diff --git a/Makefile.work b/Makefile.work
index ac87eef8793..4694750db68 100644
--- a/Makefile.work
+++ b/Makefile.work
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #  *                 Default: yes
 #  *                 Values:  yes, no
 #  * KERNEL_PROCURE_METHOD: Specifying method of obtaining kernel Debian package: download or build
+#  * TELEMETRY_WRITABLE: Enable 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)
@@ -200,6 +203,7 @@ SONIC_BUILD_INSTRUCTION :=  make \
                            HTTPS_PROXY=$(https_proxy) \
                            SONIC_ENABLE_SYSTEM_TELEMETRY=$(ENABLE_SYSTEM_TELEMETRY) \
                            SONIC_ENABLE_RESTAPI=$(ENABLE_RESTAPI) \
+                           TELEMETRY_WRITABLE=$(TELEMETRY_WRITABLE) \
                            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 f20708bbd2b..b7f55122ee4 100644
--- a/rules/config
+++ b/rules/config
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ ENABLE_RESTAPI = n
 # ENABLE_NAT - build docker-sonic-nat for nat support
 ENABLE_NAT = y
 
+# TELEMETRY_WRITABLE - Enable write/config operations via the gNMI interface.
+# Uncomment to enable:
+# TELEMETRY_WRITABLE = y
 # INSTALL_KUBERNETES - if set to y kubernetes packages are installed to be able to
 # run as worker node in kubernetes cluster.
 INSTALL_KUBERNETES = n
diff --git a/slave.mk b/slave.mk
index 4b14f4fea22..891f5686b80 100644
--- a/slave.mk
+++ b/slave.mk
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ $(info "BLDENV"                          : "$(BLDENV)")
 $(info "VS_PREPARE_MEM"                  : "$(VS_PREPARE_MEM)")
 $(info "ENABLE_SFLOW"                    : "$(ENABLE_SFLOW)")
 $(info "ENABLE_NAT"                      : "$(ENABLE_NAT)")
+$(info "TELEMETRY_WRITABLE"              : "$(TELEMETRY_WRITABLE)")
+$(info )
 
 include Makefile.cache