diff --git a/napalm/base/base.py b/napalm/base/base.py
index b1b56040d..10448debd 100644
--- a/napalm/base/base.py
+++ b/napalm/base/base.py
@@ -1599,7 +1599,11 @@ def get_optics(self) -> Dict[str, models.OpticsDict]:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def get_config(
-        self, retrieve: str = "all", full: bool = False, sanitized: bool = False
+        self,
+        retrieve: str = "all",
+        full: bool = False,
+        sanitized: bool = False,
+        format: str = "text",
     ) -> models.ConfigDict:
         """
         Return the configuration of a device.
@@ -1609,6 +1613,7 @@ def get_config(
                               The rest will be set to "".
             full(bool): Retrieve all the configuration. For instance, on ios, "sh run all".
             sanitized(bool): Remove secret data. Default: ``False``.
+            format(string): The configuration format style to be retrieved.
 
         Returns:
           The object returned is a dictionary with a key for each configuration store:
diff --git a/napalm/eos/eos.py b/napalm/eos/eos.py
index 52db5463b..a31e91a71 100644
--- a/napalm/eos/eos.py
+++ b/napalm/eos/eos.py
@@ -2063,7 +2063,7 @@ def get_optics(self):
 
         return optics_detail
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False, format="text"):
         """get_config implementation for EOS."""
         get_startup = retrieve == "all" or retrieve == "startup"
         get_running = retrieve == "all" or retrieve == "running"
diff --git a/napalm/ios/ios.py b/napalm/ios/ios.py
index df7a78400..b10b22fe3 100644
--- a/napalm/ios/ios.py
+++ b/napalm/ios/ios.py
@@ -3613,7 +3613,7 @@ def get_network_instances(self, name=""):
         except AttributeError:
             raise ValueError("The vrf %s does not exist" % name)
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False, format="text"):
         """Implementation of get_config for IOS.
 
         Returns the startup or/and running configuration as dictionary.
diff --git a/napalm/iosxr/iosxr.py b/napalm/iosxr/iosxr.py
index 475ad3484..71f5c31ba 100644
--- a/napalm/iosxr/iosxr.py
+++ b/napalm/iosxr/iosxr.py
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ def get_users(self):
 
         return users
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False, format="text"):
         config = {"startup": "", "running": "", "candidate": ""}  # default values
 
         # IOS-XR only supports "all" on "show run"
diff --git a/napalm/iosxr_netconf/iosxr_netconf.py b/napalm/iosxr_netconf/iosxr_netconf.py
index 6f224e46a..f8b0a7a0e 100644
--- a/napalm/iosxr_netconf/iosxr_netconf.py
+++ b/napalm/iosxr_netconf/iosxr_netconf.py
@@ -3111,7 +3111,7 @@ def get_users(self):
 
         return users
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False, format="text"):
         """Return device configuration."""
 
         encoding = self.config_encoding
diff --git a/napalm/junos/junos.py b/napalm/junos/junos.py
index b12d09774..413b39a17 100644
--- a/napalm/junos/junos.py
+++ b/napalm/junos/junos.py
@@ -2435,10 +2435,11 @@ def get_optics(self):
 
         return optics_detail
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False, sanitized=False, format="text"):
         rv = {"startup": "", "running": "", "candidate": ""}
 
-        options = {"format": "text", "database": "candidate"}
+        self.format = format
+        options = {"format": self.format, "database": "candidate"}
         sanitize_strings = {
             r"^(\s+community\s+)\w+(;.*|\s+{.*)$": r"\1<removed>\2",
             r'^(.*)"\$\d\$\S+"(;.*)$': r"\1<removed>\2",
diff --git a/napalm/nxos/nxos.py b/napalm/nxos/nxos.py
index 09170074d..ef293b77a 100644
--- a/napalm/nxos/nxos.py
+++ b/napalm/nxos/nxos.py
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ def _disable_confirmation(self) -> None:
         self._send_command_list(["terminal dont-ask"])
 
     def get_config(
-        self, retrieve: str = "all", full: bool = False, sanitized: bool = False
+        self, retrieve: str = "all", full: bool = False, sanitized: bool = False, format: str = "text"
     ) -> models.ConfigDict:
         # NX-OS adds some extra, unneeded lines that should be filtered.
         filter_strings = [