diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2f8ae12..415e835a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 	
 ### Corrected Bugs
 
+* Startup transactions did not mark added tree with XML_FLAG_ADD as it should.
 * Restconf PUT different keys detected (thanks @dcornejo) and fixed
   * This was accepted but shouldn't be: `PUT http://restconf/data/A=hello/B -d '{"B":"goodbye"}'`
   * See RFC 8040 Sec 4.5
diff --git a/apps/backend/backend_commit.c b/apps/backend/backend_commit.c
index e7cf93e9..60bbd688 100644
--- a/apps/backend/backend_commit.c
+++ b/apps/backend/backend_commit.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ startup_common(clicon_handle       h,
     xt = NULL;
     x = NULL;
     while ((x = xml_child_each(td->td_target, x, CX_ELMNT)) != NULL){
+	xml_flag_set(x, XML_FLAG_ADD);
 	if (cxvec_append(x, &td->td_avec, &td->td_alen) < 0) 
 	    goto done;
     }