diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a2738a9..277bad5 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(broken-aliases,
 [  --enable-broken-aliases enable aliases as distinct interfaces for Linux 2.2.X])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(snmp,
-[  --enable-snmp           enable SNMP support])
+[  --enable-snmp=ARG       enable SNMP support (smux or agentx)])
 AC_ARG_WITH(libpam,
 [  --with-libpam           use libpam for PAM support in vtysh])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(tcp-zebra,
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@
 dnl ------------------
 dnl check Net-SNMP library
 dnl ------------------
-if test "${enable_snmp}" = "yes"; then
+if test "${enable_snmp}" != ""; then
    AC_PATH_TOOL([NETSNMP_CONFIG], [net-snmp-config], [no])
    if test x"$NETSNMP_CONFIG" = x"no"; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-snmp given but unable to find net-snmp-config])
@@ -1382,6 +1382,20 @@
      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
      AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-snmp given but not usable])])
    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SNMP,,SNMP)
+   case "${enable_snmp}" in
+     yes)
+      SNMP_METHOD=agentx
+      ;;
+     smux|agentx)
+      SNMP_METHOD="${enable_snmp}"
+      ;;
+     *)
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-snmp given with an unknown method (${enable_snmp}). Use smux or agentx])
+      ;;
+   esac
+   AH_TEMPLATE([SNMP_SMUX], [Use SNMP SMUX to interface with snmpd])
+   AH_TEMPLATE([SNMP_AGENTX], [Use SNMP AgentX to interface with snmpd])
+   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(AS_TR_CPP(SNMP_${SNMP_METHOD}),,SNMP method to interface with snmpd)
 fi
 
 dnl ---------------------------
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 73417ad..e00ad54 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	checksum.c vector.c linklist.c vty.c command.c \
 	sockunion.c prefix.c thread.c if.c memory.c buffer.c table.c hash.c \
 	filter.c routemap.c distribute.c stream.c str.c log.c plist.c \
-	zclient.c sockopt.c smux.c snmp.c md5.c if_rmap.c keychain.c privs.c \
+	zclient.c sockopt.c smux.c agentx.c snmp.c md5.c if_rmap.c keychain.c privs.c \
 	sigevent.c pqueue.c jhash.c memtypes.c workqueue.c
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = memtypes.h route_types.h
diff --git a/lib/agentx.c b/lib/agentx.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cf6de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/agentx.c
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/* SNMP support
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>
+ *
+ * This file is part of GNU Zebra.
+ *
+ * GNU Zebra 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 2, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * GNU Zebra 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 GNU Zebra; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.  
+ */
+
+#include <zebra.h>
+
+#if defined HAVE_SNMP && defined SNMP_AGENTX
+#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h>
+#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-includes.h>
+
+#include "command.h"
+#include "smux.h"
+
+int agentx_enabled = 0;
+
+/* AgentX node. */
+static struct cmd_node agentx_node =
+{
+  SMUX_NODE,
+  ""                            /* AgentX has no interface. */
+};
+
+/* Logging NetSNMP messages */
+static int
+agentx_log_callback(int major, int minor,
+		    void *serverarg, void *clientarg)
+{
+  struct snmp_log_message *slm = (struct snmp_log_message *)serverarg;
+  char *msg = strdup (slm->msg);
+  if (msg) msg[strlen(msg)-1] = '\0';
+  switch (slm->priority)
+    {
+    case LOG_EMERG:   zlog_err   ("snmp[emerg]: %s",   msg?msg:slm->msg); break;
+    case LOG_ALERT:   zlog_err   ("snmp[alert]: %s",   msg?msg:slm->msg); break;
+    case LOG_CRIT:    zlog_err   ("snmp[crit]: %s",    msg?msg:slm->msg); break;
+    case LOG_ERR:     zlog_err   ("snmp[err]: %s",     msg?msg:slm->msg); break;
+    case LOG_WARNING: zlog_warn  ("snmp[warning]: %s", msg?msg:slm->msg); break;
+    case LOG_NOTICE:  zlog_notice("snmp[notice]: %s",  msg?msg:slm->msg); break;
+    case LOG_INFO:    zlog_info  ("snmp[info]: %s",    msg?msg:slm->msg); break;
+    case LOG_DEBUG:   zlog_debug ("snmp[debug]: %s",   msg?msg:slm->msg); break;
+    }
+  free(msg);
+  return SNMP_ERR_NOERROR;
+}
+
+static int
+config_write_agentx (struct vty *vty)
+{
+  if (agentx_enabled)
+      vty_out (vty, "agentx%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+DEFUN (agentx_enable,
+       agentx_enable_cmd,
+       "agentx",
+       "SNMP AgentX protocol settings\n"
+       "SNMP AgentX settings\n")
+{
+  if (!agentx_enabled)
+    {
+      init_snmp("quagga");
+      agentx_enabled = 1;
+      return CMD_SUCCESS;
+    }
+  vty_out (vty, "SNMP AgentX already enabled%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+  return CMD_WARNING;
+}
+
+DEFUN (no_agentx,
+       no_agentx_cmd,
+       "no agentx",
+       NO_STR
+       "SNMP AgentX protocol settings\n"
+       "SNMP AgentX settings\n")
+{
+  if (!agentx_enabled) return CMD_SUCCESS;
+  vty_out (vty, "SNMP AgentX support cannot be disabled once enabled%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+  return CMD_WARNING;
+}
+
+void
+smux_init (struct thread_master *tm)
+{
+  netsnmp_enable_subagent ();
+  snmp_disable_log ();
+  snmp_enable_calllog ();
+  snmp_register_callback (SNMP_CALLBACK_LIBRARY,
+			  SNMP_CALLBACK_LOGGING,
+			  agentx_log_callback,
+			  NULL);
+  init_agent ("quagga");
+
+  install_node (&agentx_node, config_write_agentx);
+  install_element (CONFIG_NODE, &agentx_enable_cmd);
+  install_element (CONFIG_NODE, &no_agentx_cmd);
+}
+
+void
+smux_register_mib (const char *descr, struct variable *var, 
+		   size_t width, int num,
+		   oid name[], size_t namelen)
+{
+  register_mib (descr, var, width, num, name, namelen);
+}
+
+int
+smux_trap (const oid *name, size_t namelen,
+	   const oid *iname, size_t inamelen,
+	   const struct trap_object *trapobj, size_t trapobjlen,
+	   unsigned int tick, u_char sptrap)
+{
+  return 1;
+}
+
+#endif /* HAVE_SNMP */
diff --git a/lib/smux.c b/lib/smux.c
index a5d84a8..2937005 100644
--- a/lib/smux.c
+++ b/lib/smux.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <zebra.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SNMP
+#if defined HAVE_SNMP && defined SNMP_SMUX
 #include <net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h>
 #include <net-snmp/net-snmp-includes.h>
 
