diff --git a/lib/mgmt_be_client.c b/lib/mgmt_be_client.c
index de23cfbaef34..a16359d4a0a8 100644
--- a/lib/mgmt_be_client.c
+++ b/lib/mgmt_be_client.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ const char *mgmt_be_client_names[MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_MAX + 1] = {
 #ifdef HAVE_STATICD
 	[MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_STATICD] = "staticd",
 #endif
+	[MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_ZEBRA] = "zebra",
 	[MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_MAX] = "Unknown/Invalid",
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/mgmt_be_client.h b/lib/mgmt_be_client.h
index 4ad5ca5957cd..645bac3b55bf 100644
--- a/lib/mgmt_be_client.h
+++ b/lib/mgmt_be_client.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum mgmt_be_client_id {
 #ifdef HAVE_STATICD
 	MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_STATICD,
 #endif
+	MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_ZEBRA,
 	MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/mgmtd/mgmt_be_adapter.c b/mgmtd/mgmt_be_adapter.c
index 1805dcc4ac96..410e643ab06e 100644
--- a/mgmtd/mgmt_be_adapter.c
+++ b/mgmtd/mgmt_be_adapter.c
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ static struct mgmt_be_client_xpath staticd_xpaths[] = {
 	},
 };
 #endif
+static struct mgmt_be_client_xpath zebra_xpaths[] = {
+	{
+		.xpath = "/frr-zebra:zebra/*",
+		.subscribed = MGMT_SUBSCR_VALIDATE_CFG | MGMT_SUBSCR_NOTIFY_CFG
+			      | MGMT_SUBSCR_OPER_OWN,
+	},
+	{
+		.xpath = "/frr-vrf:lib/vrf[name='*']/frr-zebra:zebra/*",
+		.subscribed = MGMT_SUBSCR_VALIDATE_CFG | MGMT_SUBSCR_NOTIFY_CFG
+			      | MGMT_SUBSCR_OPER_OWN,
+	},
+};
 
 static struct mgmt_be_client_xpath_map
 	mgmt_client_xpaths[MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_MAX] = {
@@ -86,6 +98,8 @@ static struct mgmt_be_client_xpath_map
 		[MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_STATICD] = {staticd_xpaths,
 						array_size(staticd_xpaths)},
 #endif
+		[MGMTD_BE_CLIENT_ID_ZEBRA] = {zebra_xpaths,
+					      array_size(zebra_xpaths)},
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/mgmtd/mgmt_main.c b/mgmtd/mgmt_main.c
index 39362fa74a83..d63a456ed7c1 100644
--- a/mgmtd/mgmt_main.c
+++ b/mgmtd/mgmt_main.c
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ static const struct frr_yang_module_info *const mgmt_yang_modules[] = {
 	&(struct frr_yang_module_info){.name = "frr-staticd",
 				       .ignore_cbs = true},
 #endif
+	&(struct frr_yang_module_info){.name = "frr-zebra",
+				       .ignore_cbs = true},
 };
 
 FRR_DAEMON_INFO(mgmtd, MGMTD, .vty_port = MGMTD_VTY_PORT,
diff --git a/zebra/main.c b/zebra/main.c
index 1e833ce7f182..94e830b5d677 100644
--- a/zebra/main.c
+++ b/zebra/main.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "affinitymap.h"
 #include "routemap.h"
 #include "routing_nb.h"
+#include "mgmt_be_client.h"
 
 #include "zebra/zebra_router.h"
 #include "zebra/zebra_errors.h"
@@ -115,6 +116,8 @@ struct zebra_privs_t zserv_privs = {
 	.cap_num_p = array_size(_caps_p),
 	.cap_num_i = 0};
 
+struct mgmt_be_client *mgmt_be_client;
+
 /* SIGHUP handler. */
 static void sighup(void)
 {
@@ -140,6 +143,8 @@ static void sigint(void)
 
 	zlog_notice("Terminating on signal");
 
+	mgmt_be_client_destroy(mgmt_be_client);
+
 	atomic_store_explicit(&zrouter.in_shutdown, true,
 			      memory_order_relaxed);
 
@@ -418,6 +423,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	zebra_ns_init();
 	router_id_cmd_init();
 	zebra_vty_init();
+
+	/* Initialize MGMT backend functionalities */
+	mgmt_be_client = mgmt_be_client_create("zebra", NULL, 0,
+					       zrouter.master);
+
 	access_list_init();
 	prefix_list_init();
 	rtadv_cmd_init();
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_vty.c b/zebra/zebra_vty.c
index d36c2f81c789..80d34b884a57 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_vty.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_vty.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "vxlan.h"
 #include "termtable.h"
 #include "affinitymap.h"
+#include "mgmt_be_client.h"
 
 #include "zebra/zebra_router.h"
 #include "zebra/zserv.h"
@@ -4702,4 +4703,6 @@ void zebra_vty_init(void)
 #endif /* HAVE_SCRIPTING */
 
 	install_element(VIEW_NODE, &zebra_show_routing_tables_summary_cmd);
+
+	mgmt_be_client_lib_vty_init();
 }