diff --git a/main/api.c b/main/api.c
index 7f07d8c42..8fd6ac42e 100644
--- a/main/api.c
+++ b/main/api.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(, api_ctx) clients = LIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(clients);
 // PID of the current request while API handler is called.
 static __thread pid_t cur_req_pid;
 
-static void api_send_notifications(uint32_t ev_type, const void *obj) {
+void api_send_notifications(uint32_t ev_type, const void *obj) {
 	struct subscription *ev_subs = NULL;
 	struct module_subscribers *subs;
 	struct subscription *s;
@@ -498,14 +498,7 @@ void api_socket_stop(struct event_base *) {
 		disconnect_client(ctx);
 }
 
-static struct gr_event_subscription ev_subscribtion = {
-	.callback = api_send_notifications,
-	.ev_count = 1,
-	.ev_types = {EVENT_TYPE_ALL},
-};
-
 RTE_INIT(init) {
-	gr_event_subscribe(&ev_subscribtion);
 	gr_register_api_handler(&subscribe_handler);
 	gr_register_api_handler(&unsubscribe_handler);
 	gr_register_api_handler(&hello_handler);
diff --git a/main/api.h b/main/api.h
index 27f513d73..8ff801135 100644
--- a/main/api.h
+++ b/main/api.h
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 
 int api_socket_start(struct event_base *);
 void api_socket_stop(struct event_base *);
+void api_send_notifications(uint32_t ev_type, const void *obj);
diff --git a/main/event.c b/main/event.c
index a294e8d5a..7f6aabe42 100644
--- a/main/event.c
+++ b/main/event.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 // Copyright (c) 2025 Robin Jarry
 
+#include "api.h"
+
 #include <gr_api.h>
 #include <gr_event.h>
 #include <gr_log.h>
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ void gr_event_push(uint32_t ev_type, const void *obj) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	api_send_notifications(ev_type, obj);
 }
 
 STAILQ_HEAD(serializers, gr_event_serializer);
diff --git a/modules/infra/control/gr_netlink.h b/modules/infra/control/gr_netlink.h
index c7cc78087..73abd6da6 100644
--- a/modules/infra/control/gr_netlink.h
+++ b/modules/infra/control/gr_netlink.h
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ int netlink_del_addr4(const char *ifname, ip4_addr_t ip);
 int netlink_add_addr6(const char *ifname, const struct rte_ipv6_addr *ip);
 int netlink_del_addr6(const char *ifname, const struct rte_ipv6_addr *ip);
 int netlink_set_addr_gen_mode_none(const char *ifname);
+int netlink_set_ifalias(const char *ifname, const char *ifalias);
diff --git a/modules/infra/control/netlink.c b/modules/infra/control/netlink.c
index 2e281c736..4409104c7 100644
--- a/modules/infra/control/netlink.c
+++ b/modules/infra/control/netlink.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+// IFALIASZ is defined in linux/if.h
+#define IFALIASZ 256
+
 static char socket_buf[BUFSIZ];
 static struct mnl_socket *nl_sock;
 static int nl_seq;
@@ -292,6 +295,30 @@ int netlink_set_addr_gen_mode_none(const char *ifname) {
 	return netlink_send_req(nlh);
 }
 
+int netlink_set_ifalias(const char *ifname, const char *ifalias) {
+	char buf[NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ifinfomsg) + NLA_SPACE(IFALIASZ))];
+	struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	int ifindex;
+
+	ifindex = if_nametoindex(ifname);
+	if (!ifindex)
+		return errno_set(ENODEV);
+
+	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+	nlh = mnl_nlmsg_put_header(buf);
+	nlh->nlmsg_type = RTM_NEWLINK;
+	nlh->nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK;
+
+	ifm = mnl_nlmsg_put_extra_header(nlh, sizeof(*ifm));
+	ifm->ifi_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	ifm->ifi_index = ifindex;
+
+	mnl_attr_put_strz(nlh, IFLA_IFALIAS, ifalias);
+
+	return netlink_send_req(nlh);
+}
+
 static void netlink_init(struct event_base *) {
 	nl_sock = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_ROUTE);
 	if (!nl_sock)
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/frr/meson-add-dependency-definition.patch b/subprojects/packagefiles/frr/meson-add-dependency-definition.patch
index 29310aa9b..0b1991562 100644
--- a/subprojects/packagefiles/frr/meson-add-dependency-definition.patch
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/frr/meson-add-dependency-definition.patch
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ index 0000000..d26e979
 +    '--prefix="' + prefix + '" ' +
 +    '--with-moduledir="' + moduledir + '" ' +
 +    '--disable-doc --enable-multipath=128 ' +
-+    '--disable-ripd --disable-ripngd --disable-ospfd --disable-ospf6d ' +
++    '--disable-ripd --disable-ripngd ' +
 +    '--disable-ldpd --disable-nhrpd --disable-eigrpd --disable-babeld  ' +
-+    '--disable-isisd --disable-pimd --disable-pim6d --disable-pbrd --disable-fabricd ' +
++    '--disable-pimd --disable-pim6d --disable-pbrd --disable-fabricd ' +
 +    '--disable-vrrpd --disable-pathd --disable-ospfapi --disable-ospfclient ' +
-+    '--disable-bfdd --disable-python-runtime ' + extra_configure_option + ' ' +
++    '--disable-python-runtime ' + extra_configure_option + ' ' +
 +    '&&  touch "' + configure_stamp + '"'
 +  ],
 +  depends: bootstrap,