diff --git a/pimd/pim_addr.h b/pimd/pim_addr.h
index e422a2e2da..a278a46593 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_addr.h
+++ b/pimd/pim_addr.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct in_addr pim_addr;
 #define PIM_AFI		AFI_IP
 #define PIM_MAX_BITLEN	IPV4_MAX_BITLEN
 #define PIM_AF_NAME     "ip"
+#define	FRR_PIM_AF_XPATH_VAL "frr-routing:ipv4"
 
 union pimprefixptr {
 	prefixtype(pimprefixptr, struct prefix,      p)
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ typedef struct in6_addr pim_addr;
 #define PIM_AFI		AFI_IP6
 #define PIM_MAX_BITLEN	IPV6_MAX_BITLEN
 #define PIM_AF_NAME     "ipv6"
+#define	FRR_PIM_AF_XPATH_VAL "frr-routing:ipv6"
 
 union pimprefixptr {
 	prefixtype(pimprefixptr, struct prefix,      p)