diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-test-utils.h b/shared/nm-utils/nm-test-utils.h
index 6fa4e85f0..f4f05de76 100644
--- a/shared/nm-utils/nm-test-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-test-utils.h
@@ -670,6 +670,20 @@ nmtst_test_quick (void)
 	} G_STMT_END
 #endif
 
+#define NMTST_EXPECT(domain, level, msg)        g_test_expect_message (domain, level, msg)
+
+#if (NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION) & NM_NETWORKMANAGER_COMPILATION_WITH_LIBNM_UTIL
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM_U(level, msg)        NMTST_EXPECT ("libnm-util", level, msg)
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM_G(level, msg)        NMTST_EXPECT ("libnm-glib", level, msg)
+
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM_U_CRITICAL(msg)      NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM_U (G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL, msg)
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM_G_CRITICAL(msg)      NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM_G (G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL, msg)
+#else
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM(level, msg)          NMTST_EXPECT ("libnm", level, msg)
+
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM_CRITICAL(msg)        NMTST_EXPECT_LIBNM (G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL, msg)
+#endif
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 typedef struct _NmtstTestData NmtstTestData;
diff --git a/src/nm-test-utils-core.h b/src/nm-test-utils-core.h
index a3d9f2a36..da24992ed 100644
--- a/src/nm-test-utils-core.h
+++ b/src/nm-test-utils-core.h
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_NM(level, msg)     NMTST_EXPECT ("NetworkManager", level, msg)
+
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_NM_ERROR(msg)      NMTST_EXPECT_NM (G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE, "*<error> [*] "msg)
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_NM_WARN(msg)       NMTST_EXPECT_NM (G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE, "*<warn>  [*] "msg)
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_NM_INFO(msg)       NMTST_EXPECT_NM (G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,    "*<info>  [*] "msg)
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_NM_DEBUG(msg)      NMTST_EXPECT_NM (G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,   "*<debug> [*] "msg)
+#define NMTST_EXPECT_NM_TRACE(msg)      NMTST_EXPECT_NM (G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,   "*<trace> [*] "msg)
+
 static inline void
 nmtst_init_with_logging (int *argc, char ***argv, const char *log_level, const char *log_domains)
 {