `${chan}`,
+* Returns a table with string keys: `${bssid}`, `${ssid}`, `${mode}`, `${chan}`,
   `${rate}` (Mb/s), `${freq}` (MHz), `${linp}` (link quality in percent),
   `${txpw}` (transmission power, in dBm) and `${sign}` (signal level, in dBm)
 
diff --git a/widgets/wifiiw_linux.lua b/widgets/wifiiw_linux.lua
index 25aebe1..48e97e2 100644
--- a/widgets/wifiiw_linux.lua
+++ b/widgets/wifiiw_linux.lua
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function wifiiw_linux.async(format, warg, callback)
     local winfo = {}
 
     local function parse_link(stdout)
+        winfo["{bssid}"] = stdout:match"Connected to ([%x:]*)" or "N/A"
         winfo["{ssid}"] = stdout:match"SSID: ([^\n]*)" or "N/A"
         winfo["{freq}"] = tonumber(stdout:match"freq: (%d+)" or 0)
         winfo["{sign}"] = -- Signal level can be negative; w/o unit (dBm)