diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_query.c b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_query.c
index d94d760b9..4f040f9fe 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_query.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/vici_query.c
@@ -1054,6 +1054,12 @@ METHOD(listener_t, ike_updown, bool,
 	now = time_monotonic(NULL);
 
 	b = vici_builder_create();
+
+	if (up)
+	{
+		b->add_kv(b, "up", "yes");
+	}
+
 	b->begin_section(b, ike_sa->get_name(ike_sa));
 	list_ike(this, b, ike_sa, now);
 	b->begin_section(b, "child-sas");
@@ -1080,6 +1086,11 @@ METHOD(listener_t, child_updown, bool,
 	now = time_monotonic(NULL);
 	b = vici_builder_create();
 
+	if (up)
+	{
+		b->add_kv(b, "up", "yes");
+	}
+
 	b->begin_section(b, ike_sa->get_name(ike_sa));
 	list_ike(this, b, ike_sa, now);
 	b->begin_section(b, "child-sas");