diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 050d14baf3aa..c884540415a9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -130,3 +130,6 @@
 [submodule "src/sonic-stp"]
 	path = src/sonic-stp
 	url = https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-stp
+[submodule "src/sonic-framework/gnoi"]
+	path = src/sonic-framework/gnoi
+	url = https://github.com/openconfig/gnoi
diff --git a/src/sonic-framework/gnoi b/src/sonic-framework/gnoi
new file mode 160000
index 000000000000..73a1e7675c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sonic-framework/gnoi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 73a1e7675c5f963e7810bd3828203f2758eb47e8