diff --git a/isisd/isis_northbound.c b/isisd/isis_northbound.c
index ec8bd8f1d2..cb61c93e12 100644
--- a/isisd/isis_northbound.c
+++ b/isisd/isis_northbound.c
@@ -2733,6 +2733,28 @@ void isis_notif_reject_adjacency(const struct isis_circuit *circuit,
 	nb_notification_send(xpath, arguments);
 }
 
+/*
+ * XPath:
+ * /frr-isisd:area-mismatch
+ */
+void isis_notif_area_mismatch(const struct isis_circuit *circuit,
+			      const char *raw_pdu)
+{
+	const char *xpath = "/frr-isisd:area-mismatch";
+	struct list *arguments = yang_data_list_new();
+	char xpath_arg[XPATH_MAXLEN];
+	struct yang_data *data;
+	struct isis_area *area = circuit->area;
+
+	notif_prep_instance_hdr(xpath, area, "default", arguments);
+	notif_prepr_iface_hdr(xpath, circuit, arguments);
+	snprintf(xpath_arg, sizeof(xpath_arg), "%s/raw-pdu", xpath);
+	data = yang_data_new(xpath_arg, raw_pdu);
+	listnode_add(arguments, data);
+
+	nb_notification_send(xpath, arguments);
+}
+
 /* clang-format off */
 const struct frr_yang_module_info frr_isisd_info = {
 	.name = "frr-isisd",
diff --git a/isisd/isis_pdu.c b/isisd/isis_pdu.c
index 49869ccbab..6b8758f5f0 100644
--- a/isisd/isis_pdu.c
+++ b/isisd/isis_pdu.c
@@ -683,6 +683,10 @@ static int process_hello(uint8_t pdu_type, struct isis_circuit *circuit,
 
 	if (!iih.tlvs->area_addresses.count) {
 		zlog_warn("No Area addresses TLV in %s", pdu_name);
+#ifndef FABRICD
+		/* send northbound notification */
+		isis_notif_area_mismatch(circuit, raw_pdu);
+#endif /* ifndef FABRICD */
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -736,6 +740,10 @@ static int process_hello(uint8_t pdu_type, struct isis_circuit *circuit,
 				circuit->area->area_tag, level,
 				circuit->interface->name);
 		}
+#ifndef FABRICD
+		/* send northbound notification */
+		isis_notif_area_mismatch(circuit, raw_pdu);
+#endif /* ifndef FABRICD */
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/isisd/isisd.h b/isisd/isisd.h
index f934d076de..5169ccb281 100644
--- a/isisd/isisd.h
+++ b/isisd/isisd.h
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ extern void isis_notif_adj_state_change(const struct isis_adjacency *adj,
 extern void isis_notif_reject_adjacency(const struct isis_circuit *circuit,
 					const char *reason,
 					const char *raw_pdu);
+extern void isis_notif_area_mismatch(const struct isis_circuit *circuit,
+				     const char *raw_pdu);
 /* Master of threads. */
 extern struct thread_master *master;