diff --git a/daemon/face/tcp-channel.cpp b/daemon/face/tcp-channel.cpp
index f9a8eb7..dee9fa6 100644
--- a/daemon/face/tcp-channel.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/tcp-channel.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 
 void
 TcpChannel::connect(const tcp::Endpoint& remoteEndpoint,
+                    ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency,
                     bool wantLocalFieldsEnabled,
                     const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
                     const FaceCreationFailedCallback& onConnectFailed,
@@ -88,8 +89,8 @@
   clientSocket->async_connect(remoteEndpoint,
                               bind(&TcpChannel::handleConnect, this,
                                    boost::asio::placeholders::error, remoteEndpoint,
-                                   clientSocket, wantLocalFieldsEnabled, timeoutEvent,
-                                   onFaceCreated, onConnectFailed));
+                                   clientSocket, persistency, wantLocalFieldsEnabled,
+                                   timeoutEvent, onFaceCreated, onConnectFailed));
 }
 
 void
@@ -153,9 +154,7 @@
   }
 
   NFD_LOG_CHAN_TRACE("Incoming connection from " << m_socket.remote_endpoint());
-
-  createFace(std::move(m_socket), ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND,
-             false, onFaceCreated);
+  createFace(std::move(m_socket), ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND, false, onFaceCreated);
 
   // prepare accepting the next connection
   accept(onFaceCreated, onAcceptFailed);
@@ -165,6 +164,7 @@
 TcpChannel::handleConnect(const boost::system::error_code& error,
                           const tcp::Endpoint& remoteEndpoint,
                           const shared_ptr<ip::tcp::socket>& socket,
+                          ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency,
                           bool wantLocalFieldsEnabled,
                           const scheduler::EventId& connectTimeoutEvent,
                           const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@
   }
 
   NFD_LOG_CHAN_TRACE("Connected to " << socket->remote_endpoint());
-  createFace(std::move(*socket), ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERSISTENT,
-             wantLocalFieldsEnabled, onFaceCreated);
+  createFace(std::move(*socket), persistency, wantLocalFieldsEnabled, onFaceCreated);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/daemon/face/tcp-channel.hpp b/daemon/face/tcp-channel.hpp
index ea28c3e..129587e 100644
--- a/daemon/face/tcp-channel.hpp
+++ b/daemon/face/tcp-channel.hpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
    */
   void
   connect(const tcp::Endpoint& remoteEndpoint,
+          ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency,
           bool wantLocalFieldsEnabled,
           const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
           const FaceCreationFailedCallback& onConnectFailed,
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@
   handleConnect(const boost::system::error_code& error,
                 const tcp::Endpoint& remoteEndpoint,
                 const shared_ptr<boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket>& socket,
+                ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency,
                 bool wantLocalFieldsEnabled,
                 const scheduler::EventId& connectTimeoutEvent,
                 const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
diff --git a/daemon/face/tcp-factory.cpp b/daemon/face/tcp-factory.cpp
index 5e8f3fb..49f1307 100644
--- a/daemon/face/tcp-factory.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/tcp-factory.cpp
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  if (persistency != ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERSISTENT) {
-    NFD_LOG_TRACE("createFace only supports FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERSISTENT");
-    onFailure(406, "Outgoing TCP faces only support persistent persistency");
+  if (persistency == ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND) {
+    NFD_LOG_TRACE("createFace does not support FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND");
+    onFailure(406, "Outgoing TCP faces do not support on-demand persistency");
     return;
   }
 
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@
                          boost::lexical_cast<uint16_t>(remoteUri.getPort()));
 
   if (endpoint.address().is_multicast()) {
-   NFD_LOG_TRACE("createFace cannot create multicast faces");
-   onFailure(406, "Cannot create multicast TCP faces");
-   return;
+    NFD_LOG_TRACE("createFace does not support multicast faces");
+    onFailure(406, "Cannot create multicast TCP faces");
+    return;
   }
 
   if (m_prohibitedEndpoints.find(endpoint) != m_prohibitedEndpoints.end()) {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
   for (const auto& i : m_channels) {
     if ((i.first.address().is_v4() && endpoint.address().is_v4()) ||
         (i.first.address().is_v6() && endpoint.address().is_v6())) {
-      i.second->connect(endpoint, wantLocalFieldsEnabled, onCreated, onFailure);
+      i.second->connect(endpoint, persistency, wantLocalFieldsEnabled, onCreated, onFailure);
       return;
     }
   }