diff --git a/src/mech/configure.ac b/src/mech/configure.ac
index 57472068..89c3a4d3 100644
--- a/src/mech/configure.ac
+++ b/src/mech/configure.ac
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	src/Makefile
 	src/common/Makefile
 	src/core/Makefile
+	src/ietf-interfaces/Makefile
 	src/ietf-system/Makefile
 	yang/Makefile
 ])
diff --git a/src/mech/src/Makefile.am b/src/mech/src/Makefile.am
index f3e137e2..bbcb8d61 100644
--- a/src/mech/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/mech/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/common.am
 
-SUBDIRS = common core ietf-system
+SUBDIRS = common core ietf-interfaces ietf-system
 
 install-exec-hook:
 	find $(DESTDIR)$(clixonlibdir) -name '*.la' -delete
diff --git a/src/mech/src/ietf-interfaces/Makefile.am b/src/mech/src/ietf-interfaces/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e76f2604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mech/src/ietf-interfaces/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/common.am
+
+backend_LTLIBRARIES += ietf-interfaces.la
+
+ietf_interfaces_la_CFLAGS  = $(backend_cflags)
+ietf_interfaces_la_LDFLAGS = $(backend_ldflags)
+ietf_interfaces_la_LIBADD  = $(backend_libadd)
+ietf_interfaces_la_SOURCES = ietf-interfaces.c $(top_srcdir)/src/core/common.h
diff --git a/src/mech/src/ietf-interfaces/ietf-interfaces.c b/src/mech/src/ietf-interfaces/ietf-interfaces.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bfc17d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mech/src/ietf-interfaces/ietf-interfaces.c
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+static bool is_true(cxobj *xp, char *name)
+{
+	cxobj *obj;
+
+	if (!xp || !name)
+		return false;
+
+	obj = xml_find(xp, name);
+	if (obj && !strcmp(xml_body(obj), "true"))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+int ietf_if_tr_begin(clicon_handle h, transaction_data td)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int ietf_if_tr_commit_interface(cxobj *src, cxobj *tgt)
+{
+	const char *fmt = "/etc/network/interfaces.d/%s.conf";
+	cxobj *obj, *iface = NULL;
+
+	if (!tgt) {
+		clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "No tgt, removing all network settings!");
+		return system("rm -f /etc/network/interfaces.d/*");
+	}
+
+	clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Let's find some interfaces!");
+	while ((iface = xml_child_each(tgt, iface, CX_ELMNT))) {
+		char *ifname, *addr, *len;
+		char cmd[128], fn[60];
+		cxobj *ip, *address;
+		FILE *fp;
+
+		clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Found something ...");
+		if (strcmp(xml_name(iface), "interface")) {
+			clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Not an interface ...");
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "An interface!");
+		obj = xml_find(iface, "name");
+		if (!obj) {
+			clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "No name!");
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		ifname = xml_body(obj);
+		clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "iface %s", ifname);
+		snprintf(fn, sizeof(fn), fmt, ifname);
+		clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "fn %s", fn);
+		if (!is_true(iface, "enabled")) {
+			clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "%s not enabled", ifname);
+		delete:
+			clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "deletinf %s", fn);
+			snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "rm -f %s", fn);
+			system(cmd);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		ip = xml_find(iface, "ipv4");
+		if (!ip || !is_true(ip, "enabled")) {
+			clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "no ipv4 or not enabled");
+			goto delete;
+		}
+
+		/* XXX: iterate over address, may be more than one */
+		address = xml_find(ip, "address");
+		if (!address) {
+			clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "no address");
+			goto delete;
+		}
+
+		obj = xml_find(address, "ip");
+		if (!obj) {
+			clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "no address/ip");
+			goto delete;
+		}
+		addr = xml_body(obj);
+		clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "address %s", addr);
+		
+		obj = xml_find(address, "prefix-length");
+		if (!obj) {
+			clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "no address/plen");
+			goto delete;
+		}
+		len = xml_body(obj);
+		clicon_log(LOG_NOTICE, "address %s/%s", addr, len);
+
+		fp = fopen(fn, "w");
+		if (!fp) {
+			clicon_log(LOG_WARNING, "ietf-interfaces: failed creating %s: %s", fn, strerror(errno));
+			return -1;
+		}
+		fprintf(fp, "auto %s\n", ifname);
+		fprintf(fp, "iface %s inet static\n"
+			"	address %s/%s\n", ifname, addr, len);
+		fclose(fp);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int ietf_if_tr_commit(clicon_handle h, transaction_data td)
+{
+	cxobj *src = transaction_src(td), *tgt = transaction_target(td);
+	yang_stmt *yspec = clicon_dbspec_yang(h);
+	int slen = 0, tlen = 0, err = -EINVAL;
+	cxobj **ssys, **tsys;
+
+	show_transaction("ietf-interfaces", td, true);
+
+	if (src && clixon_xml_find_instance_id(src, yspec, &ssys, &slen,
+					       "/if:interfaces") < 0)
+		goto err;
+
+	if (tgt && clixon_xml_find_instance_id(tgt, yspec, &tsys, &tlen,
+					       "/if:interfaces") < 0)
+		goto err;
+
+	system("ifdown -a");
+	err = ietf_if_tr_commit_interface(slen ? ssys[0] : NULL, tlen ? tsys[0] : NULL);
+	system("ifup -a");
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+err:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static clixon_plugin_api ietf_interfaces_api = {
+	.ca_name = "ietf-interfaces",
+	.ca_init = clixon_plugin_init,
+
+	.ca_trans_begin = ietf_if_tr_begin,
+	.ca_trans_commit = ietf_if_tr_commit,
+};
+
+clixon_plugin_api *clixon_plugin_init(clicon_handle h)
+{
+	return &ietf_interfaces_api;
+}