diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
index b633a5099c..c0913eea98 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils.c
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ _nm_utils_string_append_tc_qdisc_rest (GString *string, NMTCQdisc *qdisc)
 	gs_free char *str = NULL;
 
 	if (   handle != TC_H_UNSPEC
-	    && !nm_streq (kind, "ingress")) {
+	    && !NM_IN_STRSET (kind, "ingress", "clsact")) {
 		g_string_append (string, "handle ");
 		_string_append_tc_handle (string, handle);
 		g_string_append_c (string, ' ');
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ _tc_read_common_opts (const char *str,
 	variant = g_hash_table_lookup (ht, "kind");
 	if (variant) {
 		*kind = g_variant_dup_string (variant, NULL);
-		if (nm_streq (*kind, "ingress")) {
+		if (NM_IN_STRSET (*kind, "ingress", "clsact")) {
 			if (*parent == TC_H_UNSPEC)
 				*parent = TC_H_INGRESS;
 			if (*handle == TC_H_UNSPEC)
diff --git a/libnm-core/tests/test-setting.c b/libnm-core/tests/test-setting.c
index 1b53baeda3..6bf1fdb1e4 100644
--- a/libnm-core/tests/test-setting.c
+++ b/libnm-core/tests/test-setting.c
@@ -2308,6 +2308,14 @@ test_tc_config_qdisc (void)
 	nm_tc_qdisc_unref (qdisc1);
 	nm_tc_qdisc_unref (qdisc2);
 
+	qdisc1 = nm_utils_tc_qdisc_from_str ("clsact", &error);
+	nmtst_assert_success (qdisc1, error);
+	str = nm_utils_tc_qdisc_to_str (qdisc1, &error);
+	nmtst_assert_success (str, error);
+	g_assert_cmpstr (str, ==, "clsact");
+	nm_tc_qdisc_unref (qdisc1);
+	g_free (str);
+
 #define CHECK_ATTRIBUTE(qdisc, name, vtype, type, value) \
 	variant = nm_tc_qdisc_get_attribute (qdisc, name); \
 	g_assert (variant); \