diff --git a/clients/cli/connections.c b/clients/cli/connections.c
index 9b66916fb0..d47781566d 100644
--- a/clients/cli/connections.c
+++ b/clients/cli/connections.c
@@ -1940,6 +1940,9 @@ do_connections_show (NmCli *nmc, int argc, char **argv)
 			}
 		}
 
+		/* Optionally start paging the output. */
+		nmc_terminal_spawn_pager (&nmc->nmc_config);
+
 		items = con_show_get_items (nmc, active_only, show_active_fields, order);
 		g_ptr_array_add (items, NULL);
 		if (!nmc_print (&nmc->nmc_config,
diff --git a/clients/cli/general.c b/clients/cli/general.c
index 841df8bdec..de7439708b 100644
--- a/clients/cli/general.c
+++ b/clients/cli/general.c
@@ -560,6 +560,9 @@ print_permissions (void *user_data)
 		permissions[i++] = GINT_TO_POINTER (perm);
 	permissions[i++] = NULL;
 
+	/* Optionally start paging the output. */
+	nmc_terminal_spawn_pager (&nmc->nmc_config);
+
 	if (!nmc_print (&nmc->nmc_config,
 	                permissions,
 	                _("NetworkManager permissions"),