diff --git a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2 b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
index a1e102759e6e..b745b46c034b 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/sonic_debian_extension.j2
@@ -272,6 +272,19 @@ sudo dpkg --root=$FILESYSTEM_ROOT -i $debs_path/sonic-device-data_*.deb || \
 # package for supporting password hardening
 sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install libpam-pwquality
 
+# Install pam-ldap, nss-ldap, ldap-utils
+sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install      \
+    libnss-ldapd \
+    libpam-ldapd \
+    ldap-utils
+
+# add networking.service dependancy to nslcd
+sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT sed -i '/# Required-Start:/ s/$/ networking.service/' /etc/init.d/nslcd
+
+# nslcd disable default
+sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT systemctl stop nslcd.service
+sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT systemctl mask nslcd.service
+
 # Install pam-tacplus and nss-tacplus
 sudo dpkg --root=$FILESYSTEM_ROOT -i $debs_path/libtac2_*.deb || \
     sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install -f
@@ -285,14 +298,14 @@ sudo dpkg --root=$FILESYSTEM_ROOT -i $debs_path/bash-tacplus_*.deb || \
 # Install audisp-tacplus
 sudo dpkg --root=$FILESYSTEM_ROOT -i $debs_path/audisp-tacplus_*.deb || \
     sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install -f
-# Disable tacplus by default
+# Disable tacplus and LDAP by default
 ## NOTE: this syntax of pam-auth-update is meant to be used when the package gets removed, not for specifying
 ## some local configuration of a PAM module. Currently, there's no clean way of noninteractively specifying
 ## whether some PAM module needs to be enabled or disabled on a system (there are hacky ways, though).
 ##
 ## If there is some PAM module that's installed/removed after this point, then this setting will end up having
 ## no impact, and there may be errors/test failures related to authentication.
-sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pam-auth-update --remove tacplus
+sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pam-auth-update --remove tacplus ldap
 sudo sed -i -e '/^passwd/s/ tacplus//' $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/nsswitch.conf
 
 # Install pam-radius-auth and nss-radius
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/setup.py b/src/sonic-yang-models/setup.py
index 95f98bd53dd8..dee8559bccb4 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/setup.py
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/setup.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ def run(self):
                          './yang-models/sonic-system-aaa.yang',
                          './yang-models/sonic-system-tacacs.yang',
                          './yang-models/sonic-system-radius.yang',
+                         './yang-models/sonic-system-ldap.yang',
                          './yang-models/sonic-telemetry.yang',
                          './yang-models/sonic-telemetry_client.yang',
                          './yang-models/sonic-gnmi.yang',
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 050f4433bac6..f3656501fb85 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/files/sample_config_db.json
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/files/sample_config_db.json
@@ -1612,6 +1612,22 @@
                 "timeout": "5"
             }
         },
+        "LDAP": {
+            "global": {
+                "bind_dn": "test_bind",
+                "bind_password": "secret",
+                "bind_timeout": "5",
+                "version": "3",
+                "base_dn": "test_base",
+                "port": "389",
+                "timeout": "5"
+            }
+        },
+        "LDAP_SERVER": {
+            "192.168.1.1": {
+                "priority": "5"
+            }
+        },
         "NAT_BINDINGS": {
             "bind1": {
                 "nat_pool": "pool1",
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/ldap.json b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/ldap.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93a6032bcf1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/ldap.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "LDAP_TABLE": {
+        "desc": "Configure LDAP global fields."
+    },
+    "LDAP_INVALID_TIMEOUT_TEST": {
+        "desc": "LDAP global configuration with invalid timeout value in LDAP table.",
+        "eStr": "LDAP timeout must be 1..60"
+    },
+    "LDAP_SERVER_TEST" : {
+        "desc": "LDAP server configuration in LDAP_SERVER table."
+    },
+    "LDAP_SERVER_INVALID_PRIORITY_TEST": {
+        "desc": "LDAP server configuration with invalid priority value in LDAP_SERVER table.",
+        "eStr": "LDAP server priority must be 1..8"
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/ldap.json b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/ldap.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39ff556cb2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/ldap.json
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+    "LDAP_TABLE": {
+        "sonic-system-ldap:sonic-system-ldap": {
+            "sonic-system-ldap:LDAP": {
+                "global":{
+                    "bind_dn": "test_bind",
+                    "bind_password": "secret",
+                    "bind_timeout": "5",
+                    "version": "3",
+                    "base_dn": "test_base",
+                    "port": "389",
+                    "timeout": "5"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "LDAP_INVALID_TIMEOUT_TEST": {
+        "sonic-system-ldap:sonic-system-ldap": {
+            "sonic-system-ldap:LDAP": {
+                "global": {
+                    "bind_dn": "test_bind",
+                    "bind_password": "secret",
+                    "bind_timeout": "5",
+                    "version": "3",
+                    "base_dn": "test_base",
+                    "port": "389",
+                    "timeout": 150
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "LDAP_SERVER_TEST": {
+        "sonic-system-ldap:sonic-system-ldap": {
+            "sonic-system-ldap:LDAP_SERVER": {
+                "LDAP_SERVER_LIST": [
+                {
+                        "hostname": "192.168.1.1",
+                        "priority": 1
+                },
+                {
+                        "hostname": "ldap_server_1",
+                        "priority": 2
+                }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    "LDAP_SERVER_INVALID_PRIORITY_TEST": {
+        "sonic-system-ldap:sonic-system-ldap": {
+            "sonic-system-ldap:LDAP_SERVER": {
+                "LDAP_SERVER_LIST": [
+                {
+                    "hostname": "192.168.1.1",
+                    "priority": 70
+                }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-system-aaa.yang b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-system-aaa.yang
index 1b1a8c4931a7..61fc9ab61841 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-system-aaa.yang
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-system-aaa.yang
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ module sonic-system-aaa {
 
