diff --git a/nest/iface.c b/nest/iface.c
index 3f21c435..41cb05bb 100644
--- a/nest/iface.c
+++ b/nest/iface.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ if_dump_all(void)
 {
   struct iface *i;
 
-  debug("Known network interfaces:\n\n");
+  debug("Known network interfaces:\n");
   WALK_LIST(i, iface_list)
     if_dump(i);
   debug("\n");
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ newif:
   memcpy(i, new, sizeof(*i));
   i->flags |= IF_UPDATED;
   add_tail(&iface_list, &i->n);
-  if_notify_change(IF_CHANGE_UP | IF_CHANGE_FLAGS | IF_CHANGE_MTU, NULL, i);
+  if_notify_change(IF_CHANGE_CREATE | ((i->flags & IF_UP) ? IF_CHANGE_UP : 0)
+		   | IF_CHANGE_FLAGS | IF_CHANGE_MTU, NULL, i);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/nest/iface.h b/nest/iface.h
index c3594493..b1984b39 100644
--- a/nest/iface.h
+++ b/nest/iface.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct iface {
 #define IF_CHANGE_DOWN 2
 #define IF_CHANGE_FLAGS 4		/* Can be converted to down/up internally */
 #define IF_CHANGE_MTU 8
+#define IF_CHANGE_CREATE 16		/* Seen this interface for the first time */
 
 void if_init(void);
 void if_dump(struct iface *);