diff --git a/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.xml b/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.xml
index b8d0b5c125..efd866db47 100644
--- a/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.xml
+++ b/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.xml
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@
         @options: Further options for the method call.
         @path: Object path of the new connection that was just added.
         @active_connection: The path of the active connection object representing this active connection.
+        @result: a dictionary of additional output arguments for future extension. Currently not additional
+          output arguments are supported.
 
         Adds a new connection using the given details (if any) as a template
         (automatically filling in missing settings with the capabilities of the
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@
       <arg name="options" type="a{sv}" direction="in"/>
       <arg name="path" type="o" direction="out"/>
       <arg name="active_connection" type="o" direction="out"/>
+      <arg name="result" type="a{sv}" direction="out"/>
     </method>
 
     <!--
diff --git a/libnm/libnm.ver b/libnm/libnm.ver
index f1f6954e53..652e01eb68 100644
--- a/libnm/libnm.ver
+++ b/libnm/libnm.ver
@@ -1447,8 +1447,8 @@ global:
 
 libnm_1_16_0 {
 global:
-	nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options;
-	nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options_finish;
+	nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2;
+	nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2_finish;
 	nm_device_get_connectivity;
 	nm_team_link_watcher_get_vlanid;
 	nm_team_link_watcher_new_arp_ping2;
diff --git a/libnm/nm-client.c b/libnm/nm-client.c
index 50307486bc..e2522229bc 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-client.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-client.c
@@ -1163,18 +1163,20 @@ add_activate_cb (GObject *object,
                  GAsyncResult *result,
                  gpointer user_data)
 {
-	GSimpleAsyncResult *simple = user_data;
+	gs_unref_object GSimpleAsyncResult *simple = user_data;
+	gs_unref_variant GVariant *result_data = NULL;
 	NMActiveConnection *ac;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 
-	ac = nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NM_MANAGER (object), result, &error);
-	if (ac)
-		g_simple_async_result_set_op_res_gpointer (simple, ac, g_object_unref);
-	else
+	ac = nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NM_MANAGER (object), result, &result_data, &error);
+	if (ac) {
+		g_simple_async_result_set_op_res_gpointer (simple,
+		                                           _nm_activate_result_new (ac, result_data),
+		                                           (GDestroyNotify) _nm_activate_result_free);
+	} else
 		g_simple_async_result_take_error (simple, error);
 
 	g_simple_async_result_complete (simple);
-	g_object_unref (simple);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1233,8 +1235,14 @@ nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_async (NMClient *client,
 	if (cancellable)
 		g_simple_async_result_set_check_cancellable (simple, cancellable);
 	nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_async (NM_CLIENT_GET_PRIVATE (client)->manager,
-	                                              partial, device, specific_object, NULL,
-	                                              cancellable, add_activate_cb, simple);
+	                                              partial,
+	                                              device,
+	                                              specific_object,
+	                                              NULL,
+	                                              FALSE,
+	                                              cancellable,
+	                                              add_activate_cb,
+	                                              simple);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1257,6 +1265,7 @@ nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NMClient *client,
                                               GError **error)
 {
 	GSimpleAsyncResult *simple;
+	_NMActivateResult *r;
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (NM_IS_CLIENT (client), NULL);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SIMPLE_ASYNC_RESULT (result), NULL);
@@ -1264,12 +1273,12 @@ nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NMClient *client,
 	simple = G_SIMPLE_ASYNC_RESULT (result);
 	if (g_simple_async_result_propagate_error (simple, error))
 		return NULL;
-	else
-		return g_object_ref (g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (simple));
+	r = g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (simple);
+	return g_object_ref (r->active);
 }
 
 /**
- * nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options:
+ * nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2:
  * @client: a #NMClient
  * @partial: (allow-none): an #NMConnection to add; the connection may be
  *   partially filled (or even %NULL) and will be completed by NetworkManager
@@ -1312,14 +1321,14 @@ nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NMClient *client,
  * Since: 1.16
  **/
 void
-nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options (NMClient *client,
-                                               NMConnection *partial,
-                                               NMDevice *device,
-                                               const char *specific_object,
-                                               GVariant *options,
-                                               GCancellable *cancellable,
-                                               GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
-                                               gpointer user_data)
+nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2 (NMClient *client,
+                                        NMConnection *partial,
+                                        NMDevice *device,
+                                        const char *specific_object,
+                                        GVariant *options,
+                                        GCancellable *cancellable,
+                                        GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
+                                        gpointer user_data)
 {
 	GSimpleAsyncResult *simple;
 	GError *error = NULL;
@@ -1335,21 +1344,30 @@ nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options (NMClient *client,
 	}
 
