diff --git a/op-mode-definitions/monitor-interface.xml.in b/op-mode-definitions/monitor-interface.xml.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdfa614625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/op-mode-definitions/monitor-interface.xml.in
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<interfaceDefinition>
+  <node name="monitor">
+    <properties>
+      <help>Monitor route with mtr</help>
+    </properties>
+    <children>
+        <tagNode name="traceroute">
+            <properties>
+                <help>Traceroute (continuously) with mtr</help>
+                <completionHelp>
+                <list>&lt;hostname&gt; &lt;x.x.x.x&gt; &lt;h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h&gt;</list>
+                </completionHelp>
+            </properties>
+            <command>${vyos_op_scripts_dir}/mtr.py ${@:2}</command>
+                <children>
+                    <leafNode name="node.tag">
+                        <properties>
+                            <help>mtr options</help>
+                            <completionHelp>
+                            <script>${vyos_op_scripts_dir}/mtr.py --get-options "${COMP_WORDS[@]}"</script>
+                            </completionHelp>
+                        </properties>
+            <command>${vyos_op_scripts_dir}/mtr.py ${@:2}</command>
+      </leafNode>
+    </children>
+  </tagNode>
+</interfaceDefinition>