diff --git a/src/confd/src/core.c b/src/confd/src/core.c
index c2c98865..d3168c12 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/core.c
+++ b/src/confd/src/core.c
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ int sr_plugin_init_cb(sr_session_ctx_t *session, void **priv)
 	confd.root = json_load_file("/run/system.json", 0, NULL);
 	if (!confd.root)
 		goto err;
+
+	/* An optional file that contains hardware specific quirks for
+	 * the network interfaces on running board.
+	 */
+	confd.ifquirks = json_load_file("/etc/product/interface-quirks.json", 0, NULL);
+
 	rc = ietf_interfaces_init(&confd);
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;
diff --git a/src/confd/src/core.h b/src/confd/src/core.h
index 0d6d1758..e2a8b0a8 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/core.h
+++ b/src/confd/src/core.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct confd {
 	sr_subscription_ctx_t  *sub;
 	sr_subscription_ctx_t  *fsub;    /* factory-default sub */
 	json_t                 *root;
+	json_t                 *ifquirks;
 	struct dagger		netdag;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.c b/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.c
index e874f5ec..e0cfe77a 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.c
+++ b/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.c
@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@
 
 #include "ietf-interfaces.h"
 
+bool iface_has_quirk(const char *ifname, const char *quirkname)
+{
+	struct json_t *iface, *quirk;
+
+	if (!confd.ifquirks)
+		return false;
+
+	iface = json_object_get(confd.ifquirks, ifname);
+	if (!iface)
+		return false;
+
+	quirk = json_object_get(iface, quirkname);
+
+	return quirk ? json_is_true(quirk) : false;
+}
 static bool iface_is_phys(const char *ifname)
 {
 	bool is_phys = false;
diff --git a/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.h b/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.h
index b6a900f3..25287df3 100644
--- a/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.h
+++ b/src/confd/src/ietf-interfaces.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ static inline bool is_member_port(struct lyd_node *cif)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool iface_has_quirk(const char *ifname, const char *quirkname);
+
 
 /* ieee802-ethernet-interface.c */
 int netdag_gen_ethtool(struct dagger *net, struct lyd_node *cif, struct lyd_node *dif);