diff --git a/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go b/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
index 374ecce43..ba75a2fa7 100644
--- a/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
+++ b/ipn/ipnlocal/local.go
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ func (b *LocalBackend) Start(opts ipn.Options) error {
 		b.send(ipn.Notify{
 			State:         &state,
 			NetMap:        nm,
+			Prefs:         b.prefs,
 			LoginFinished: new(empty.Message),
 		})
 		return nil
diff --git a/ipn/ipnlocal/state_test.go b/ipn/ipnlocal/state_test.go
index 0630eb6e9..7fef0c166 100644
--- a/ipn/ipnlocal/state_test.go
+++ b/ipn/ipnlocal/state_test.go
@@ -550,10 +550,7 @@ func TestStateMachine(t *testing.T) {
 		c.Assert(nn[0].State, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 		c.Assert(nn[0].LoginFinished, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 		c.Assert(nn[0].NetMap, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
-		// BUG: Prefs should be sent too, or the UI could end up in
-		// a bad state. (iOS, the only current user of this feature,
-		// probably wouldn't notice because it happens to not display
-		// any prefs. Maybe exit nodes will look weird?)
+		c.Assert(nn[0].Prefs, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 	}
 
 	// undo the state hack above.