diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/minigraph.py b/src/sonic-config-engine/minigraph.py
index d88487e27..ad4d0ec31 100644
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/minigraph.py
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/minigraph.py
@@ -2226,9 +2226,9 @@ def parse_device_desc_xml(filename):
         'hwsku': hwsku,
         }}
 
-    results['LOOPBACK_INTERFACE'] = {('lo', lo_prefix): {}}
+    results['LOOPBACK_INTERFACE'] = {'lo': {}, ('lo', lo_prefix): {}}
     if lo_prefix_v6:
-        results['LOOPBACK_INTERFACE'] = {('lo_v6', lo_prefix_v6): {}}
+        results['LOOPBACK_INTERFACE'] = {'lo_v6': {}, ('lo_v6', lo_prefix_v6): {}}
 
     results['MGMT_INTERFACE'] = {}
     if mgmt_prefix: