diff --git a/src/nm-connection-provider.c b/src/nm-connection-provider.c
index 4a7019441b..39ede1d1e8 100644
--- a/src/nm-connection-provider.c
+++ b/src/nm-connection-provider.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "nm-connection-provider.h"
+#include "nm-utils.h"
 
 GSList *
 nm_connection_provider_get_best_connections (NMConnectionProvider *self,
@@ -75,6 +76,25 @@ nm_connection_provider_add_connection (NMConnectionProvider *self,
 	return NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->add_connection (self, connection, save_to_disk, error);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nm_connection_provider_get_connection_by_uuid:
+ * @self: the #NMConnectionProvider
+ * @uuid: the UUID to search for
+ *
+ * Returns: the connection with the given @uuid, or %NULL
+ */
+NMConnection *
+nm_connection_provider_get_connection_by_uuid (NMConnectionProvider *self,
+                                               const char *uuid)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (NM_IS_CONNECTION_PROVIDER (self), NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (uuid != NULL, NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (nm_utils_is_uuid (uuid), NULL);
+
+	g_assert (NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->get_connection_by_uuid);
+	return NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->get_connection_by_uuid (self, uuid);
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/nm-connection-provider.h b/src/nm-connection-provider.h
index 2afbc6d65c..05c49a73e6 100644
--- a/src/nm-connection-provider.h
+++ b/src/nm-connection-provider.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ struct _NMConnectionProvider {
 	                                  gboolean save_to_disk,
 	                                  GError **error);
 
+	NMConnection * (*get_connection_by_uuid) (NMConnectionProvider *self,
+	                                          const char *uuid);
+
 	/* Signals */
 	void (*connection_added)   (NMConnectionProvider *self, NMConnection *connection);
 
@@ -137,4 +140,7 @@ NMConnection *nm_connection_provider_add_connection (NMConnectionProvider *self,
                                                      gboolean save_to_disk,
                                                      GError **error);
 
+NMConnection *nm_connection_provider_get_connection_by_uuid (NMConnectionProvider *self,
+                                                             const char *uuid);
+
 #endif /* NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_H */
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings.c b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
index c5f68ddd48..49d64d1f6b 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
@@ -1730,6 +1730,12 @@ has_connections_loaded (NMConnectionProvider *provider)
 	return priv->connections_loaded;
 }
 
+static NMConnection *
+cp_get_connection_by_uuid (NMConnectionProvider *provider, const char *uuid)
+{
+	return NM_CONNECTION (nm_settings_get_connection_by_uuid (NM_SETTINGS (provider), uuid));
+}
+
 /***************************************************************/
 
 NMSettings *
@@ -1765,6 +1771,7 @@ connection_provider_init (NMConnectionProvider *cp_class)
     cp_class->get_connections = get_connections;
     cp_class->has_connections_loaded = has_connections_loaded;
     cp_class->add_connection = _nm_connection_provider_add_connection;
+    cp_class->get_connection_by_uuid = cp_get_connection_by_uuid;
 }
 
 static void