diff --git a/Makefile.work b/Makefile.work
index 7cb04095ad1..adc40f38161 100644
--- a/Makefile.work
+++ b/Makefile.work
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 #  * ENABLE_TRANSLIB_WRITE: Enable translib write/config operations via the gNMI interface.
 #  *                 Default: unset
 #  *                 Values: y
+#  * ENABLE_NATIVE_WRITE: Enable native write/config operations via the gNMI interface.
+#  *                 Default: unset
+#  *                 Values: y
 #  * SONIC_DPKG_CACHE_METHOD: Specifying method of obtaining the Debian packages from cache: none or cache
 #  * SONIC_DPKG_CACHE_SOURCE: Debian package cache location when cache enabled for debian packages
 #  * BUILD_LOG_TIMESTAMP: Set timestamp in the build log (simple/none)
@@ -480,6 +483,7 @@ SONIC_BUILD_INSTRUCTION :=  $(MAKE) \
                            SONIC_INCLUDE_RESTAPI=$(INCLUDE_RESTAPI) \
                            SONIC_INCLUDE_MUX=$(INCLUDE_MUX) \
                            ENABLE_TRANSLIB_WRITE=$(ENABLE_TRANSLIB_WRITE) \
+                           ENABLE_NATIVE_WRITE=$(ENABLE_NATIVE_WRITE) \
                            EXTRA_DOCKER_TARGETS=$(EXTRA_DOCKER_TARGETS) \
                            BUILD_LOG_TIMESTAMP=$(BUILD_LOG_TIMESTAMP) \
                            SONIC_ENABLE_IMAGE_SIGNATURE=$(ENABLE_IMAGE_SIGNATURE) \
diff --git a/rules/config b/rules/config
index 0391abff36b..9bb3326faa2 100644
--- a/rules/config
+++ b/rules/config
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ ENABLE_AUTO_TECH_SUPPORT = y
 # Uncomment to enable:
 # ENABLE_TRANSLIB_WRITE = y
 
+# ENABLE_NATIVE_WRITE - Enable native write/config operations via the gNMI interface.
+# Uncomment to enable:
+# ENABLE_NATIVE_WRITE = y
+
 # INCLUDE_MACSEC - build docker-macsec for macsec support
 INCLUDE_MACSEC = y
 
diff --git a/slave.mk b/slave.mk
index 32ca3cb2bfe..a0a83c24225 100644
--- a/slave.mk
+++ b/slave.mk
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ $(info "INCLUDE_BOOTCHART                : "$(INCLUDE_BOOTCHART)")
 $(info "ENABLE_BOOTCHART                 : "$(ENABLE_BOOTCHART)")
 $(info "ENABLE_FIPS_FEATURE"             : "$(ENABLE_FIPS_FEATURE)")
 $(info "ENABLE_TRANSLIB_WRITE"           : "$(ENABLE_TRANSLIB_WRITE)")
+$(info "ENABLE_NATIVE_WRITE"             : "$(ENABLE_NATIVE_WRITE)")
 $(info "ENABLE_AUTO_TECH_SUPPORT"        : "$(ENABLE_AUTO_TECH_SUPPORT)")
 $(info "PDDF_SUPPORT"                    : "$(PDDF_SUPPORT)")
 $(info "MULTIARCH_QEMU_ENVIRON"          : "$(MULTIARCH_QEMU_ENVIRON)")