Index: virt-manager-0.8.6/src/virtManager/engine.py
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--- virt-manager-0.8.6.orig/src/virtManager/engine.py
+++ virt-manager-0.8.6/src/virtManager/engine.py
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class vmmEngine(vmmGObject):
         self.config.add_connection(conn.get_uri())
 
         if autoconnect:
-            conn.set_autoconnect(True)
+            self.connect_to_uri(uri)
 
         return conn