diff --git a/src/confd/configure.ac b/src/confd/configure.ac
index 110e15a0..e3d46a94 100644
--- a/src/confd/configure.ac
+++ b/src/confd/configure.ac
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(asprintf)
 # Check for pkg-config first, warn if it's not installed
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([sysrepo], [sysrepo >= 2.2.36])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([augeas],  [augeas  >= 1.12.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([jansson], [jansson >= 2.0.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libite],  [libite >= 2.5.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([sysrepo], [sysrepo >= 2.2.36])
 
 # Plugin installation path for sysrepo-plugind
 PKG_CHECK_VAR([srpdplugindir], [sysrepo], [SRPD_PLUGINS_PATH])
diff --git a/src/confd/src/Makefile.am b/src/confd/src/Makefile.am
index 489e4982..9a2178df 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/confd/src/Makefile.am
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS             = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -DYANG
 plugindir               = $(srpdplugindir)
 plugin_LTLIBRARIES      = confd-plugin.la
 
-confd_plugin_la_CFLAGS  = $(augeas_CFLAGS) $(sysrepo_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
-confd_plugin_la_LIBADD  = $(augeas_LIBS)   $(sysrepo_LIBS)
+confd_plugin_la_CFLAGS  = $(augeas_CFLAGS) $(libite_CFLAGS) $(sysrepo_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+confd_plugin_la_LIBADD  = $(augeas_LIBS)   $(libite_LIBS)   $(sysrepo_LIBS)
 confd_plugin_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version -shared
 confd_plugin_la_SOURCES = core.c core.h run.c sr_ext.c sr_ext.h srx_val.c srx_val.h \
 			  ietf-system.c ietf-interfaces.c
diff --git a/src/confd/src/core.h b/src/confd/src/core.h
index 3f78c72f..3872a99f 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/core.h
+++ b/src/confd/src/core.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <augeas.h>
+#include <libite/lite.h>
 #include <libyang/libyang.h>
 #include <sysrepo.h>
 #include <sysrepo/values.h>
@@ -25,8 +26,6 @@ int vasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 int asprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...);
 #endif
 
-#define NELEMS(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]))
-
 #define DEBUG(fmt, ...)
 //#define DEBUG(fmt, ...) syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "%s: "fmt, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ERROR(fmt, ...) syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s: " fmt, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__)