diff --git a/src/plugins/bearer/generic/qgenericengine.cpp b/src/plugins/bearer/generic/qgenericengine.cpp
index a90d066ad6..7b30b5d64c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bearer/generic/qgenericengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/bearer/generic/qgenericengine.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void QGenericEngine::doRequestUpdate()
             name = interface.name();
 
         QNetworkConfiguration::StateFlags state = QNetworkConfiguration::Defined;
-        if((interface.flags() & QNetworkInterface::IsUp) && !interface.addressEntries().isEmpty())
+        if ((interface.flags() & QNetworkInterface::IsRunning) && !interface.addressEntries().isEmpty())
             state |= QNetworkConfiguration::Active;
 
         if (accessPointConfigurations.contains(id)) {
diff --git a/tests/manual/qnetworkconfigurationmanager/main.cpp b/tests/manual/qnetworkconfigurationmanager/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ac33d4fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual/qnetworkconfigurationmanager/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2012 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/
+**
+** This file is part of the test suite of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** This file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+** License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation and
+** appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the packaging of this
+** file. Please review the following information to ensure the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 requirements will be met:
+** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights. These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU General
+** Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software Foundation
+** and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the packaging of this
+** file. Please review the following information to ensure the GNU General
+** Public License version 3.0 requirements will be met:
+** http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+**
+** Other Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used in accordance with the terms and
+** conditions contained in a signed written agreement between you and Nokia.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <qtest.h>
+#include <QtTest/QtTest>
+#include <QtNetwork/qnetworkconfigmanager.h>
+
+class tst_qnetworkconfigurationmanager : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private slots:
+    void isOnline();
+};
+
+class SignalHandler : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public slots:
+    void onOnlineStateChanged(bool isOnline)
+    {
+        qDebug() << "Online state changed to:" << isOnline;
+    }
+};
+
+void tst_qnetworkconfigurationmanager::isOnline()
+{
+    QNetworkConfigurationManager manager;
+    qDebug() << "Testing QNetworkConfigurationManager online status reporting functionality.";
+    qDebug() << "This should tell the current online state:" << manager.isOnline();
+    qDebug() << "Now please plug / unplug the network cable, and check the state update signal.";
+    qDebug() << "Note that there might be some delays before you see the change, depending on the backend.";
+
+    SignalHandler signalHandler;
+    connect(&manager, SIGNAL(onlineStateChanged(bool)), &signalHandler, SLOT(onOnlineStateChanged(bool)));
+
+    // event loop
+    QTestEventLoop::instance().enterLoop(30);
+    QVERIFY(QTestEventLoop::instance().timeout());
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN(tst_qnetworkconfigurationmanager)
+
+#include "main.moc"
diff --git a/tests/manual/qnetworkconfigurationmanager/qnetworkconfigurationmanager.pro b/tests/manual/qnetworkconfigurationmanager/qnetworkconfigurationmanager.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..613fcd85e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manual/qnetworkconfigurationmanager/qnetworkconfigurationmanager.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+CONFIG += testcase
+TEMPLATE = app
+TARGET = tst_qnetworkconfigurationmanager
+DEPENDPATH += .
+INCLUDEPATH += .
+
+QT -= gui
+QT += network testlib
+
+CONFIG += release
+
+# Input
+SOURCES += main.cpp