diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index da8cf44e09..e7aab0b427 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ type_to_string (NMLinkType type)
 	switch (type) {
 	case NM_LINK_TYPE_DUMMY:
 		return "dummy";
+	case NM_LINK_TYPE_IFB:
+		return "ifb";
 	case NM_LINK_TYPE_VETH:
 		return "veth";
 	case NM_LINK_TYPE_VLAN:
@@ -324,6 +326,8 @@ link_extract_type (struct rtnl_link *rtnllink, const char **out_name)
 		return_type (NM_LINK_TYPE_INFINIBAND, "infiniband");
 	else if (!strcmp (type, "dummy"))
 		return_type (NM_LINK_TYPE_DUMMY, "dummy");
+	else if (!strcmp (type, "ifb"))
+		return_type (NM_LINK_TYPE_IFB, "ifb");
 	else if (!strcmp (type, "veth"))
 		return_type (NM_LINK_TYPE_VETH, "veth");
 	else if (!strcmp (type, "vlan"))
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index ee00256ebb..9df436d35a 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 	/* Virtual types */
 	NM_LINK_TYPE_DUMMY,
+	NM_LINK_TYPE_IFB,
 	NM_LINK_TYPE_LOOPBACK,
 	NM_LINK_TYPE_VETH,
 	NM_LINK_TYPE_VLAN,