diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/cloud_manager/refresh_parser.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/cloud_manager/refresh_parser.rb
index 9343a7e19..934424215 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/cloud_manager/refresh_parser.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/cloud_manager/refresh_parser.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ def parse_vm(vm)
       :hostname               => hostname,
       :location               => uid,
       :vendor                 => "vmware",
+      :connection_state       => "connected",
       :raw_power_state        => status,
       :snapshots              => [parse_snapshot(vm)].compact,
       :cpu_hot_add_enabled    => cpu_hot_add,
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ def parse_image(image, is_public)
       :name               => name,
       :location           => uid,
       :vendor             => "vmware",
+      :connection_state   => "connected",
       :raw_power_state    => "never",
       :publicly_available => is_public
     }
diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/inventory/parser/cloud_manager.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/inventory/parser/cloud_manager.rb
index bf9b0cbc8..acedb4214 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/inventory/parser/cloud_manager.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/inventory/parser/cloud_manager.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def vms
         :hostname               => vm[:hostname],
         :location               => vm[:vm].id,
         :vendor                 => 'vmware',
+        :connection_state       => "connected",
         :raw_power_state        => vm[:vm].status,
         :orchestration_stack    => persister.orchestration_stacks.lazy_find(vm[:vm].vapp_id),
         :snapshots              => [],
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ def images
         :name               => image[:image].name,
         :location           => image[:image].id,
         :vendor             => 'vmware',
+        :connection_state   => "connected",
         :raw_power_state    => 'never',
         :publicly_available => image[:is_published]
       )
diff --git a/spec/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/cloud_manager/refresher_spec.rb b/spec/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/cloud_manager/refresher_spec.rb
index 5f960abf0..21db0ac9c 100644
--- a/spec/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/cloud_manager/refresher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/manageiq/providers/vmware/cloud_manager/refresher_spec.rb
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def assert_specific_template
       :tools_status          => nil,
       :boot_time             => nil,
       :standby_action        => nil,
-      :connection_state      => nil,
+      :connection_state      => "connected",
       :cpu_affinity          => nil,
       :memory_reserve        => nil,
       :memory_reserve_expand => nil,
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def assert_specific_vm_powered_on
       :tools_status           => nil,
       :boot_time              => nil,
       :standby_action         => nil,
-      :connection_state       => nil,
+      :connection_state       => "connected",
       :cpu_affinity           => nil,
       :memory_reserve         => nil,
       :memory_reserve_expand  => nil,
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ def assert_specific_vm_powered_off
       :tools_status          => nil,
       :boot_time             => nil,
       :standby_action        => nil,
-      :connection_state      => nil,
+      :connection_state      => "connected",
       :cpu_affinity          => nil,
       :memory_reserve        => nil,
       :memory_reserve_expand => nil,