diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/Makefile.am b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/Makefile.am
index 84deda5b33..07a2fc8852 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS = . tests
 INCLUDES = \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/wifi \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/settings \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/include \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/libnm-glib \
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ lib_ifnet_io_la_CPPFLAGS = \
 	-DSBINDIR=\"$(sbindir)\"
 
 lib_ifnet_io_la_LIBADD = \
+	 $(top_builddir)/src/wifi/libwifi-utils.la \
 	 $(top_builddir)/libnm-util/libnm-util.la \
 	 $(GLIB_LIBS)\
 	 $(GIO_LIBS)
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/net_parser.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/net_parser.c
index 66caa74631..2562e61331 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/net_parser.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/net_parser.c
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <nm-system-config-interface.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 #include "plugin.h"
+#include "wifi-utils.h"
+
 #include "net_parser.h"
 #include "net_utils.h"
 
@@ -122,6 +129,24 @@ is_global_setting (char *key)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Find out whether the 'iface' is an interface */
+static gboolean
+name_is_interface (const char *iface)
+{
+	int fd;
+	struct ifreq ifr;
+	gboolean is_iface = FALSE;
+
+	fd = socket (PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		strncpy (ifr.ifr_name, iface, IFNAMSIZ);
+		if (ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) == 0)
+			is_iface = TRUE;
+		close (fd);
+	}
+	return is_iface;
+}
+
 /* Parse a complete line */
 /* Connection type is determined here */
 static void
@@ -166,8 +191,12 @@ init_block_by_line (gchar * buf)
 			/* ignored connection */
 			conn = add_new_connection_config ("ignore", pos);
 		} else
-			/* wireless connection */
-			conn = add_new_connection_config ("wireless", pos);
+			if (name_is_interface (pos) && !wifi_utils_is_wifi (pos, NULL))
+				/* wired connection */
+				conn = add_new_connection_config ("wired", pos);
+			else
+				/* wireless connection */
+				conn = add_new_connection_config ("wireless", pos);
 	}
 	data = g_strdup (key_value[1]);
 	tmp = strip_string (data, '"');
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/tests/Makefile.am b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/tests/Makefile.am
index 20a2680523..85d42388a5 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifnet/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ check_ifnet_CPPFLAGS = $(CHECK_CFLAGS) $(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 check_ifnet_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/libnm-util/libnm-util.la \
 		    $(builddir)/../lib-ifnet-io.la \
 		    $(CHECK_LIBS) \
-		    $(GLIB_LIBS)
+		    $(GLIB_LIBS) \
+		    $(LIBM)
 EXTRA_DIST = hostname \
 			 net \
 			 net.all \