                 leaf login {
                     type string {
-                        pattern '((tacacs\+|local|radius|default),)*(tacacs\+|local|radius|default)' {
+                        pattern '((ldap|tacacs\+|local|radius|default),)*(ldap|tacacs\+|local|radius|default)' {
                             error-message "Invalid login choice";
                         }
                     }
-                    description "AAA authentication/authorization/accounting methods - radius/tacacs+/local/default";
+                    description "AAA authentication/authorization/accounting methods - radius/tacacs+/ldap|local/default";
                     default "local";
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-system-ldap.yang b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-system-ldap.yang
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82fe4624005f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-system-ldap.yang
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+module sonic-system-ldap {
+    yang-version 1.1;
+    namespace "http://github.com/Azure/sonic-system-ldap";
+    prefix ssys-ldap;
+
+    import ietf-inet-types {
+        prefix inet;
+    }
+
+    description "LDAP YANG Module for SONiC OS";
+
+    revision 2023-10-01 {
+        description "First Revision";
+    }
+
+    container sonic-system-ldap {
+
+        container LDAP_SERVER {
+            list LDAP_SERVER_LIST {
+                max-elements 8;
+                key "hostname";
+
+                leaf hostname {
+                    type inet:host;
+                    description
+                        "LDAP server's Domain name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6)";
+                }
+
+                leaf priority {
+                    default 1;
+                    type uint8 {
+                        range "1..8" {
+                            error-message "LDAP server priority must be 1..8";
+                        }
+                    }
+                    description "Server priority";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        container LDAP {
+
+            container global {
+
+
+                leaf bind_dn {
+                    type string {
+                        length "1..65";
+                    }
+                    description
+                            'LDAP global bind dn';
+                }
+
+                leaf bind_password {
+                    type string {
+                        length "1..65";
+                        pattern "[^ #,]*" {
+                            error-message 'LDAP shared secret (Valid chars are ASCII printable except SPACE, "#", and ",")';
+                        }
+                    }
+                    description "Shared secret used for encrypting the communication";
+                }
+
+                leaf bind_timeout {
+                    default 5;
+                    type uint16 {
+                        range "1..120" {
+                            error-message "Ldap bind timeout must be 1..120";
+                        }
+                    }
+                    description "Ldap bind timeout";
+                }
+
+                leaf version {
+                    default 3;
+                    type uint16 {
+                        range "1..3" {
+                            error-message "Ldap version must be 1..3";
+                        }
+                    }
+                    description "Ldap version";
+                }
+
+                leaf base_dn {
+                    type string {
+                        length "1..65";
+                    }
+                    description "Ldap user base dn";
+                }
+
+                leaf port {
+                    type inet:port-number;
+                    default 389;
+                    description "TCP port to communicate with LDAP server";
+                }
+
+                leaf timeout {
+                    description "Ldap timeout duration in sec";
+                    type uint16 {
+                        range "1..60" {
+                            error-message "LDAP timeout must be 1..60";
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } /* container global */
+        } /* container LDAP  */
+    }/* container sonic-system-ldap */
+}/* end of module sonic-system-ldap */