diff --git a/.github/BOTMETA.yml b/.github/BOTMETA.yml
index bafbcdc9e1..0e19faf049 100644
--- a/.github/BOTMETA.yml
+++ b/.github/BOTMETA.yml
@@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ files:
   lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/onepassword_raw.py:
     maintainers: samdoran
     ignored: azenk
+  lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/sros.py:
+    maintainers: wisotzky $team_networking
+    labels: networking
   lib/ansible/plugins/shell/powershell.py:
     maintainers: $team_windows_core
     labels:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/netconf.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/netconf.py
index ed38f3404b..abd3989fb4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/netconf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/netconf.py
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ logging.getLogger('ncclient').setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 NETWORK_OS_DEVICE_PARAM_MAP = {
     "nxos": "nexus",
-    "ios": "default"
+    "ios": "default",
+    "sros": "alu"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/sros.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/sros.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6b5d0fc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/sros.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#
+# (c) 2018 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import json
+import re
+
+from ansible import constants as C
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_bytes
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure, AnsibleError
+from ansible.plugins.netconf import NetconfBase
+from ansible.plugins.netconf import ensure_connected
+
+try:
+    from ncclient import manager
+    from ncclient.operations import RPCError
+    from ncclient.transport.errors import SSHUnknownHostError
+    from ncclient.xml_ import to_ele, to_xml, new_ele
+except ImportError:
+    raise AnsibleError("ncclient is not installed")
+
+try:
+    from lxml import etree
+except ImportError:
+    raise AnsibleError("lxml is not installed")
+
+
+class Netconf(NetconfBase):
+    def get_text(self, ele, tag):
+        try:
+            return to_text(ele.find(tag).text, errors='surrogate_then_replace').strip()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+    def get_device_info(self):
+        device_info = dict()
+        device_info['network_os'] = 'sros'
+
+        xmlns = "urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:state"
+        f = '<state xmlns="%s"><system><platform/><bootup/><version/><lldp/></system></state>' % xmlns
+        reply = to_ele(self.m.get(filter=('subtree', f)).data_xml)
+
+        device_info['network_os_hostname'] = reply.findtext('.//{%s}state/{*}system/{*}lldp/{*}system-name' % xmlns)
+        device_info['network_os_version'] = reply.findtext('.//{%s}state/{*}system/{*}version/{*}version-number' % xmlns)
+        device_info['network_os_model'] = reply.findtext('.//{%s}state/{*}system/{*}platform' % xmlns)
+        device_info['network_os_platform'] = 'Nokia 7x50'
+        return device_info
+
+    def get_capabilities(self):
+        result = dict()
+        result['rpc'] = self.get_base_rpc() + ['commit', 'discard_changes', 'validate', 'lock', 'unlock']
+        result['network_api'] = 'netconf'
+        result['device_info'] = self.get_device_info()
+        result['server_capabilities'] = [c for c in self.m.server_capabilities]
+        result['client_capabilities'] = [c for c in self.m.client_capabilities]
+        result['session_id'] = self.m.session_id
+        result['device_operations'] = self.get_device_operations(result['server_capabilities'])
+        return json.dumps(result)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def guess_network_os(obj):
+        try:
+            m = manager.connect(
+                host=obj._play_context.remote_addr,
+                port=obj._play_context.port or 830,
+                username=obj._play_context.remote_user,
+                password=obj._play_context.password,
+                key_filename=obj._play_context.private_key_file,
+                hostkey_verify=C.HOST_KEY_CHECKING,
+                look_for_keys=C.PARAMIKO_LOOK_FOR_KEYS,
+                allow_agent=obj._play_context.allow_agent,
+                timeout=obj._play_context.timeout
+            )
+        except SSHUnknownHostError as exc:
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure(str(exc))
+
+        guessed_os = None
+        for c in m.server_capabilities:
+            if re.search('urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr', c):
+                guessed_os = 'sros'
+
+        m.close_session()
+        return guessed_os
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/meta/main.yml
index 3403f48112..0fb2b09f0e 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/meta/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/meta/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 dependencies:
   - { role: prepare_junos_tests, when: ansible_network_os == 'junos' }
   - { role: prepare_iosxr_tests, when: ansible_network_os == 'iosxr' }
+  - { role: prepare_sros_tests, when: ansible_network_os == 'sros' }
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tasks/main.yaml b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tasks/main.yaml
index 4d8eb94cd5..a34a2fecd6 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 - { include: junos.yaml, when: ansible_network_os == 'junos', tags: ['netconf'] }
 - { include: iosxr.yaml, when: ansible_network_os == 'iosxr', tags: ['netconf'] }
+- { include: sros.yaml, when: ansible_network_os == 'sros', tags: ['netconf'] }
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tasks/sros.yaml b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tasks/sros.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc8728b82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tasks/sros.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+- name: collect all netconf test cases
+  find:
+    paths: "{{ role_path }}/tests/sros"
+    patterns: "{{ testcase }}.yaml"
+  register: test_cases
+  connection: local
+
+- name: set test_items
+  set_fact: test_items="{{ test_cases.files | map(attribute='path') | list }}"
+
+- name: run test case (connection=netconf)
+  include: "{{ test_case_to_run }} ansible_connection=netconf"
+  with_items: "{{ test_items }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: test_case_to_run
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tests/sros/basic.yaml b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tests/sros/basic.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a68ff3243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/netconf_get/tests/sros/basic.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+---
+- debug: msg="START netconf_get sros/basic.yaml on connection={{ ansible_connection }}"
+
+- name: Get complete configuration data (SROS)
+  netconf_get:
+    filter: <configure xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf"/>
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "'urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf' in result.stdout"
+      - "'urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:state' not in result.stdout"
+
+- name: Get complete state data (SROS)
+  netconf_get:
+    filter: <state xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:state"/>
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "'urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:state' in result.stdout"
+      - "'urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf' not in result.stdout"
+
+- name: Get service configuration data from candidate datastore (SROS)
+  netconf_get:
+    source: candidate
+    filter: <configure xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf"><service/></configure>
+    display: json
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "'<service>' in result.stdout"
+
+- name: Get system configuration data from running datastore (SROS)
+  netconf_get:
+    source: running
+    filter: <configure xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf"><system/></configure>
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "'<system>' in result.stdout"
+
+- name: Get complete configuration and state data (SROS)
+  netconf_get:
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "'<service>' in result.stdout"
+      - "'<system>' in result.stdout"
+      - "'urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf' in result.stdout"
+      - "'urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:state' in result.stdout"
+
+- debug: msg="END netconf_get sros/basic.yaml on connection={{ ansible_connection }}"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/prepare_sros_tests/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/prepare_sros_tests/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..352484edd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/prepare_sros_tests/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- debug: msg="START prepare_sros_tests/main.yaml"
+
+- name: wait until everything is ready to go
+  pause:
+    seconds: 1