 	simple = g_simple_async_result_new (G_OBJECT (client), callback, user_data,
-	                                    nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options);
+	                                    nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2);
 	if (cancellable)
 		g_simple_async_result_set_check_cancellable (simple, cancellable);
 	nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_async (NM_CLIENT_GET_PRIVATE (client)->manager,
-	                                              partial, device, specific_object, options,
-	                                              cancellable, add_activate_cb, simple);
+	                                              partial,
+	                                              device,
+	                                              specific_object,
+	                                              options,
+	                                              TRUE,
+	                                              cancellable,
+	                                              add_activate_cb,
+	                                              simple);
 }
 
 /**
- * nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options_finish:
+ * nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2_finish:
  * @client: an #NMClient
  * @result: the result passed to the #GAsyncReadyCallback
  * @error: location for a #GError, or %NULL
+ * @out_result: (allow-none): (transfer full): the output result
+ *   of type "a{sv}" returned by D-Bus' AddAndActivate2 call. Currently no
+ *   output is implemented yet.
  *
- * Gets the result of a call to nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options().
+ * Gets the result of a call to nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2().
  *
  * You can call nm_active_connection_get_connection() on the returned
  * #NMActiveConnection to find the path of the created #NMConnection.
@@ -1358,20 +1376,25 @@ nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options (NMClient *client,
  *   failure, in which case @error will be set.
  **/
 NMActiveConnection *
-nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options_finish (NMClient *client,
-                                                      GAsyncResult *result,
-                                                      GError **error)
+nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2_finish (NMClient *client,
+                                               GAsyncResult *result,
+                                               GVariant **out_result,
+                                               GError **error)
 {
 	GSimpleAsyncResult *simple;
+	_NMActivateResult *r;
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (NM_IS_CLIENT (client), NULL);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_SIMPLE_ASYNC_RESULT (result), NULL);
 
 	simple = G_SIMPLE_ASYNC_RESULT (result);
-	if (g_simple_async_result_propagate_error (simple, error))
+	if (g_simple_async_result_propagate_error (simple, error)) {
+		NM_SET_OUT (out_result, NULL);
 		return NULL;
-	else
-		return g_object_ref (g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (simple));
+	}
+	r = g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (simple);
+	NM_SET_OUT (out_result, nm_g_variant_ref (r->add_and_activate_output));
+	return g_object_ref (r->active);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/libnm/nm-client.h b/libnm/nm-client.h
index 59567c1737..97363ef759 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-client.h
+++ b/libnm/nm-client.h
@@ -340,18 +340,19 @@ NMActiveConnection *nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NMClient *clie
                                                                   GError **error);
 
 NM_AVAILABLE_IN_1_16
-void                nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options  (NMClient *client,
-                                                                    NMConnection *partial,
-                                                                    NMDevice *device,
-                                                                    const char *specific_object,
-                                                                    GVariant *options,
-                                                                    GCancellable *cancellable,
-                                                                    GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
-                                                                    gpointer user_data);
+void                nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2 (NMClient *client,
+                                                            NMConnection *partial,
+                                                            NMDevice *device,
+                                                            const char *specific_object,
+                                                            GVariant *options,
+                                                            GCancellable *cancellable,
+                                                            GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
+                                                            gpointer user_data);
 NM_AVAILABLE_IN_1_16
-NMActiveConnection *nm_client_add_and_activate_connection_options_finish (NMClient *client,
-                                                                          GAsyncResult *result,
-                                                                          GError **error);
+NMActiveConnection *nm_client_add_and_activate_connection2_finish (NMClient *client,
+                                                                   GAsyncResult *result,
+                                                                   GVariant **out_result,
+                                                                   GError **error);
 
 gboolean nm_client_deactivate_connection        (NMClient *client,
                                                  NMActiveConnection *active,
diff --git a/libnm/nm-manager.c b/libnm/nm-manager.c
index 235dc4aed1..6a32f51a2b 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-manager.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-manager.c
@@ -870,16 +870,49 @@ nm_manager_get_activating_connection (NMManager *manager)
 	return NM_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE (manager)->activating_connection;
 }
 
