diff --git a/src/tools/pw-dump.c b/src/tools/pw-dump.c
index 4d53c26df..ef7e96c4e 100644
--- a/src/tools/pw-dump.c
+++ b/src/tools/pw-dump.c
@@ -1037,6 +1037,8 @@ static int metadata_property(void *object,
 			const char *type,
 			const char *value)
 {
+	struct object *o = object;
+	o->changed++;
 	return 0;
 }