diff --git a/lib/mgmt.proto b/lib/mgmt.proto
index 3c536838aa9d..f40ba557619f 100644
--- a/lib/mgmt.proto
+++ b/lib/mgmt.proto
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ enum CfgDataReqType {
   REMOVE_DATA = 2;
   CREATE_DATA = 3;
   DELETE_DATA = 4;
+  REPLACE_DATA = 5;
 }
 
 message YangCfgDataReq {
diff --git a/lib/mgmt_be_client.c b/lib/mgmt_be_client.c
index 50d86cb3e42b..c7300602029c 100644
--- a/lib/mgmt_be_client.c
+++ b/lib/mgmt_be_client.c
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ static int mgmt_be_update_setcfg_in_batch(struct mgmt_be_client *client_ctx,
 			break;
 		case MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__SET_DATA:
 		case MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__CREATE_DATA:
+		case MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__REPLACE_DATA:
 			cfg_chg->operation = NB_OP_MODIFY;
 			break;
 		case MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__REQ_TYPE_NONE:
diff --git a/lib/northbound.c b/lib/northbound.c
index eb188d433599..a74cf3bb43f3 100644
--- a/lib/northbound.c
+++ b/lib/northbound.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ int nb_candidate_edit(struct nb_config *candidate,
 		      const struct yang_data *previous,
 		      const struct yang_data *data)
 {
-	struct lyd_node *dnode, *dep_dnode;
+	struct lyd_node *dnode, *dep_dnode, *old_dnode, *parent;
 	char xpath_edit[XPATH_MAXLEN];
 	char dep_xpath[XPATH_MAXLEN];
 	uint32_t options = 0;
@@ -742,6 +742,42 @@ int nb_candidate_edit(struct nb_config *candidate,
 		}
 		lyd_free_tree(dnode);
 		break;
+	case NB_OP_REPLACE:
+		old_dnode = yang_dnode_get(candidate->dnode, xpath_edit);
+		if (old_dnode) {
+			parent = lyd_parent(old_dnode);
+			lyd_unlink_tree(old_dnode);
+		}
+		err = dnode_create(candidate, xpath_edit, data->value, options,
+				   &dnode);
+		if (!err && dnode && !old_dnode) {
+			/* create dependency if the node didn't exist */
+			nb_node = dnode->schema->priv;
+			if (nb_node->dep_cbs.get_dependency_xpath) {
+				nb_node->dep_cbs.get_dependency_xpath(
+					dnode, dep_xpath);
+
+				err = dnode_create(candidate, dep_xpath, NULL,
+						   LYD_NEW_PATH_UPDATE, NULL);
+				if (err) {
+					lyd_free_tree(dnode);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (old_dnode) {
+			/* restore original node on error, free it otherwise */
+			if (err) {
+				if (parent)
+					lyd_insert_child(parent, old_dnode);
+				else
+					lyd_insert_sibling(candidate->dnode,
+							   old_dnode, NULL);
+				return err;
+			} else {
+				lyd_free_tree(old_dnode);
+			}
+		}
+		break;
 	case NB_OP_MOVE:
 		/* TODO: update configuration. */
 		break;
@@ -764,6 +800,7 @@ static void nb_update_candidate_changes(struct nb_config *candidate,
 	switch (oper) {
 	case NB_OP_CREATE:
 	case NB_OP_MODIFY:
+	case NB_OP_REPLACE:
 		root = yang_dnode_get(candidate->dnode, xpath);
 		break;
 	case NB_OP_DESTROY:
@@ -814,6 +851,8 @@ const char *nb_operation_name(enum nb_operation operation)
 		return "destroy";
 	case NB_OP_DELETE:
 		return "delete";
+	case NB_OP_REPLACE:
+		return "replace";
 	case NB_OP_MOVE:
 		return "move";
 	}
@@ -825,7 +864,7 @@ bool nb_is_operation_allowed(struct nb_node *nb_node, enum nb_operation oper)
 {
 	if (lysc_is_key(nb_node->snode)) {
 		if (oper == NB_OP_MODIFY || oper == NB_OP_DESTROY
-		    || oper == NB_OP_DELETE)
+		    || oper == NB_OP_DELETE || oper == NB_OP_REPLACE)
 			return false;
 	}
 	return true;
diff --git a/lib/northbound.h b/lib/northbound.h
index f749e32bed92..7b26248e1351 100644
--- a/lib/northbound.h
+++ b/lib/northbound.h
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ enum nb_operation {
 	NB_OP_MODIFY,
 	NB_OP_DESTROY,
 	NB_OP_DELETE,
+	NB_OP_REPLACE,
 	NB_OP_MOVE,
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index 436748222690..6ca0b156b0b5 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -3788,6 +3788,11 @@ int vty_mgmt_send_config_data(struct vty *vty, bool implicit_commit)
 				MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__CREATE_DATA;
 			break;
 
+		case NB_OP_REPLACE:
+			cfg_req[indx].req_type =
+				MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__REPLACE_DATA;
+			break;
+
 		case NB_OP_MODIFY:
 		case NB_OP_MOVE:
 			cfg_req[indx].req_type =
diff --git a/mgmtd/mgmt_txn.c b/mgmtd/mgmt_txn.c
index e3c75357edb7..41bbf82cab60 100644
--- a/mgmtd/mgmt_txn.c
+++ b/mgmtd/mgmt_txn.c
@@ -2241,6 +2241,9 @@ int mgmt_txn_send_set_config_req(uint64_t txn_id, uint64_t req_id,
 		case MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__CREATE_DATA:
 			cfg_chg->operation = NB_OP_CREATE;
 			break;
+		case MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__REPLACE_DATA:
+			cfg_chg->operation = NB_OP_REPLACE;
+			break;
 		case MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE__REQ_TYPE_NONE:
 		case _MGMTD__CFG_DATA_REQ_TYPE_IS_INT_SIZE:
 		default:
diff --git a/mgmtd/mgmt_vty.c b/mgmtd/mgmt_vty.c
index a7306c723b42..b73dd155e2cc 100644
--- a/mgmtd/mgmt_vty.c
+++ b/mgmtd/mgmt_vty.c
@@ -212,6 +212,24 @@ DEFPY(mgmt_remove_config_data, mgmt_remove_config_data_cmd,
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+DEFPY(mgmt_replace_config_data, mgmt_replace_config_data_cmd,
+      "mgmt replace-config WORD$path VALUE",
+      MGMTD_STR
+      "Replace configuration data\n"
+      "XPath expression specifying the YANG data path\n"
+      "Value of the data to set\n")
+{
+
+	strlcpy(vty->cfg_changes[0].xpath, path,
+		sizeof(vty->cfg_changes[0].xpath));
+	vty->cfg_changes[0].value = value;
+	vty->cfg_changes[0].operation = NB_OP_REPLACE;
+	vty->num_cfg_changes = 1;
+
+	vty_mgmt_send_config_data(vty, false);
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 DEFPY(show_mgmt_get_config, show_mgmt_get_config_cmd,
       "show mgmt get-config [candidate|operational|running]$dsname WORD$path",
       SHOW_STR MGMTD_STR
@@ -523,6 +541,7 @@ void mgmt_vty_init(void)
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &mgmt_set_config_data_cmd);
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &mgmt_delete_config_data_cmd);
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &mgmt_remove_config_data_cmd);
+	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &mgmt_replace_config_data_cmd);
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &mgmt_load_config_cmd);
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &mgmt_save_config_cmd);
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &mgmt_rollback_cmd);