diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index ce50d920c5..85214ec854 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -2374,6 +2374,7 @@ _wireguard_create_change_nlmsgs (NMPlatform *platform,
                                  const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
                                  const NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
                                  guint peers_len,
+                                 gboolean replace_peers,
                                  GPtrArray **out_msgs)
 {
 	gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *msgs = NULL;
@@ -2422,7 +2423,9 @@ again:
 		NLA_PUT (msg, WGDEVICE_A_PRIVATE_KEY, sizeof (lnk_wireguard->private_key), lnk_wireguard->private_key);
 		NLA_PUT_U16 (msg, WGDEVICE_A_LISTEN_PORT, lnk_wireguard->listen_port);
 		NLA_PUT_U32 (msg, WGDEVICE_A_FWMARK, lnk_wireguard->fwmark);
-		NLA_PUT_U32 (msg, WGDEVICE_A_FLAGS, WGDEVICE_F_REPLACE_PEERS);
+
+		NLA_PUT_U32 (msg, WGDEVICE_A_FLAGS,
+		             replace_peers ? WGDEVICE_F_REPLACE_PEERS : ((guint32) 0u));
 	}
 
 	if (peers_len == 0)
@@ -2552,7 +2555,8 @@ link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *platform,
                        int ifindex,
                        const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
                        const NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
-                       guint peers_len)
+                       guint peers_len,
+                       gboolean replace_peers)
 {
 	NMLinuxPlatformPrivate *priv = NM_LINUX_PLATFORM_GET_PRIVATE (platform);
 	gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *msgs = NULL;
@@ -2570,6 +2574,7 @@ link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *platform,
 	                                     lnk_wireguard,
 	                                     peers,
 	                                     peers_len,
+	                                     replace_peers,
 	                                     &msgs);
 	if (r < 0) {
 		_LOGW ("wireguard: set-device, cannot construct netlink message: %s", nm_strerror (r));
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
index 73189f44c2..4bb31b1742 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.c
@@ -1998,7 +1998,8 @@ nm_platform_link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *self,
                                    int ifindex,
                                    const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
                                    const NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
-                                   guint peers_len)
+                                   guint peers_len,
+                                   gboolean replace_peers)
 {
 	_CHECK_SELF (self, klass, -NME_BUG);
 
@@ -2024,18 +2025,20 @@ nm_platform_link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *self,
 			nm_utils_strbuf_append_str (&b, &len, "}");
 		}
 
-		_LOG3D ("link: change wireguard ifindex %d, %s, %u peers%s",
+		_LOG3D ("link: change wireguard ifindex %d, %s, %u peers%s%s",
 		        ifindex,
 		        nm_platform_lnk_wireguard_to_string (lnk_wireguard, buf_lnk, sizeof (buf_lnk)),
 		        peers_len,
-		        buf_peers);
+		        buf_peers,
+		        replace_peers ? " (replace-peers)" : " (update-peers)");
 	}
 
 	return klass->link_wireguard_change (self,
 	                                     ifindex,
 	                                     lnk_wireguard,
 	                                     peers,
-	                                     peers_len);
+	                                     peers_len,
+	                                     replace_peers);
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index 1f136da582..412ac597ab 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -831,7 +831,8 @@ typedef struct {
 	                              int ifindex,
 	                              const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
 	                              const struct _NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
-	                              guint peers_len);
+	                              guint peers_len,
+	                              gboolean replace_peers);
 
 	gboolean (*vlan_add) (NMPlatform *, const char *name, int parent, int vlanid, guint32 vlanflags, const NMPlatformLink **out_link);
 	gboolean (*link_vlan_change) (NMPlatform *self,
@@ -1393,7 +1394,8 @@ int nm_platform_link_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *self,
                                        int ifindex,
                                        const NMPlatformLnkWireGuard *lnk_wireguard,
                                        const struct _NMPWireGuardPeer *peers,
-                                       guint peers_len);
+                                       guint peers_len,
+                                       gboolean replace_peers);
 
 const NMPlatformIP6Address *nm_platform_ip6_address_get (NMPlatform *self, int ifindex, struct in6_addr address);
 
diff --git a/src/platform/tests/test-link.c b/src/platform/tests/test-link.c
index 031bb79a25..bfd330580a 100644
--- a/src/platform/tests/test-link.c
+++ b/src/platform/tests/test-link.c
@@ -912,7 +912,8 @@ _test_wireguard_change (NMPlatform *platform,
 	                                       ifindex,
 	                                       &lnk_wireguard,
 	                                       (const NMPWireGuardPeer *) peers->data,
-	                                       peers->len);
+	                                       peers->len,
+	                                       TRUE);
 	g_assert (NMTST_NM_ERR_SUCCESS (r));
 }