diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a27f26dd24..4005e3f891 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-03-24  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* libnm-glib/nm-client.c
+		- (client_device_added_proxy): add new devices to the internal device
+			list so they appear to clients
+
 2008-03-24  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	Massive fixup of libnm-glib to:
diff --git a/libnm-glib/nm-client.c b/libnm-glib/nm-client.c
index 6229b53806..02f29856ff 100644
--- a/libnm-glib/nm-client.c
+++ b/libnm-glib/nm-client.c
@@ -426,9 +426,23 @@ static void
 client_device_added_proxy (DBusGProxy *proxy, char *path, gpointer user_data)
 {
 	NMClient *client = NM_CLIENT (user_data);
-	NMDevice *device;
+	NMClientPrivate *priv = NM_CLIENT_GET_PRIVATE (client);
+	GObject *device;
+
+	device = G_OBJECT (nm_client_get_device_by_path (client, path));
+	if (!device) {
+		DBusGConnection *connection = nm_object_get_connection (NM_OBJECT (client));
+
+		device = G_OBJECT (nm_object_cache_get (path));
+		if (device) {
+			g_ptr_array_add (priv->devices, g_object_ref (device));
+		} else {
+			device = G_OBJECT (nm_device_new (connection, path));
+			if (device)
+				g_ptr_array_add (priv->devices, device);
+		}
+	}
 
-	device = nm_client_get_device_by_path (client, path);
 	if (device)
 		g_signal_emit (client, signals[DEVICE_ADDED], 0, device);
 }