+typedef enum {
+	ACTIVATE_TYPE_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION,
+	ACTIVATE_TYPE_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION,
+	ACTIVATE_TYPE_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION2,
+} ActivateType;
+
 typedef struct {
 	CList lst;
 	NMManager *manager;
 	GSimpleAsyncResult *simple;
 	GCancellable *cancellable;
-	gulong cancelled_id;
 	char *active_path;
 	char *new_connection_path;
+	GVariant *add_and_activate_output;
+	gulong cancelled_id;
+	ActivateType activate_type;
 } ActivateInfo;
 
+_NMActivateResult *
+_nm_activate_result_new (NMActiveConnection *active,
+                         GVariant *add_and_activate_output)
+{
+	_NMActivateResult *r;
+
+	nm_assert (!add_and_activate_output || g_variant_is_of_type (add_and_activate_output, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}")));
+	nm_assert (!add_and_activate_output || !g_variant_is_floating (add_and_activate_output));
+
+	r = g_slice_new (_NMActivateResult);
+	*r = (_NMActivateResult) {
+		.active                  = g_object_ref (active),
+		.add_and_activate_output = nm_g_variant_ref (add_and_activate_output),
+	};
+	return r;
+}
+
+void
+_nm_activate_result_free (_NMActivateResult *result)
+{
+	g_object_unref (result->active);
+	nm_g_variant_unref (result->add_and_activate_output);
+	g_slice_free (_NMActivateResult, result);
+}
+
 static void
 activate_info_complete (ActivateInfo *info,
                         NMActiveConnection *active,
@@ -889,12 +922,17 @@ activate_info_complete (ActivateInfo *info,
 
 	c_list_unlink_stale (&info->lst);
 
-	if (active)
-		g_simple_async_result_set_op_res_gpointer (info->simple, g_object_ref (active), g_object_unref);
-	else
+	if (active) {
+		g_simple_async_result_set_op_res_gpointer (info->simple,
+		                                           _nm_activate_result_new (active,
+		                                                                    info->add_and_activate_output),
+		                                           (GDestroyNotify) _nm_activate_result_free);
+	} else
 		g_simple_async_result_set_from_error (info->simple, error);
+
 	g_simple_async_result_complete (info->simple);
 
+	nm_g_variant_unref (info->add_and_activate_output);
 	g_free (info->active_path);
 	g_free (info->new_connection_path);
 	g_object_unref (info->simple);
@@ -1035,6 +1073,7 @@ nm_manager_activate_connection_async (NMManager *manager,
 	priv = NM_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE (manager);
 
 	info = g_slice_new0 (ActivateInfo);
+	info->activate_type = ACTIVATE_TYPE_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION;
 	info->manager = manager;
 	info->simple = g_simple_async_result_new (G_OBJECT (manager), callback, user_data,
 	                                          nm_manager_activate_connection_async);
@@ -1058,14 +1097,16 @@ nm_manager_activate_connection_finish (NMManager *manager,
                                        GError **error)
 {
 	GSimpleAsyncResult *simple;
+	_NMActivateResult *r;
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (g_simple_async_result_is_valid (result, G_OBJECT (manager), nm_manager_activate_connection_async), NULL);
 
 	simple = G_SIMPLE_ASYNC_RESULT (result);
 	if (g_simple_async_result_propagate_error (simple, error))
 		return NULL;
-	else
-		return g_object_ref (g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (simple));
+
+	r = g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (simple);
+	return g_object_ref (r->active);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1074,23 +1115,35 @@ add_activate_cb (GObject *object,
                  gpointer user_data)
 {
 	ActivateInfo *info = user_data;
-	GError *error = NULL;
+	gs_free GError *error = NULL;
+	gboolean success;
 
-	if (nmdbus_manager_call_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NMDBUS_MANAGER (object),
-	                                                            NULL,
-	                                                            &info->active_path,
-	                                                            result, &error)) {
-		if (info->cancellable) {
-			info->cancelled_id = g_signal_connect (info->cancellable, "cancelled",
-			                                       G_CALLBACK (activation_cancelled), info);
-		}
-
-		recheck_pending_activations (info->manager);
+	if (info->activate_type == ACTIVATE_TYPE_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION) {
+		success = nmdbus_manager_call_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NMDBUS_MANAGER (object),
+		                                                                  NULL,
+		                                                                  &info->active_path,
+		                                                                  result,
+		                                                                  &error);
 	} else {
+		success = nmdbus_manager_call_add_and_activate_connection2_finish (NMDBUS_MANAGER (object),
+		                                                                   NULL,
+		                                                                   &info->active_path,
+		                                                                   &info->add_and_activate_output,
+		                                                                   result,
+		                                                                   &error);
+	}
+	if (!success) {
 		g_dbus_error_strip_remote_error (error);
 		activate_info_complete (info, NULL, error);
-		g_clear_error (&error);
+		return;
 	}
+
+	if (info->cancellable) {
+		info->cancelled_id = g_signal_connect (info->cancellable, "cancelled",
+		                                       G_CALLBACK (activation_cancelled), info);
+	}
+
+	recheck_pending_activations (info->manager);
 }
 
