diff --git a/kded/networkpackage.cpp b/kded/networkpackage.cpp
index 74bbdf4b42257ab28dad8a4b95e03f04e2b6b1a3..c636c5e8d3e756cfbd04447819cf62010763da0a 100644
--- a/kded/networkpackage.cpp
+++ b/kded/networkpackage.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ void NetworkPackage::createIdentityPackage(NetworkPackage* np)
     KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("kdeconnectrc");
     QString id = config->group("myself").readEntry<QString>("id","");
     np->mId = QString::number(QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch());
+    np->mType = PACKAGE_TYPE_IDENTITY;
     np->set("deviceId", id);
     np->set("deviceName", QHostInfo::localHostName());
     np->set("protocolVersion",  NetworkPackage::ProtocolVersion);
diff --git a/tests/networkpackagetests.cpp b/tests/networkpackagetests.cpp
index b2f3096f807b08272cbca41002366a8ed4c123f5..806ab93a6a35b9b9aaa867d3e5b98fb63817b888 100644
--- a/tests/networkpackagetests.cpp
+++ b/tests/networkpackagetests.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ void NetworkPackageTests::networkPackageTest()
 
 }
 
+void NetworkPackageTests::networkPackageIdentityTest()
+{
+    NetworkPackage np("");
+    NetworkPackage::createIdentityPackage(&np);
+
+    QCOMPARE( np.get<int>("protocolVersion") , NetworkPackage::ProtocolVersion );
+    QCOMPARE( np.type() , PACKAGE_TYPE_IDENTITY );
+
+}
+
 void NetworkPackageTests::networkPackageEncryptionTest()
 {
 
diff --git a/tests/networkpackagetests.h b/tests/networkpackagetests.h
index b91eab9cfd315257f29089106fddbcc3d94370ec..bb2b743799d7f1a8c1ea182a923d9c387d868257 100644
--- a/tests/networkpackagetests.h
+++ b/tests/networkpackagetests.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
     void dummyTest();
     void networkPackageTest();
+    void networkPackageIdentityTest();
     void networkPackageEncryptionTest();
 
     void cleanupTestCase();