diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/files/sample_config_db.json b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/files/sample_config_db.json
index e4bcb56402..699ce6ad10 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/files/sample_config_db.json
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/files/sample_config_db.json
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@
                 "mac": "00:11:22:33:dd:5a",
                 "hostname": "asw.dc",
                 "bgp_asn": "64850",
-                "hwsku": "Stone"
+                "hwsku": "Stone",
+                "buffer_model": "dynamic"
             }
         },
         "VLAN": {
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/device_metadata.json b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/device_metadata.json
index 1e560257ad..9b58c2fde1 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/device_metadata.json
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/device_metadata.json
@@ -32,5 +32,15 @@
     "DEVICE_METADATA_TYPE_INCORRECT_PATTERN": {
 	"desc": "DEVICE_METADATA_TYPE_INCORRECT_PATTERN pattern failure.",
 	"eStrKey" : "Pattern"
+    },
+    "DEVICE_METADATA_CORRECT_BUFFER_MODEL_PATTERN": {
+        "desc": "DEVICE_METADATA correct value for BUFFER_MODEL field"
+    },
+    "DEVICE_METADATA_CORRECT_BUFFER_MODEL_PATTERN2": {
+        "desc": "DEVICE_METADATA correct value for BUFFER_MODEL field"
+    },
+    "DEVICE_METADATA_INCORRECT_BUFFER_MODEL_PATTERN": {
+        "desc": "DEVICE_METADATA wrong value for BUFFER_MODEL field.",
+        "eStr": ["pattern", "does not satisfy"]
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/device_metadata.json b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/device_metadata.json
index 7a3bf81e19..0f0bdc8506 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/device_metadata.json
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/device_metadata.json
@@ -90,5 +90,32 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+    },
+    "DEVICE_METADATA_CORRECT_BUFFER_MODEL_PATTERN": {
+        "sonic-device_metadata:sonic-device_metadata": {
+             "sonic-device_metadata:DEVICE_METADATA": {
+                "sonic-device_metadata:localhost": {
+                "buffer_model": "dynamic"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "DEVICE_METADATA_CORRECT_BUFFER_MODEL_PATTERN2": {
+        "sonic-device_metadata:sonic-device_metadata": {
+            "sonic-device_metadata:DEVICE_METADATA": {
+                "sonic-device_metadata:localhost": {
+                "buffer_model": "traditional"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "DEVICE_METADATA_INCORRECT_BUFFER_MODEL_PATTERN": {
+        "sonic-device_metadata:sonic-device_metadata": {
+            "sonic-device_metadata:DEVICE_METADATA": {
+                "sonic-device_metadata:localhost": {
+                "buffer_model": "incorrect_pattern"
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-device_metadata.yang b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-device_metadata.yang
index 054b436f24..e563dc0d93 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-device_metadata.yang
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-device_metadata.yang
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ module sonic-device_metadata {
                         pattern "ToRRouter|LeafRouter|SpineChassisFrontendRouter|ChassisBackendRouter|ASIC";
                     }
                 }
+
+                leaf buffer_model {
+                    description "This leaf is added for dynamic buffer calculation.
+                                The dynamic model represents the model in which the buffer configurations,
+                                like the headroom sizes and buffer pool sizes, are dynamically calculated based
+                                on the ports' speed, cable length, and MTU. This model is used by Mellanox so far.
+                                The traditional model represents the model in which all the buffer configurations
+                                are statically configured in CONFIG_DB tables. This is the default model used by all other vendors";
+                    type string {
+                        pattern "dynamic|traditional";
+                    }
+                }
             }
             /* end of container localhost */
         }