diff --git a/src/nm-manager.c b/src/nm-manager.c
index 4698247f0b..36fa9221de 100644
--- a/src/nm-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-manager.c
@@ -1561,9 +1561,12 @@ get_existing_connection (NMManager *manager, NMDevice *device)
 	            nm_connection_get_id (connection));
 
 	added = nm_settings_add_connection (priv->settings, connection, FALSE, &error);
-	if (added)
-		nm_settings_connection_set_flags (NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION (added), NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED, TRUE);
-	else {
+	if (added) {
+		nm_settings_connection_set_flags (NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION (added),
+		                                  NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED |
+		                                  NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED_ASSUMED,
+		                                  TRUE);
+	} else {
 		nm_log_warn (LOGD_SETTINGS, "(%s) Couldn't save generated connection '%s': %s",
 		             nm_device_get_iface (device),
 		             nm_connection_get_id (connection),
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
index a36f5ecbda..9fa2801dd3 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ set_unsaved (NMSettingsConnection *self, gboolean now_unsaved)
 			flags |= NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_UNSAVED;
 		else {
 			flags &= ~(NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_UNSAVED |
-			           NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED);
+			           NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED |
+			           NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED_ASSUMED);
 		}
 		nm_settings_connection_set_flags_all (self, flags);
 	}
@@ -457,7 +458,9 @@ nm_settings_connection_replace_settings (NMSettingsConnection *self,
 	g_signal_handlers_block_by_func (self, G_CALLBACK (changed_cb), GUINT_TO_POINTER (TRUE));
 
 	nm_connection_replace_settings_from_connection (NM_CONNECTION (self), new_connection);
-	nm_settings_connection_set_flags (self, NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED, FALSE);
+	nm_settings_connection_set_flags (self,
+	                                  NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED | NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED_ASSUMED,
+	                                  FALSE);
 
 	/* Cache the just-updated system secrets in case something calls
 	 * nm_connection_clear_secrets() and clears them.
@@ -2012,6 +2015,21 @@ nm_settings_connection_get_nm_generated (NMSettingsConnection *connection)
 	return NM_FLAGS_HAS (nm_settings_connection_get_flags (connection), NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nm_settings_connection_get_nm_generated_assumed:
+ * @connection: an #NMSettingsConnection
+ *
+ * Gets the "nm-generated-assumed" flag on @connection.
+ *
+ * The connection is a generated connection especially
+ * generated for connection assumption.
+ */
+gboolean
+nm_settings_connection_get_nm_generated_assumed (NMSettingsConnection *connection)
+{
+	return NM_FLAGS_HAS (nm_settings_connection_get_flags (connection), NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED_ASSUMED);
+}
+
 /**************************************************************/
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.h b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.h
index 3191e7aad8..254e927bfd 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.h
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * @NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED: A connection is "nm-generated" if
  *  it was generated by NetworkManger. If the connection gets modified or saved
  *  by the user, the flag gets cleared. A nm-generated is implicitly unsaved.
+ * @NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED_ASSUMED: A special kind of "nm-generated"
+ *  connection that was specifically created for connection assumption. "nm-generated-assumed"
+ *  implies "nm-generated".
  * @NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_ALL: special mask, for all known flags
  *
  * #NMSettingsConnection flags.
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ typedef enum
 	NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NONE                               = 0x00,
 	NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_UNSAVED                            = 0x01,
 	NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED                       = 0x02,
+	NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_NM_GENERATED_ASSUMED               = 0x04,
 
 	__NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_LAST,
 	NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_ALL = ((__NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_FLAGS_LAST - 1) << 1) - 1,
@@ -190,6 +194,7 @@ void nm_settings_connection_set_autoconnect_blocked_reason (NMSettingsConnection
 gboolean nm_settings_connection_can_autoconnect (NMSettingsConnection *connection);
 
 gboolean nm_settings_connection_get_nm_generated (NMSettingsConnection *connection);
+gboolean nm_settings_connection_get_nm_generated_assumed (NMSettingsConnection *connection);
 
 G_END_DECLS