diff --git a/drivers/bmv2/BUCK b/drivers/bmv2/BUCK
index 63feb68..728f92b 100644
--- a/drivers/bmv2/BUCK
+++ b/drivers/bmv2/BUCK
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     included_bundles = BUNDLES,
     required_apps = [
         'org.onosproject.drivers.p4runtime',
+        'org.onosproject.drivers.gnmi',
         'org.onosproject.pipelines.basic',
     ],
 )
diff --git a/drivers/bmv2/src/main/resources/bmv2-drivers.xml b/drivers/bmv2/src/main/resources/bmv2-drivers.xml
index 22bf067..0d6e0daa 100644
--- a/drivers/bmv2/src/main/resources/bmv2-drivers.xml
+++ b/drivers/bmv2/src/main/resources/bmv2-drivers.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 <drivers>
-    <driver name="bmv2" manufacturer="p4.org" hwVersion="master" swVersion="master" extends="p4runtime">
+    <driver name="bmv2" manufacturer="p4.org" hwVersion="master" swVersion="master" extends="p4runtime, gnmi">
         <behaviour api="org.onosproject.net.behaviour.PiPipelineProgrammable"
                    impl="org.onosproject.drivers.bmv2.Bmv2PipelineProgrammable"/>
     </driver>