diff --git a/src/settings/nm-connection-provider.c b/src/settings/nm-connection-provider.c
index 5765151a4a..401f8dabb7 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-connection-provider.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-connection-provider.c
@@ -23,10 +23,20 @@ nm_connection_provider_get_best_connections (NMConnectionProvider *self,
                                              NMConnectionFilterFunc func,
                                              gpointer func_data)
 {
-    g_return_val_if_fail (NM_IS_CONNECTION_PROVIDER (self), NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail (NM_IS_CONNECTION_PROVIDER (self), NULL);
 
-    if (NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->get_best_connections)
-        return NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->get_best_connections (self, max_requested, ctype1, ctype2, func, func_data);
+	if (NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->get_best_connections)
+		return NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->get_best_connections (self, max_requested, ctype1, ctype2, func, func_data);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+const GSList *
+nm_connection_provider_get_connections (NMConnectionProvider *self)
+{
+	g_return_val_if_fail (NM_IS_CONNECTION_PROVIDER (self), NULL);
+
+	if (NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->get_connections)
+		return NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_GET_INTERFACE (self)->get_connections (self);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +45,45 @@ nm_connection_provider_get_best_connections (NMConnectionProvider *self,
 static void
 nm_connection_provider_init (gpointer g_iface)
 {
+	GType iface_type = G_TYPE_FROM_INTERFACE (g_iface);
+	static gboolean initialized = FALSE;
+
+	if (initialized)
+		return;
+	initialized = TRUE;
+
+	/* Signals */
+	g_signal_new (NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_ADDED,
+	              iface_type,
+	              G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
+	              G_STRUCT_OFFSET (NMConnectionProvider, connection_added),
+	              NULL, NULL,
+	              g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__OBJECT,
+	              G_TYPE_NONE, 1, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+	g_signal_new (NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_UPDATED,
+	              iface_type,
+	              G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
+	              G_STRUCT_OFFSET (NMConnectionProvider, connection_updated),
+	              NULL, NULL,
+	              g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__OBJECT,
+	              G_TYPE_NONE, 1, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+	g_signal_new (NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_REMOVED,
+	              iface_type,
+	              G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
+	              G_STRUCT_OFFSET (NMConnectionProvider, connection_removed),
+	              NULL, NULL,
+	              g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__OBJECT,
+	              G_TYPE_NONE, 1, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+	g_signal_new (NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTIONS_LOADED,
+	              iface_type,
+	              G_SIGNAL_RUN_FIRST,
+	              G_STRUCT_OFFSET (NMConnectionProvider, connections_loaded),
+	              NULL, NULL,
+	              g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID,
+	              G_TYPE_NONE, 0);
 }
 
 GType
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-connection-provider.h b/src/settings/nm-connection-provider.h
index 0fa995b6b8..942651f76b 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-connection-provider.h
+++ b/src/settings/nm-connection-provider.h
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 
 typedef struct _NMConnectionProvider NMConnectionProvider;
 
+#define NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_ADDED        "cp-connection-added"
+#define NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_UPDATED      "cp-connection-updated"
+#define NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_REMOVED      "cp-connection-removed"
+#define NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTIONS_LOADED      "cp-connections-loaded"
+
+
 /**
  * NMConnectionFilterFunc:
  * @provider: The provider requesting the filtering
@@ -49,6 +55,17 @@ struct _NMConnectionProvider {
 	                                  const char *ctype2,
 	                                  NMConnectionFilterFunc func,
 	                                  gpointer func_data);
+
+	const GSList * (*get_connections) (NMConnectionProvider *self);
+
+	/* Signals */
+	void (*connection_added)   (NMConnectionProvider *self, NMConnection *connection);
+
+	void (*connection_updated) (NMConnectionProvider *self, NMConnection *connection);
+
+	void (*connection_removed) (NMConnectionProvider *self, NMConnection *connection);
+
+	void (*connections_loaded) (NMConnectionProvider *self);
 };
 
 GType nm_connection_provider_get_type (void);
@@ -76,4 +93,14 @@ GSList *nm_connection_provider_get_best_connections (NMConnectionProvider *self,
                                                      NMConnectionFilterFunc func,
                                                      gpointer func_data);
 
+/**
+ * nm_connection_provider_get_connections:
+ * @self: the #NMConnectionProvider
+ *
+ * Returns: a #GSList of #NMConnection objects representing all known
+ *   connections.  Returned list is owned by the connection provider and must
+ *   not be freed.
+ */
+const GSList *nm_connection_provider_get_connections (NMConnectionProvider *self);
+
 #endif /* NM_CONNECTION_PROVIDER_H */
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings.c b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
index 731a919584..5c21ba7de3 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ load_connections (NMSettings *self)
 	unmanaged_specs_changed (NULL, self);
 
 	g_signal_emit (self, signals[CONNECTIONS_LOADED], 0);
+	g_signal_emit_by_name (self, NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTIONS_LOADED);
 }
 
 void
@@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ connection_removed (NMSettingsConnection *obj, gpointer user_data)
 
 	/* Re-emit for listeners like NMPolicy */
 	g_signal_emit (NM_SETTINGS (user_data), signals[CONNECTION_REMOVED], 0, connection);
+	g_signal_emit_by_name (NM_SETTINGS (user_data), NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_REMOVED, connection);
 
 	g_object_unref (connection);
 }
@@ -706,6 +708,7 @@ connection_updated (NMSettingsConnection *connection, gpointer user_data)
 	               signals[CONNECTION_UPDATED],
 	               0,
 	               connection);
+	g_signal_emit_by_name (NM_SETTINGS (user_data), NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_UPDATED, connection);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -854,6 +857,7 @@ claim_connection (NMSettings *self,
 	if (priv->connections_loaded) {
 		/* Internal added signal */
 		g_signal_emit (self, signals[CONNECTION_ADDED], 0, connection);
+		g_signal_emit_by_name (self, NM_CP_SIGNAL_CONNECTION_ADDED, connection);
 
 		/* Exported D-Bus signal */
 		g_signal_emit (self, signals[NEW_CONNECTION], 0, connection);
@@ -1700,6 +1704,24 @@ get_best_connections (NMConnectionProvider *provider,
 	return g_slist_reverse (sorted);
 }
 
+static const GSList *
+get_connections (NMConnectionProvider *provider)
+{
+	static GSList *list = NULL;
+	NMSettings *self = NM_SETTINGS (provider);
+	GHashTableIter iter;
+	NMSettingsConnection *connection;
+
+	/* Lazily free the list with every call so we can keep it 'const' for callers */
+	g_slist_free (list);
+	list = NULL;
+
+	g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, NM_SETTINGS_GET_PRIVATE (self)->connections);
+	while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, NULL, (gpointer) &connection))
+		list = g_slist_prepend (list, connection);
+	return g_slist_reverse (list);
+}
+
 /***************************************************************/
 
 NMSettings *
@@ -1744,6 +1766,7 @@ static void
 connection_provider_init (NMConnectionProvider *cp_class)
 {
     cp_class->get_best_connections = get_best_connections;
+    cp_class->get_connections = get_connections;
 }
 
 static void