diff --git a/dockers/docker-orchagent/orchagent.sh b/dockers/docker-orchagent/orchagent.sh
index 45571944db30..f407e266ca2a 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-orchagent/orchagent.sh
+++ b/dockers/docker-orchagent/orchagent.sh
@@ -69,4 +69,10 @@ else
     ORCHAGENT_ARGS+="-m $MAC_ADDRESS"
 fi
 
+# Enable ZMQ for SmartSwitch
+LOCALHOST_SUBTYPE=`sonic-db-cli CONFIG_DB hget localhost "subtype"`
+if [[ x"${LOCALHOST_SUBTYPE}" == x"SmartSwitch" ]]; then
+    ORCHAGENT_ARGS+=" -q tcp://127.0.0.1:8100"
+fi
+
 exec /usr/bin/orchagent ${ORCHAGENT_ARGS}
diff --git a/dockers/docker-sonic-telemetry/telemetry.sh b/dockers/docker-sonic-telemetry/telemetry.sh
index 6e5de142baf8..e44a2282b85c 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-sonic-telemetry/telemetry.sh
+++ b/dockers/docker-sonic-telemetry/telemetry.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ else
     TELEMETRY_ARGS+=" -v=2"
 fi
 
+# Enable ZMQ for SmartSwitch
+LOCALHOST_SUBTYPE=`sonic-db-cli CONFIG_DB hget localhost "subtype"`
+if [[ x"${LOCALHOST_SUBTYPE}" == x"SmartSwitch" ]]; then
+    TELEMETRY_ARGS+=" -zmq_address=tcp://127.0.0.1:8100"
+fi
+
 # Server will handle threshold connections consecutively
 THRESHOLD_CONNECTIONS=$(echo $GNMI | jq -r '.threshold')
 if [[ $THRESHOLD_CONNECTIONS =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then