diff --git a/src/confd/src/Makefile.am b/src/confd/src/Makefile.am
index 975bf7d5..06393ff6 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/confd/src/Makefile.am
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ plugin_LTLIBRARIES      = confd-plugin.la
 confd_plugin_la_CFLAGS  = $(augeas_CFLAGS) $(sysrepo_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 confd_plugin_la_LIBADD  = $(augeas_LIBS)   $(sysrepo_LIBS)   $(CFLAGS)
 confd_plugin_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -shared
-confd_plugin_la_SOURCES = core.c core.h run.c ietf-system.c
+confd_plugin_la_SOURCES = core.c core.h run.c ietf-system.c ietf-interfaces.c
diff --git a/src/confd/src/core.c b/src/confd/src/core.c
index 4337db88..d790236d 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/core.c
+++ b/src/confd/src/core.c
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ int sr_plugin_init_cb(sr_session_ctx_t *session, void **priv)
 	if (rc = ietf_system_init(&confd))
 		goto err;
 
+	/* if (rc = ietf_interfaces_init(&confd)) */
+	/* 	goto err; */
+
 	/* YOUR_INIT GOES HERE */
 
 	/* Set up hook to save startup-config to persisten backend store */
diff --git a/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.c b/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb5870df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause */
+
+#include "core.h"
+
+int ietf_system_init(struct confd *confd)
+{
+	char *model[] = {
+		YANG_PATH_"ietf-interfaces@2018-02-20.yang",
+		YANG_PATH_"ietf-ip@2018-02-22.yang",
+	};
+	int rc, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NELEMS(model); i++) {
+		if (rc = sr_install_module(confd->conn, model[i], NULL, NULL))
+			goto err;
+	}
+
+	return SR_ERR_OK;
+err:
+	ERROR("init failed: %s", sr_strerror(rc));
+	sr_unsubscribe(confd->sub);
+
+	return rc;
+}