diff --git a/apps/netconf/client/BUILD b/apps/netconf/client/BUILD
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+APPS = [
+    "org.onosproject.yang",
+    "org.onosproject.config",
+    "org.onosproject.netconf",
+]
+
+COMPILE_DEPS = CORE_DEPS + ONOS_YANG + [
+    "@onos_yang_runtime//jar",
+    "//apps/config:onos-apps-config",
+    "//protocols/netconf/api:onos-protocols-netconf-api",
+]
+
+osgi_jar_with_tests(
+    deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
+)
+
+onos_app(
+    app_name = "org.onosproject.netconfsb",
+    category = "Protocol",
+    description = "Exposes APIs to establish NETCONF connections to devices and to send and receive " +
+                  "messages and asynchronous notifications over such connection.",
+    required_apps = APPS,
+    title = "NETCONF Protocol Subsystem",
+    url = "http://onosproject.org",
+)