diff --git a/src/confd/src/confd/ietf-interfaces.c b/src/confd/src/confd/ietf-interfaces.c
index 15a625cc..9a6dac9c 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/confd/ietf-interfaces.c
+++ b/src/confd/src/confd/ietf-interfaces.c
@@ -652,6 +652,47 @@ static int netdag_gen_vlan(struct dagger *net, struct lyd_node *dif,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int netdag_get_bridge_fwd_mask(struct lyd_node *cif)
+{
+	struct lyd_node *node, *proto;
+	int fwd_mask = 0;
+
+	node = lydx_get_descendant(lyd_child(cif), "bridge", NULL);
+	if (!node)
+		goto fail;
+
+	LYX_LIST_FOR_EACH(lyd_child(node), proto, "ieee-group-forward") {
+		struct lyd_node_term  *leaf  = (struct lyd_node_term *)proto;
+		struct lysc_node_leaf *sleaf = (struct lysc_node_leaf *)leaf->schema;
+
+		if ((sleaf->nodetype & (LYS_LEAF | LYS_LEAFLIST)) && (sleaf->type->basetype == LY_TYPE_UNION)) {
+			struct lyd_value *actual = &leaf->value.subvalue->value;
+			int val;
+
+			if (actual->realtype->basetype == LY_TYPE_UINT8)
+				val = actual->uint8;
+			else
+				val = actual->enum_item->value;
+
+			fwd_mask |= 1 << val;
+		}
+	}
+
+fail:
+	return fwd_mask;
+}
+
+static int netdag_set_bridge(struct dagger *net, struct lyd_node *dif,
+			     struct lyd_node *cif, FILE *ip)
+{
+	const char *ifname = lydx_get_cattr(cif, "name");
+
+	fprintf(ip, "link set dev %s type bridge group_fwd_mask %d\n",
+		ifname, netdag_get_bridge_fwd_mask(cif));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int netdag_gen_afspec_add(struct dagger *net, struct lyd_node *dif,
 				 struct lyd_node *cif, FILE *ip)
 {
@@ -662,7 +703,8 @@ static int netdag_gen_afspec_add(struct dagger *net, struct lyd_node *dif,
 	DEBUG_IFACE(dif, "");
 
 	if (!strcmp(iftype, "iana-if-type:bridge")) {
-		fprintf(ip, "link add dev %s type bridge\n", ifname);
+		fprintf(ip, "link add dev %s type bridge group_fwd_mask %d\n",
+			ifname, netdag_get_bridge_fwd_mask(cif));
 	} else if (!strcmp(iftype, "infix-if-type:veth")) {
 		err = netdag_gen_veth(net, NULL, cif, ip);
 	} else if (!strcmp(iftype, "iana-if-type:l2vlan")) {
@@ -687,7 +729,7 @@ static int netdag_gen_afspec_set(struct dagger *net, struct lyd_node *dif,
 	DEBUG_IFACE(dif, "");
 
 	if (!strcmp(iftype, "iana-if-type:bridge"))
-		return 0;
+		return netdag_set_bridge(net, dif, cif, ip);
 	if (!strcmp(iftype, "iana-if-type:l2vlan"))
 		return netdag_gen_vlan(net, dif, cif, ip);
 	if (!strcmp(iftype, "infix-if-type:veth"))
diff --git a/src/confd/yang/infix-if-bridge@2023-05-31.yang b/src/confd/yang/infix-if-bridge@2023-05-31.yang
index 756394be..d028e7c4 100644
--- a/src/confd/yang/infix-if-bridge@2023-05-31.yang
+++ b/src/confd/yang/infix-if-bridge@2023-05-31.yang
@@ -31,6 +31,38 @@ submodule infix-if-bridge {
     description "Indicates if this bridge supports VLAN filtering.";
   }
 
+  /*
+   * Typedefs
+   */
+  typedef ieee-reserved-groups {
+    type union {
+      type uint8 {
+	range "0..15";
+      }
+      type enumeration {
+	enum stp {
+	  value 0;
+	  description "Spanning Tree (STP/RSPT/MSTP).";
+	}
+	enum lacp {
+	  value 2;
+	  description "802.3 Slow Protocols, e.g., LACP.";
+	}
+	enum dot1x {
+	  value 3;
+	  description "802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control.";
+	}
+	enum lldp {
+	  value 14;
+	  description "802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP).";
+	}
+      }
+    }
+    description
+      "This is a user-friendly enumeration of the different reserved IEEE
+       reserved link-local multicast groups, in 01:80:C2:00:00:0X.";
+  }
+
   /*
    * Data Nodes
    */
@@ -45,6 +77,12 @@ submodule infix-if-bridge {
     container bridge {
       description "IEEE 802.1Q style bridge.";
 
+      leaf-list ieee-group-forward {
+	type ieee-reserved-groups;
+	description
+	  "List of IEEE link-local protocols to forward, e.g., STP, LLDP";
+      }
+
       container vlans {
         if-feature "vlan-filtering";
         description "A VLAN filtering bridge has at least one VLAN.";