diff --git a/src/confd/src/srx_val.c b/src/confd/src/srx_val.c
index deef33fc..7e5e7b43 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/srx_val.c
+++ b/src/confd/src/srx_val.c
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "core.h"
 
+sr_error_t srx_get_diff(sr_session_ctx_t *session, struct lyd_node **treep)
+{
+	sr_error_t err = SR_ERR_OK;
+	sr_change_iter_t *iter;
+	struct lyd_node *tree;
+
+	err = sr_dup_changes_iter(session, "/ietf-system:system//.", &iter);
+
+	/* WARNING: sr_change_iter_t is opaque, we rely on the diff
+	 * tree being the first member. */
+	tree = *((struct lyd_node **)iter);
+
+	if (lyd_dup_single(tree, NULL, LYD_DUP_RECURSIVE, treep))
+		err = SR_ERR_LY;
+
+	sr_free_change_iter(iter);
+	return err;
+}
+
 int srx_set_item(sr_session_ctx_t *session, const sr_val_t *val, sr_edit_options_t opts,
 		 const char *fmt, ...)
 {
diff --git a/src/confd/src/srx_val.h b/src/confd/src/srx_val.h
index 3ff8eacc..052a490f 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/srx_val.h
+++ b/src/confd/src/srx_val.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #define SRX_GET_UINT8(s,v,fmt,...)  srx_get_int(s, &v, SR_UINT8_T, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define SRX_GET_UINT32(s,v,fmt,...) srx_get_int(s, &v, SR_UINT32_T, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+sr_error_t srx_get_diff(sr_session_ctx_t *session, struct lyd_node **treep);
+
 int srx_set_item(sr_session_ctx_t *session, const sr_val_t *val, sr_edit_options_t opts,
 		 const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 4, 5)));