diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index ce96c18426..9da61aa868 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ _wireguard_create_change_nlmsgs (NMPlatform *platform,
                                  const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
                                  const NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
                                  guint peers_len,
-                                 gboolean replace_peers,
+                                 NMPlatformWireGuardChangeFlags change_flags,
                                  GPtrArray **out_msgs)
 {
 	gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *msgs = NULL;
@@ -2422,8 +2422,11 @@ again:
 		NLA_PUT_U16 (msg, WGDEVICE_A_LISTEN_PORT, lnk_wireguard->listen_port);
 		NLA_PUT_U32 (msg, WGDEVICE_A_FWMARK, lnk_wireguard->fwmark);
 
-		NLA_PUT_U32 (msg, WGDEVICE_A_FLAGS,
-		             replace_peers ? WGDEVICE_F_REPLACE_PEERS : ((guint32) 0u));
+		NLA_PUT_U32 (msg,
+		             WGDEVICE_A_FLAGS,
+		               NM_FLAGS_HAS (change_flags, NM_PLATFORM_WIREGUARD_CHANGE_FLAG_REPLACE_PEERS)
+		             ? WGDEVICE_F_REPLACE_PEERS
+		             : ((guint32) 0u));
 	}
 
 	if (peers_len == 0)
@@ -2554,7 +2557,7 @@ link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *platform,
                        const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
                        const NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
                        guint peers_len,
-                       gboolean replace_peers)
+                       NMPlatformWireGuardChangeFlags change_flags)
 {
 	NMLinuxPlatformPrivate *priv = NM_LINUX_PLATFORM_GET_PRIVATE (platform);
 	gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *msgs = NULL;
@@ -2572,7 +2575,7 @@ link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *platform,
 	                                     lnk_wireguard,
 	                                     peers,
 	                                     peers_len,
-	                                     replace_peers,
+	                                     change_flags,
 	                                     &msgs);
 	if (r < 0) {
 		_LOGW ("wireguard: set-device, cannot construct netlink message: %s", nm_strerror (r));
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index 021b45d73e..a915f97ed2 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ nm_platform_link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *self,
                                    const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
                                    const NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
                                    guint peers_len,
-                                   gboolean replace_peers)
+                                   NMPlatformWireGuardChangeFlags change_flags)
 {
 	_CHECK_SELF (self, klass, -NME_BUG);
 
@@ -2027,7 +2027,9 @@ nm_platform_link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *self,
 		        nm_platform_lnk_wireguard_to_string (lnk_wireguard, buf_lnk, sizeof (buf_lnk)),
 		        peers_len,
 		        buf_peers,
-		        replace_peers ? " (replace-peers)" : " (update-peers)");
+		          NM_FLAGS_HAS (change_flags, NM_PLATFORM_WIREGUARD_CHANGE_FLAG_REPLACE_PEERS)
+		        ? " (replace-peers)"
+		        : " (update-peers)");
 	}
 
 	return klass->link_wireguard_change (self,
@@ -2035,7 +2037,7 @@ nm_platform_link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *self,
 	                                     lnk_wireguard,
 	                                     peers,
 	                                     peers_len,
-	                                     replace_peers);
+	                                     change_flags);
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index 568b1f4b46..2fa9329ba3 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -753,6 +753,11 @@ typedef enum {
 	NM_PLATFORM_KERNEL_SUPPORT_RTA_PREF                         = (1LL <<  2),
 } NMPlatformKernelSupportFlags;
 
+typedef enum {
+	NM_PLATFORM_WIREGUARD_CHANGE_FLAG_NONE                      = 0,
+	NM_PLATFORM_WIREGUARD_CHANGE_FLAG_REPLACE_PEERS             = (1LL << 0),
+} NMPlatformWireGuardChangeFlags;
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 struct _NMPlatformPrivate;
@@ -831,7 +836,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	                              const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
 	                              const struct _NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
 	                              guint peers_len,
-	                              gboolean replace_peers);
+	                              NMPlatformWireGuardChangeFlags change_flags);
 
 	gboolean (*vlan_add) (NMPlatform *, const char *name, int parent, int vlanid, guint32 vlanflags, const NMPlatformLink **out_link);
 	gboolean (*link_vlan_change) (NMPlatform *self,
@@ -1394,7 +1399,7 @@ int nm_platform_link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *self,
                                        const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
                                        const struct _NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
                                        guint peers_len,
-                                       gboolean replace_peers);
+                                       NMPlatformWireGuardChangeFlags change_flags);
 
 const NMPlatformIP6Address *nm_platform_ip6_address_get (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex, struct in6_addr address);
 
diff --git a/src/platform/tests/test-link.c b/src/platform/tests/test-link.c
index e11858d634..65291bc323 100644
--- a/src/platform/tests/test-link.c
+++ b/src/platform/tests/test-link.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ _test_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *platform,
 	                                       &lnk_wireguard,
 	                                       (const NMPWireGuardPeer *) peers->data,
 	                                       peers->len,
-	                                       TRUE);
+	                                       NM_PLATFORM_WIREGUARD_CHANGE_FLAG_REPLACE_PEERS);
 	g_assert (NMTST_NM_ERR_SUCCESS (r));
 }