diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/acl.json b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/acl.json
index da7258a0d8b..c044a3c0388 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/acl.json
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests/acl.json
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
         "desc": "Configure non-existing ACL_TABLE in ACL_RULE.",
         "eStrKey" : "LeafRef"
     },
+    "ACL_RULE_WITH_VALID_POLICER_ACTION": {
+        "desc": "Configure ACL_RULE with valid POLICER_ACTION."
+    },
+    "ACL_RULE_WITH_INVALID_POLICER_ACTION": {
+        "desc": "Configure ACL_RULE with non-existing POLICER_ACTION.",
+        "eStrKey" : "LeafRef"
+    },
     "ACL_RULE_IP_TYPE_SRC_IPV6ANY": {
         "desc": "Configure IP_TYPE as ipv6any and SRC_IPV6 in ACL_RULE."
     },
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/acl.json b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/acl.json
index fdd37304a82..ab629a0cb2e 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/acl.json
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/tests/yang_model_tests/tests_config/acl.json
@@ -1545,6 +1545,76 @@
             }
         }
     },
+    "ACL_RULE_WITH_VALID_POLICER_ACTION": {
+        "sonic-acl:sonic-acl": {
+            "sonic-acl:ACL_RULE": {
+                "ACL_RULE_LIST": [
+                    {
+                        "ACL_TABLE_NAME": "DATAACL",
+                        "POLICER_ACTION": "test_policer",
+                        "PRIORITY": 9999,
+                        "RULE_NAME": "Rule_20",
+                        "SRC_IP": "10.0.0.1/32"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "sonic-acl:ACL_TABLE": {
+                "ACL_TABLE_LIST": [
+                    {
+                        "ACL_TABLE_NAME": "DATAACL",
+                        "policy_desc": "DATAACL",
+                        "ports": [
+                            ""
+                        ],
+                        "stage": "ingress",
+                        "type": "L3"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        "sonic-policer:sonic-policer": {
+            "sonic-policer:POLICER": {
+                "POLICER_LIST": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "test_policer",
+                        "meter_type": "packets",
+                        "mode": "sr_tcm",
+                        "cir": "5000",
+                        "cbs": "5000",
+                        "red_packet_action": "drop"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "ACL_RULE_WITH_INVALID_POLICER_ACTION": {
+        "sonic-acl:sonic-acl": {
+            "sonic-acl:ACL_RULE": {
+                "ACL_RULE_LIST": [
+                    {
+                        "ACL_TABLE_NAME": "DATAACL",
+                        "POLICER_ACTION": "non_existent_policer",
+                        "PRIORITY": 9999,
+                        "RULE_NAME": "Rule_20",
+                        "SRC_IP": "10.0.0.1/32"
+                    }
+                ]
+            },
+            "sonic-acl:ACL_TABLE": {
+                "ACL_TABLE_LIST": [
+                    {
+                        "ACL_TABLE_NAME": "DATAACL",
+                        "policy_desc": "DATAACL",
+                        "ports": [
+                            ""
+                        ],
+                        "stage": "ingress",
+                        "type": "L3"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    },
     "ACL_RULE_VALID_TCP_FLAGS": {
         "sonic-acl:sonic-acl": {
             "sonic-acl:ACL_RULE": {
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-templates/sonic-acl.yang.j2 b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-templates/sonic-acl.yang.j2
index a0f099447c6..66730d4d2b3 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-templates/sonic-acl.yang.j2
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-templates/sonic-acl.yang.j2
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ module sonic-acl {
 		prefix sms;
 	}
 
+	import sonic-policer {
+		prefix policer;
+	}
+
 	description "ACL YANG Module for SONiC OS";
 
 	revision 2019-07-01 {
@@ -96,6 +100,13 @@ module sonic-acl {
 					type yang:mac-address;
 				}
 
+				leaf POLICER_ACTION {
+					description "Policer to apply to matching packets, referencing a POLICER entry";
+					type leafref {
+						path "/policer:sonic-policer/policer:POLICER/policer:POLICER_LIST/policer:name";
+					}
+				}
+
 				leaf IP_TYPE {
 					description "IP type to match (IPv4, IPv6, ARP, etc.)";
 					type stypes:ip_type;