diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3d2a8e3f7a..908b70834d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -66,3 +66,6 @@
 [submodule "platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/SAI-Implementation"]
 	path = platform/mellanox/mlnx-sai/SAI-Implementation
 	url = https://github.com/Mellanox/SAI-Implementation
+[submodule "src/sonic-mgmt-framework"]
+	path = src/sonic-mgmt-framework
+	url = https://github.com/project-arlo/sonic-mgmt-framework.git
diff --git a/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/Dockerfile.j2 b/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/Dockerfile.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a181020d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+FROM docker-config-engine-stretch
+
+ARG docker_container_name
+RUN [ -f /etc/rsyslog.conf ] && sed -ri "s/%syslogtag%/$docker_container_name#%syslogtag%/;" /etc/rsyslog.conf
+
+## Make apt-get non-interactive
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update
+
+#RUN apt-get install -f -y libdbus-1-3 libdaemon0 libjansson4
+
+## Install redis-tools dependencies
+## TODO: implicitly install dependencies
+RUN apt-get -y install libjemalloc1
+
+COPY \
+{% for deb in docker_sonic_mgmt_framework_debs.split(' ') -%}
+debs/{{ deb }}{{' '}}
+{%- endfor -%}
+debs/
+
+RUN dpkg -i \
+{% for deb in docker_sonic_mgmt_framework_debs.split(' ') -%}
+debs/{{ deb }}{{' '}}
+{%- endfor %}
+
+COPY ["start.sh", "rest-server.sh", "/usr/bin/"]
+COPY ["supervisord.conf", "/etc/supervisor/conf.d/"]
+
+RUN apt-get clean -y; apt-get autoclean -y; apt-get autoremove -y
+RUN rm -rf /debs
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/supervisord"]
diff --git a/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/rest-server.sh b/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/rest-server.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ebc4193a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/rest-server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+REST_SERVER_ARGS=" -ui /rest_ui -port=80 -logtostderr"
+
+exec /usr/sbin/rest_server ${REST_SERVER_ARGS}
+
+
diff --git a/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/start.sh b/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..24d355670e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+mkdir -p /var/sonic
+echo "# Config files managed by sonic-config-engine" > /var/sonic/config_status
+
+rm -f /var/run/rsyslogd.pid
+
+supervisorctl start rsyslogd
+
+supervisorctl start rest-server
diff --git a/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/supervisord.conf b/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/supervisord.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e26f815f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockers/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework/supervisord.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+[supervisord]
+logfile_maxbytes=1MB
+logfile_backups=2
+nodaemon=true
+
+[program:start.sh]
+command=/usr/bin/start.sh
+priority=1
+autostart=true
+autorestart=false
+stdout_logfile=syslog
+stderr_logfile=syslog
+
+[program:rsyslogd]
+command=/usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
+priority=2
+autostart=false
+autorestart=false
+stdout_logfile=syslog
+stderr_logfile=syslog
+
+[program:rest-server]
+command=/usr/bin/rest-server.sh
+priority=3
+autostart=false
+autorestart=true
+stdout_logfile=syslog
+stderr_logfile=syslog
diff --git a/files/build_templates/mgmt-framework.service.j2 b/files/build_templates/mgmt-framework.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0a030347b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/build_templates/mgmt-framework.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Management Framework container
+Requires=swss.service
+After=swss.service
+Before=ntp-config.service
+
+[Service]
+User={{ sonicadmin_user }}
+ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/{{docker_container_name}}.sh start
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/{{docker_container_name}}.sh wait
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/{{docker_container_name}}.sh stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/rules/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework.mk b/rules/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f963a77251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/docker-sonic-mgmt-framework.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# docker image for mgmt-framework
+
+DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK_STEM = docker-sonic-mgmt-framework
+DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK = $(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK_STEM).gz
+DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK_DBG = $(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK_STEM)-$(DBG_IMAGE_MARK).gz
+
+$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_PATH = $(DOCKERS_PATH)/$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK_STEM)
+
+$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_DEPENDS += $(REDIS_TOOLS) $(SONIC_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)
+$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_DBG_DEPENDS = $($(DOCKER_CONFIG_ENGINE_STRETCH)_DBG_DEPENDS)
+
+SONIC_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)
+$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_LOAD_DOCKERS += $(DOCKER_CONFIG_ENGINE_STRETCH)
+$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_DBG_IMAGE_PACKAGES = $($(DOCKER_CONFIG_ENGINE_STRETCH)_DBG_IMAGE_PACKAGES)
+
+SONIC_INSTALL_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)
+SONIC_STRETCH_DOCKERS += $(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)
+
+$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_CONTAINER_NAME = mgmt-framework
+$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_RUN_OPT += --net=host --privileged -t
+$(DOCKER_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
+
diff --git a/rules/sonic-mgmt-framework.mk b/rules/sonic-mgmt-framework.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c74ad5757e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/sonic-mgmt-framework.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SONiC mgmt-framework package
+
+SONIC_MGMT-FRAMEWORK = sonic-mgmt-framework_1.0-01_amd64.deb
+$(SONIC_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-mgmt-framework
+SONIC_DPKG_DEBS += $(SONIC_MGMT-FRAMEWORK)
diff --git a/src/sonic-mgmt-framework b/src/sonic-mgmt-framework
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..6dd9125f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sonic-mgmt-framework
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6dd9125f1f0a5dc950857676239497b885b17b3e