diff --git a/cffi/cdefs.h b/cffi/cdefs.h
index b820eef..dd7bd18 100644
--- a/cffi/cdefs.h
+++ b/cffi/cdefs.h
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ int sr_get_event_pipe(sr_subscription_ctx_t *, int *);
 int sr_subscription_process_events(sr_subscription_ctx_t *, sr_session_ctx_t *, struct timespec *);
 int sr_unsubscribe(sr_subscription_ctx_t *);
 
+int sr_nacm_init(sr_session_ctx_t *, sr_subscr_options_t, sr_subscription_ctx_t **);
+int sr_nacm_set_user(sr_session_ctx_t *, const char *);
+const char* sr_nacm_get_user(sr_session_ctx_t *);
+void sr_nacm_destroy(void);
+
 typedef enum sr_event_e {
 	SR_EV_UPDATE,
 	SR_EV_CHANGE,
diff --git a/cffi/source.c b/cffi/source.c
index ec4fe51..5f754f2 100644
--- a/cffi/source.c
+++ b/cffi/source.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <sysrepo.h>
 #include <sysrepo/version.h>
+#include <sysrepo/netconf_acm.h>
 
 #if (SR_VERSION_MAJOR != 7)
 #error "This version of sysrepo bindings only works with libsysrepo.so.7"
diff --git a/sysrepo/session.py b/sysrepo/session.py
index f08cf10..193ab00 100644
--- a/sysrepo/session.py
+++ b/sysrepo/session.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class SysrepoSession:
         "cdata",
         "is_implicit",
         "subscriptions",
+        "nacm_subscription",
     )
 
     # begin: general
@@ -52,10 +53,33 @@ def __init__(self, cdata, implicit: bool = False):
         self.cdata = cdata
         self.is_implicit = implicit
         self.subscriptions = []
+        self.nacm_subscription = None
 
     def __enter__(self) -> "SysrepoSession":
         return self
 
+    def init_nacm(self, nacm_user: str, no_thread: bool = False) -> None:
+        """
+        Set the NACM user for this session. This is used to determine the effective user
+        for NACM checks.
+
+        :arg nacm_user:
+            The NACM user name to be set.
+        :arg no_thread:
+            If True, no thread will be created for handling NACM subscription meaning.
+            Default to False.
+        """
+        flags = _subscribe_flags(
+            no_thread=no_thread,
+        )
+        if self.is_implicit:
+            raise SysrepoUnsupportedError("cannot set NACM for implicit sessions")
+
+        sub_p = ffi.new("sr_subscription_ctx_t **")
+        check_call(lib.sr_nacm_init, self.cdata, flags, sub_p)
+        check_call(lib.sr_nacm_set_user, self.cdata, str2c(nacm_user))
+        self.nacm_subscription = sub_p
+
     def __exit__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         self.stop()
 
@@ -70,6 +94,10 @@ def stop(self) -> None:
             return  # already stopped
         if self.is_implicit:
             raise SysrepoUnsupportedError("implicit sessions cannot be stopped")
+        if self.nacm_subscription is not None:
+            check_call(lib.sr_unsubscribe, self.nacm_subscription[0])
+            self.nacm_subscription = None
+            lib.sr_nacm_destroy()
 
         # clear subscriptions
         while self.subscriptions:
diff --git a/tests/test_session.py b/tests/test_session.py
index f100503..38a0954 100644
--- a/tests/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/test_session.py
@@ -206,3 +206,44 @@ def function_thread_two():
 
         thread_one.join()
         thread_two.join()
+
+    def test_nacm(self):
+        with self.conn.start_session("running") as sess:
+            config = {"conf": {"system": {"hostname": "foobar1"}}}
+            sess.replace_config(config, "sysrepo-example")
+            nacm_config = {
+                "ietf-netconf-acm:nacm": {
+                    "enable-nacm": True,
+                    "read-default": "deny",
+                    "groups": {
+                        "group": [
+                            {"name": "admin", "user-name": ["john"]},
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    "rule-list": [
+                        {
+                            "name": "sysrepo-example-permit",
+                            "group": ["admin"],
+                            "rule": [
+                                {
+                                    "name": "sysrepo-example-permit-read",
+                                    "module-name": "sysrepo-example",
+                                    "access-operations": "read",
+                                    "action": "permit",
+                                }
+                            ],
+                        }
+                    ],
+                }
+            }
+            sess.edit_batch(nacm_config, "ietf-netconf-acm", strict=True)
+            sess.apply_changes()
+
+        # read access to sysrepo-example is allowed, but write is not for user 'john'
+        with self.conn.start_session("running") as sess:
+            sess.init_nacm("john")
+            data = sess.get_data("/sysrepo-example:conf")
+            self.assertEqual(data["conf"]["system"]["hostname"], "foobar1")
+            with self.assertRaises(sysrepo.SysrepoUnauthorizedError):
+                sess.set_item("/sysrepo-example:conf/system/hostname", "barfoo1")
+                sess.apply_changes()