diff --git a/proto/bootz.proto b/proto/bootz.proto
index 1d243c31..595f5cc4 100644
--- a/proto/bootz.proto
+++ b/proto/bootz.proto
@@ -304,10 +304,40 @@ message BootConfig {
   // Proprietary key-value parameters that are required as part of boot
   // configuration (e.g., feature flags, or vendor-specific hardware knobs).
   google.protobuf.Struct metadata = 1;
+
+  // Fields to store the configuration that is expected of a device at boot
+  // time. In all cases, the configuration used on the system is computed based
+  // on the union of vendor_config + oc_config + dynamic_vendor_config +
+  // dynamic_oc_config. The union should be performed according to the same
+  // rules as `union_replace` in gNMI.
+  //
+  // Note, the dynamic_* fields MUST only be considered in the context of a
+  // `BootstrapDataResponse` and are NOT valid when a `BootConfig` is updated
+  // after device bootstrapping/initialisation -- for example, through
+  // `gnoi.bootconfig.SetBootConfig`. In the case that these fields are
+  // populated in the `SetBootConfig` RPC, an error with the code
+  // `InvalidArgument` MUST be returned.
+  // 
+  // vendor_config and oc_config specify boot configuration that is considered
+  // immutable per the specification described in github.com/openconfig/bootz.
+  // 
   // Native format vendor configuration.
   bytes vendor_config = 2;
   // JSON rendered OC configuration.
   bytes oc_config = 3;
+
+  // dynamic_vendor_config and dynamic_oc_config specify boot configuration
+  // that is required at boot time, but can be overwritten by dynamic
+  // configuration such as that applied by a gnmi.Set RPC call.
+  //
+  // As per the above comment dynamic_vendor_config and dynamic_oc_config
+  // are ONLY valid in the context of `BootstrapDataResponse`.
+  //
+  // Native format vendor configuration.
+  bytes dynamic_vendor_config = 5;
+  // JSON rendered OC configuration.
+  bytes dynamic_oc_config = 6;
+
   // Bootloader key-value parameters that are required as part of boot
   // configuration.
   google.protobuf.Struct bootloader_config = 4;