 void
@@ -1099,6 +1152,7 @@ nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_async (NMManager *manager,
                                               NMDevice *device,
                                               const char *specific_object,
                                               GVariant *options,
+                                              gboolean force_v2,
                                               GCancellable *cancellable,
                                               GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                               gpointer user_data)
@@ -1106,6 +1160,7 @@ nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_async (NMManager *manager,
 	NMManagerPrivate *priv;
 	GVariant *dict = NULL;
 	ActivateInfo *info;
+	ActivateType activate_type = ACTIVATE_TYPE_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION;
 
 	g_return_if_fail (NM_IS_MANAGER (manager));
 	g_return_if_fail (NM_IS_DEVICE (device));
@@ -1128,32 +1183,61 @@ nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_async (NMManager *manager,
 		dict = nm_connection_to_dbus (partial, NM_CONNECTION_SERIALIZE_ALL);
 	if (!dict)
 		dict = g_variant_new_array (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("{sa{sv}}"), NULL, 0);
-	if (!options)
-		options = g_variant_new_array (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("{sv}"), NULL, 0);
+	if (force_v2) {
+		if (!options)
+			options = g_variant_new_array (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("{sv}"), NULL, 0);
+		activate_type = ACTIVATE_TYPE_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION2;
+	} else {
+		if (options) {
+			if (g_variant_n_children (options) > 0)
+				activate_type = ACTIVATE_TYPE_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION2;
+			else
+				nm_g_variant_unref_floating (options);
+		}
+	}
 
-	nmdbus_manager_call_add_and_activate_connection2 (priv->proxy,
-	                                                  dict,
-	                                                  nm_object_get_path (NM_OBJECT (device)),
-	                                                  specific_object ?: "/",
-	                                                  options,
-	                                                  cancellable,
-	                                                  add_activate_cb, info);
+	info->activate_type = activate_type;
+
+	if (activate_type == ACTIVATE_TYPE_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE_CONNECTION2) {
+		nmdbus_manager_call_add_and_activate_connection2 (priv->proxy,
+		                                                  dict,
+		                                                  nm_object_get_path (NM_OBJECT (device)),
+		                                                  specific_object ?: "/",
+		                                                  options,
+		                                                  cancellable,
+		                                                  add_activate_cb,
+		                                                  info);
+	} else {
+		nmdbus_manager_call_add_and_activate_connection (priv->proxy,
+		                                                  dict,
+		                                                  nm_object_get_path (NM_OBJECT (device)),
+		                                                  specific_object ?: "/",
+		                                                  cancellable,
+		                                                  add_activate_cb,
+		                                                  info);
+	}
 }
 
 NMActiveConnection *
 nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NMManager *manager,
                                                GAsyncResult *result,
+                                               GVariant **out_result,
                                                GError **error)
 {
 	GSimpleAsyncResult *simple;
+	_NMActivateResult *r;
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (g_simple_async_result_is_valid (result, G_OBJECT (manager), nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_async), NULL);
 
 	simple = G_SIMPLE_ASYNC_RESULT (result);
-	if (g_simple_async_result_propagate_error (simple, error))
+	if (g_simple_async_result_propagate_error (simple, error)) {
+		NM_SET_OUT (out_result, NULL);
 		return NULL;
-	else
-		return g_object_ref (g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (simple));
+	}
+
+	r = g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (simple);
+	NM_SET_OUT (out_result, nm_g_variant_ref (r->add_and_activate_output));
+	return g_object_ref (r->active);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/libnm/nm-manager.h b/libnm/nm-manager.h
index 26b7ef412a..04e12eb3fa 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-manager.h
+++ b/libnm/nm-manager.h
@@ -164,11 +164,13 @@ void                nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_async  (NMManager *ma
                                                                    NMDevice *device,
                                                                    const char *specific_object,
                                                                    GVariant *options,
+                                                                   gboolean force_v2,
                                                                    GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                                    GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                                    gpointer user_data);
 NMActiveConnection *nm_manager_add_and_activate_connection_finish (NMManager *manager,
                                                                    GAsyncResult *result,
+                                                                   GVariant **out_result,
                                                                    GError **error);
 
 gboolean nm_manager_deactivate_connection        (NMManager *manager,
@@ -221,4 +223,18 @@ gboolean nm_manager_checkpoint_adjust_rollback_timeout_finish (NMManager *manage
                                                                GAsyncResult *result,
                                                                GError **error);
 
