diff --git a/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/resources/cisco-rest-drivers.xml b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/resources/cisco-rest-drivers.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<drivers>
+    <driver name="cisco-rest" manufacturer="Cisco" hwVersion="" swVersion="NXOS">
+        <behaviour api="org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceDescriptionDiscovery"
+                   impl="org.onosproject.drivers.cisco.rest.CiscoNxosDeviceDescription"/>
+    </driver>
+</drivers>