diff --git a/lib/thread.c b/lib/thread.c
index 86d0ff8..6341dfd 100644
--- a/lib/thread.c
+++ b/lib/thread.c
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "command.h"
 #include "sigevent.h"
+
+#if defined HAVE_SNMP && defined SNMP_AGENTX
+#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h>
+#include <net-snmp/net-snmp-includes.h>
+#include <net-snmp/agent/net-snmp-agent-includes.h>
+#include <net-snmp/agent/snmp_vars.h>
+
+extern int agentx_enabled;
+#endif
+
 
 /* Recent absolute time of day */
 struct timeval recent_time;
@@ -1030,6 +1040,11 @@
   while (1)
     {
       int num = 0;
+#if defined HAVE_SNMP && defined SNMP_AGENTX
+      struct timeval snmp_timer_wait;
+      int snmpblock = 0;
+      int fdsetsize;
+#endif
       
       /* Signals pre-empt everything */
       quagga_sigevent_process ();
@@ -1065,6 +1080,26 @@
             timer_wait = timer_wait_bg;
         }
       
+#if defined HAVE_SNMP && defined SNMP_AGENTX
+      /* When SNMP is enabled, we may have to select() on additional
+	 FD. snmp_select_info() will add them to `readfd'. The trick
+	 with this function is its last argument. We need to set it to
+	 0 if timer_wait is not NULL and we need to use the provided
+	 new timer only if it is still set to 0. */
+      if (agentx_enabled)
+        {
+          fdsetsize = FD_SETSIZE;
+          snmpblock = 1;
+          if (timer_wait)
+            {
+              snmpblock = 0;
+              memcpy(&snmp_timer_wait, timer_wait, sizeof(struct timeval));
+            }
+          snmp_select_info(&fdsetsize, &readfd, &snmp_timer_wait, &snmpblock);
+          if (snmpblock == 0)
+            timer_wait = &snmp_timer_wait;
+        }
+#endif
       num = select (FD_SETSIZE, &readfd, &writefd, &exceptfd, timer_wait);
       
       /* Signals should get quick treatment */
@@ -1076,6 +1111,20 @@
             return NULL;
         }
 
+#if defined HAVE_SNMP && defined SNMP_AGENTX
+      if (agentx_enabled)
+        {
+          if (num > 0)
+            snmp_read(&readfd);
+          else if (num == 0)
+            {
+              snmp_timeout();
+              run_alarms();
+            }
+          netsnmp_check_outstanding_agent_requests();
+        }
+#endif
+
       /* Check foreground timers.  Historically, they have had higher
          priority than I/O threads, so let's push them onto the ready
 	 list in front of the I/O threads. */