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+	NMActiveConnection *active;
+	GVariant *add_and_activate_output;
+} _NMActivateResult;
+
+_NMActivateResult *_nm_activate_result_new (NMActiveConnection *active,
+                                            GVariant *add_and_activate_output);
+
+void _nm_activate_result_free (_NMActivateResult *result);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 #endif /* __NM_MANAGER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/nm-manager.c b/src/nm-manager.c
index 945eb67233..127d47a33d 100644
--- a/src/nm-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-manager.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ACTIVATE_INTERNAL,
 	ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ACTIVATE_USER,
 	ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE,
+	ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE2,
 } AsyncOpType;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@ static void _internal_activation_auth_done (NMManager *self,
                                             gboolean success,
                                             const char *error_desc);
 static void _add_and_activate_auth_done (NMManager *self,
+                                         AsyncOpType async_op_type,
                                          NMActiveConnection *active,
                                          NMConnection *connection,
                                          GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation,
@@ -486,6 +488,7 @@ _async_op_data_new_ac_auth_activate_user (NMManager *self,
 
 static AsyncOpData *
 _async_op_data_new_ac_auth_add_and_activate (NMManager *self,
+                                             AsyncOpType async_op_type,
                                              NMActiveConnection *active_take,
                                              GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation_take,
                                              NMConnection *connection_take,
@@ -493,8 +496,11 @@ _async_op_data_new_ac_auth_add_and_activate (NMManager *self,
 {
 	AsyncOpData *async_op_data;
 
+	nm_assert (NM_IN_SET (async_op_type, ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE,
+	                                     ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE2));
+
 	async_op_data = g_slice_new0 (AsyncOpData);
-	async_op_data->async_op_type = ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE;
+	async_op_data->async_op_type = async_op_type;
 	async_op_data->self = g_object_ref (self);
 	async_op_data->ac_auth.active = active_take;
 	async_op_data->ac_auth.add_and_activate.invocation = invocation_take;
@@ -535,7 +541,9 @@ _async_op_complete_ac_auth_cb (NMActiveConnection *active,
 		                       error_desc);
 		break;
 	case ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE:
+	case ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE2:
 		_add_and_activate_auth_done (async_op_data->self,
+		                             async_op_data->async_op_type,
 		                             async_op_data->ac_auth.active,
 		                             async_op_data->ac_auth.add_and_activate.connection,
 		                             async_op_data->ac_auth.add_and_activate.invocation,
@@ -5274,9 +5282,13 @@ activation_add_done (NMSettings *settings,
 	gs_free_error GError *local = NULL;
 	gpointer persist_ptr;
 	NMSettingsConnectionPersistMode persist;
+	gpointer async_op_type_ptr;
+	AsyncOpType async_op_type;
+	GVariant *result_floating;
 
-	nm_utils_user_data_unpack (user_data, &self, &active, &persist_ptr);
+	nm_utils_user_data_unpack (user_data, &self, &active, &persist_ptr, &async_op_type_ptr);
 	persist = GPOINTER_TO_INT (persist_ptr);
+	async_op_type = GPOINTER_TO_INT (async_op_type_ptr);
 
 	if (error)
 		goto fail;
@@ -5295,10 +5307,17 @@ activation_add_done (NMSettings *settings,
 	                               "add-and-activate",
 	                               NULL);
 
-	g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value (context,
-	                                       g_variant_new ("(oo)",
-	                                                      nm_dbus_object_get_path (NM_DBUS_OBJECT (new_connection)),
-	                                                      nm_dbus_object_get_path (NM_DBUS_OBJECT (active))));
+	if (async_op_type == ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE) {
+		result_floating = g_variant_new ("(oo)",
+		                                 nm_dbus_object_get_path (NM_DBUS_OBJECT (new_connection)),
+		                                 nm_dbus_object_get_path (NM_DBUS_OBJECT (active)));
+	} else {
+		result_floating = g_variant_new ("(ooa{sv})",
+		                                 nm_dbus_object_get_path (NM_DBUS_OBJECT (new_connection)),
+		                                 nm_dbus_object_get_path (NM_DBUS_OBJECT (active)),
+		                                 g_variant_new_array (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"), NULL, 0));
+	}
+	g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value (context, result_floating);
 
