diff --git a/tdecore/networkbackends/network-manager/network-manager.cpp b/tdecore/networkbackends/network-manager/network-manager.cpp
index 3a303237b..57ae8672d 100644
--- a/tdecore/networkbackends/network-manager/network-manager.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/networkbackends/network-manager/network-manager.cpp
@@ -1240,14 +1240,14 @@ TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags TDENetworkConnectionM
 		if (error.isValid()) {
 			// Error!
 			PRINT_ERROR(error.name())
-			return TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::Unknown;
+			return TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::BackendUnavailable;
 		}
 		else {
 			return nmGlobalStateToTDEGlobalState(ret);
 		}
 	}
 	else {
-		return TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::Unknown;
+		return TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::BackendUnavailable;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tdecore/tdenetworkconnections.cpp b/tdecore/tdenetworkconnections.cpp
index 96da418e7..71132825e 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdenetworkconnections.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/tdenetworkconnections.cpp
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ TDEGlobalNetworkManager::~TDEGlobalNetworkManager() {
 }
 
 TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags TDEGlobalNetworkManager::backendStatus() {
-	if (!m_internalConnectionManager) return TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::Unknown;
+	if (!m_internalConnectionManager) return TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags::BackendUnavailable;
 	return m_internalConnectionManager->backendStatus();
 }
 
diff --git a/tdecore/tdenetworkconnections.h b/tdecore/tdenetworkconnections.h
index e13484262..92e5e5cb5 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdenetworkconnections.h
+++ b/tdecore/tdenetworkconnections.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ namespace TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags {
 		SiteLocalAccess		= 0x00000020,
 		GlobalAccess		= 0x00000040,
 		Sleeping		= 0x00000080,
+		BackendUnavailable	= 0x00000100
 	};
 
 	CREATE_FLAG_BITWISE_MANIPULATION_FUNCTIONS(TDENetworkGlobalManagerFlags)