diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/worker.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/worker.py
index 779613c91b..79b9590922 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/worker.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/worker.py
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ def single_identify(title, authors, identifiers):
     log = GUILog()
     results = identify(log, Event(), title=title, authors=authors,
             identifiers=identifiers)
-    return [metadata_to_opf(r) for r in results], dump_caches(), log.dump()
+    return [metadata_to_opf(r) for r in results], [r.has_cached_cover_url for
+        r in results], dump_caches(), log.dump()
 
 def single_covers(title, authors, identifiers, caches):
     load_caches(caches)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
index e66c92c21c..6fc209509d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
@@ -398,9 +398,11 @@ class IdentifyWorker(Thread): # {{{
                         'calibre.ebooks.metadata.sources.worker',
                         'single_identify', (self.title, self.authors,
                             self.identifiers), no_output=True, abort=self.abort)
-                self.results, caches, log_dump = res['result']
+                self.results, covers, caches, log_dump = res['result']
                 self.results = [OPF(BytesIO(r), basedir=os.getcwdu(),
                     populate_spine=False).to_book_metadata() for r in self.results]
+                for r, cov in zip(self.results, covers):
+                    r.has_cached_cover_url = cov
                 self.caches.update(caches)
                 self.log.load(log_dump)
             for i, result in enumerate(self.results):