 	nm_audit_log_connection_op (NM_AUDIT_OP_CONN_ADD_ACTIVATE,
 	                            nm_active_connection_get_settings_connection (active),
@@ -5327,6 +5346,7 @@ fail:
 
 static void
 _add_and_activate_auth_done (NMManager *self,
+                             AsyncOpType async_op_type,
                              NMActiveConnection *active,
                              NMConnection *connection,
                              GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation,
@@ -5364,7 +5384,8 @@ _add_and_activate_auth_done (NMManager *self,
 	                                 activation_add_done,
 	                                 nm_utils_user_data_pack (self,
 	                                                          g_object_ref (active),
-	                                                          GINT_TO_POINTER (persist)));
+	                                                          GINT_TO_POINTER (persist),
+	                                                          GINT_TO_POINTER (async_op_type)));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -5391,11 +5412,16 @@ impl_manager_add_and_activate_connection (NMDBusObject *obj,
 	gs_free NMConnection **conns = NULL;
 	NMSettingsConnectionPersistMode persist = NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK;
 	gboolean bind_dbus_client = FALSE;
+	AsyncOpType async_op_type;
 
-	if (g_strcmp0 (method_info->parent.name, "AddAndActivateConnection2") == 0)
+	if (nm_streq (method_info->parent.name, "AddAndActivateConnection2")) {
+		async_op_type = ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE2;
 		g_variant_get (parameters, "(@a{sa{sv}}&o&o@a{sv})", &settings, &device_path, &specific_object_path, &options);
-	else
+	} else {
+		nm_assert (nm_streq (method_info->parent.name, "AddAndActivateConnection"));
+		async_op_type = ASYNC_OP_TYPE_AC_AUTH_ADD_AND_ACTIVATE;
 		g_variant_get (parameters, "(@a{sa{sv}}&o&o)", &settings, &device_path, &specific_object_path);
+	}
 
 	if (options) {
 		GVariantIter iter;
@@ -5531,6 +5557,7 @@ impl_manager_add_and_activate_connection (NMDBusObject *obj,
 	                                incompl_conn,
 	                                _async_op_complete_ac_auth_cb,
 	                                _async_op_data_new_ac_auth_add_and_activate (self,
+	                                                                             async_op_type,
 	                                                                             active,
 	                                                                             invocation,
 	                                                                             incompl_conn,
@@ -7892,6 +7919,7 @@ static const NMDBusInterfaceInfoExtended interface_info_manager = {
 					.out_args = NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_ARG_INFOS (
 						NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_ARG_INFO ("path",              "o"),
 						NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_ARG_INFO ("active_connection", "o"),
+						NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_ARG_INFO ("result",            "a{sv}"),
 					),
 				),
 				.handle = impl_manager_add_and_activate_connection,
diff --git a/tools/test-networkmanager-service.py b/tools/test-networkmanager-service.py
index 76601d0172..7d9eceb848 100755
--- a/tools/test-networkmanager-service.py
+++ b/tools/test-networkmanager-service.py
@@ -1341,15 +1341,14 @@ class NetworkManager(ExportedObj):
 
     @dbus.service.method(dbus_interface=IFACE_NM, in_signature='a{sa{sv}}oo', out_signature='oo')
     def AddAndActivateConnection(self, con_hash, devpath, specific_object):
-        return self.AddAndActivateConnection2(con_hash, devpath, specific_object, dict())
+        conpath, acpath, result = self.AddAndActivateConnection2(con_hash, devpath, specific_object, dict())
+        return (conpath, acpath)
 
-    @dbus.service.method(dbus_interface=IFACE_NM, in_signature='a{sa{sv}}ooa{sv}', out_signature='oo')
+    @dbus.service.method(dbus_interface=IFACE_NM, in_signature='a{sa{sv}}ooa{sv}', out_signature='ooa{sv}')
     def AddAndActivateConnection2(self, con_hash, devpath, specific_object, options):
-        # TODO: Do some processing of the "options" parameter.
-
         device = self.find_device_first(path = devpath, require = BusErr.UnknownDeviceException)
         conpath = gl.settings.AddConnection(con_hash)
-        return (conpath, self.ActivateConnection(conpath, devpath, specific_object))
+        return (conpath, self.ActivateConnection(conpath, devpath, specific_object), [])
 
     @dbus.service.method(dbus_interface=IFACE_NM, in_signature='o', out_signature='')
     def DeactivateConnection(self, active_connection):