diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 1ba6719..111e8b5 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ src/remote-viewer.c
 src/virt-viewer-app.c
 src/virt-viewer-auth.c
 [type: gettext/glade] src/virt-viewer-auth.xml
+src/virt-viewer-display-vnc.c
 src/virt-viewer-main.c
 src/virt-viewer-session-spice.c
 src/virt-viewer-session-vnc.c
diff --git a/src/virt-viewer-display-vnc.c b/src/virt-viewer-display-vnc.c
index 5b57a32..c567ff4 100644
--- a/src/virt-viewer-display-vnc.c
+++ b/src/virt-viewer-display-vnc.c
@@ -117,22 +117,28 @@ virt_viewer_display_vnc_initialized(VncDisplay *vnc G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                                     VirtViewerDisplay *display)
 {
     gchar *name = NULL;
+    gchar *uuid = NULL;
+
     VirtViewerSession *session = virt_viewer_display_get_session(display);
     VirtViewerApp *app = virt_viewer_session_get_app(session);
 
-    g_object_get(app, "guest-name", &name, NULL);
+    g_object_get(app, "guest-name", &name, "uuid", &uuid, NULL);
     if (name == NULL || *name == '\0') {
         const gchar * vnc_name = vnc_display_get_name(vnc);
         if (vnc_name != NULL) {
             g_object_set(app, "guest-name", vnc_name, NULL);
         }
     }
+    if (uuid == NULL || *uuid == '\0') {
+        g_object_set(app, "uuid", _("VNC does not provide GUID"), NULL);
+    }
 
     virt_viewer_display_set_show_hint(display,
                                       VIRT_VIEWER_DISPLAY_SHOW_HINT_READY, TRUE);
     g_signal_emit_by_name(display, "display-desktop-resize");
 
     g_free(name);
+    g_free(uuid);
 }
 
 static void