diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cfg/ComponentConfigService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cfg/ComponentConfigService.java
index d93cd91..b167297 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cfg/ComponentConfigService.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cfg/ComponentConfigService.java
@@ -81,5 +81,14 @@
      */
     void unsetProperty(String componentName, String name);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns configuration property of the named components.
+     *
+     * @param componentName component name
+     * @param attribute component attribute
+     * @return configuration property
+     */
+    ConfigProperty getProperty(String componentName, String attribute);
+
 }
 
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/cfg/ComponentConfigAdapter.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/cfg/ComponentConfigAdapter.java
index e0e2acc..97fa037 100644
--- a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/cfg/ComponentConfigAdapter.java
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/cfg/ComponentConfigAdapter.java
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@
     public void unsetProperty(String componentName, String name) {
 
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public ConfigProperty getProperty(String componentName, String attribute) {
+        return null;
+    }
 }