diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 748c0c9ef2..6c29e44ff2 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4640,6 +4640,7 @@ clients_tui_nmtui_LDADD = \
 	clients/tui/newt/libnmt-newt.a \
 	clients/common/libnmc.la \
 	clients/common/libnmc-base.la \
+	shared/nm-libnm-aux/libnm-libnm-aux.la \
 	shared/nm-libnm-core-aux/libnm-libnm-core-aux.la \
 	shared/nm-libnm-core-intern/libnm-libnm-core-intern.la \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/libnm-glib-aux.la \
diff --git a/clients/tui/meson.build b/clients/tui/meson.build
index 8948d6ff35..db6bd429fd 100644
--- a/clients/tui/meson.build
+++ b/clients/tui/meson.build
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ deps = [
   libnmc_base_dep,
   libnmc_dep,
   libnmt_newt_dep,
+  libnm_libnm_aux_dep,
 ]
 
 executable(
diff --git a/clients/tui/nmtui.c b/clients/tui/nmtui.c
index e9d2ab506b..dcd8973772 100644
--- a/clients/tui/nmtui.c
+++ b/clients/tui/nmtui.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include "nm-libnm-aux/nm-libnm-aux.h"
+
 #include "nmt-newt.h"
 #include "nm-editor-bindings.h"
 
@@ -231,8 +233,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 	nm_editor_bindings_init ();
 
-	nm_client = nm_client_new (NULL, &error);
-	if (!nm_client) {
+	if (!nmc_client_new_waitsync (NULL,
+	                              &nm_client,
+	                              &error,
+	                              NULL)) {
 		g_printerr (_("Could not contact NetworkManager: %s.\n"), error->message);
 		g_error_free (error);
 		exit (1);