diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
index cffcd998d6..c43663cb37 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -15010,6 +15010,15 @@ set_managed(NMDevice *self, NMDeviceManaged managed, NMDeviceManagedFlags flags,
             g_object_get(self, NM_DEVICE_MANAGED, &managed_new, NULL);
             if (managed_old != managed_new)
                 _notify(self, PROP_MANAGED);
+
+            /* If requested, set the administrative state of the device to UP if the
+             * new managed state is YES, and to DOWN if it's NO. */
+            if (flags & NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_SET_ADMIN_STATE) {
+                nm_platform_link_change_flags(nm_device_get_platform(self),
+                                              nm_device_get_ifindex(self),
+                                              IFF_UP,
+                                              !!managed);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-public/nm-dbus-interface.h b/src/libnm-core-public/nm-dbus-interface.h
index 22a730a29f..08405b7639 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-public/nm-dbus-interface.h
+++ b/src/libnm-core-public/nm-dbus-interface.h
@@ -1268,16 +1268,21 @@ typedef enum {
  * @NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_PERMANENT: to set the device managed state to the permanent (on disk) value.
  * @NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_BY_MAC: to match the device by MAC address, not by name.
  *   This option only makes sense together with %NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_PERMANENT.
+ * @NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_SET_ADMIN_STATE: to set the administrative state of the
+ *   device to up if the managed state is %NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_YES, and down if the managed state
+ *   is %NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_NO. If the flag is not set, the administrative state is not changed.
+ *   The flag is ignored for %NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_RESET.
  *
  * Flags for the SetManaged() D-Bus call of a device and nm_device_set_managed_async().
  *
  * Since: 1.58
  */
 typedef enum /*< flags >*/ {
-    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_NONE      = 0,
-    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_RUNTIME   = 0x1,
-    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_PERMANENT = 0x2,
-    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_BY_MAC    = 0x4,
+    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_NONE            = 0,
+    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_RUNTIME         = 0x1,
+    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_PERMANENT       = 0x2,
+    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_BY_MAC          = 0x4,
+    NM_DEVICE_MANAGED_FLAGS_SET_ADMIN_STATE = 0x8,
 } NMDeviceManagedFlags;
 
 /**