diff --git a/src/network/networkctl.c b/src/network/networkctl.c
index 59ce098cd1..6ce00dff6d 100644
--- a/src/network/networkctl.c
+++ b/src/network/networkctl.c
@@ -62,18 +62,26 @@ static int link_get_type_string(unsigned short iftype, sd_device *d, char **ret)
 
         assert(ret);
 
-        if (iftype == ARPHRD_ETHER && d) {
+        if (d) {
                 const char *devtype = NULL, *id = NULL;
-                /* WLANs have iftype ARPHRD_ETHER, but we want
-                 * to show a more useful type string for
-                 * them */
 
                 (void) sd_device_get_devtype(d, &devtype);
 
-                if (streq_ptr(devtype, "wlan"))
-                        id = "wlan";
-                else if (streq_ptr(devtype, "wwan"))
-                        id = "wwan";
+                /* WLANs have iftype ARPHRD_ETHER, but we want
+                 * to show a more useful type string for
+                 * them */
+                if (iftype == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
+                        if (streq_ptr(devtype, "wlan"))
+                                id = "wlan";
+                        else if (streq_ptr(devtype, "wwan"))
+                                id = "wwan";
+                }
+
+                /* Likewise, WireGuard has iftype ARPHRD_NONE,
+                 * since it's layer 3, but we of course want
+                 * something more useful than that. */
+                if (iftype == ARPHRD_NONE && streq_ptr(devtype, "wireguard"))
+                        id = "wireguard";
 
                 if (id) {
                         p = strdup(id);