diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-vrf.yang b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-vrf.yang
index ff9fc5b5a4cc..069685144e8d 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-vrf.yang
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-vrf.yang
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ module sonic-vrf {
                         "Enable/disable fallback feature which is useful for specified VRF user to access internet through global/main route.";
                 }
 
+                leaf vni {
+                    type uint32 {
+                        range "0..16777215" {
+                            error-message "VNI ID out of range";
+                            error-app-tag vnid-invalid;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    default 0;
+                    description
+                        "VNI mapped to VRF";
+                }
             } /* end of list VRF_LISt */
         } /* end of container VRf */
     } /* end of container sonic-vrf */