diff --git a/docs/api/migrating-to-09.xml b/docs/api/migrating-to-09.xml
index 277d61b2aa..a73c7b7c04 100644
--- a/docs/api/migrating-to-09.xml
+++ b/docs/api/migrating-to-09.xml
@@ -445,12 +445,6 @@
                 go to sleep or wake up.
               </entry>
             </row>
-            <row>
-              <entry><screen>state() method</screen></entry>
-              <entry>
-                Use the <literal>State</literal> property instead.
-              </entry>
-            </row>
           </tbody>
         </tgroup>
       </table>
diff --git a/introspection/nm-manager.xml b/introspection/nm-manager.xml
index f9641a471e..5eb4614f38 100644
--- a/introspection/nm-manager.xml
+++ b/introspection/nm-manager.xml
@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@
       </arg>
     </method>
 
+    <method name="state">
+      <tp:docstring>
+        The overall networking state as determined by the NetworkManager daemon,
+        based on the state of network devices under it's management.
+      </tp:docstring>
+      <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.CSymbol" value="impl_manager_get_state"/>
+      <arg name="state" type="u" direction="out" tp:type="NM_STATE"/>
+    </method>
+
     <property name="NetworkingEnabled" type="b" access="read">
       <tp:docstring>
         Indicates if overall networking is currently enabled or not.  See the
diff --git a/src/nm-manager.c b/src/nm-manager.c
index aa53430b1a..e2ccf47c72 100644
--- a/src/nm-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-manager.c
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ static void impl_manager_enable (NMManager *manager,
 static void impl_manager_get_permissions (NMManager *manager,
                                           DBusGMethodInvocation *context);
 
+static gboolean impl_manager_get_state (NMManager *manager,
+                                        guint32 *state,
+                                        GError **error);
+
 static gboolean impl_manager_set_logging (NMManager *manager,
                                           const char *level,
                                           const char *domains,
@@ -2726,6 +2730,14 @@ impl_manager_get_permissions (NMManager *self,
 	nm_auth_chain_add_call (chain, NM_AUTH_PERMISSION_SETTINGS_MODIFY_HOSTNAME, FALSE);
 }
 
+static gboolean
+impl_manager_get_state (NMManager *manager, guint32 *state, GError **error)
+{
+	nm_manager_update_state (manager);
+	*state = NM_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE (manager)->state;
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 impl_manager_set_logging (NMManager *manager,
                           const char *level,