diff --git a/utils/p4runtime_lib/helper.py b/utils/p4runtime_lib/helper.py
index e2dc2f7..8e3e20b 100644
--- a/utils/p4runtime_lib/helper.py
+++ b/utils/p4runtime_lib/helper.py
@@ -188,3 +188,13 @@ class P4InfoHelper(object):
                     for field_name, value in action_params.iteritems()
                 ])
         return table_entry
+
+    def buildMulticastGroupEntry(self, multicast_group_id, replicas):
+        mc_entry = p4runtime_pb2.PacketReplicationEngineEntry()
+        mc_entry.multicast_group_entry.multicast_group_id = multicast_group_id
+        for replica in replicas:
+            r = p4runtime_pb2.Replica()
+            r.egress_port = replica['egress_port']
+            r.instance = replica['instance']
+            mc_entry.multicast_group_entry.replicas.extend([r])
+        return mc_entry
diff --git a/utils/p4runtime_lib/simple_controller.py b/utils/p4runtime_lib/simple_controller.py
index 4f130ba..94a13ab 100755
--- a/utils/p4runtime_lib/simple_controller.py
+++ b/utils/p4runtime_lib/simple_controller.py
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ def program_switch(addr, device_id, sw_conf_file, workdir, proto_dump_fpath):
             for entry in table_entries:
                 info(tableEntryToString(entry))
                 insertTableEntry(sw, entry, p4info_helper)
+
+        if 'multicast_group_entries' in sw_conf:
+            group_entries = sw_conf['multicast_group_entries']
+            info("Inserting %d group entries..." % len(group_entries))
+            for entry in group_entries:
+                info(groupEntryToString(entry))
+                insertMulticastGroupEntry(sw, entry, p4info_helper)
+
     finally:
         sw.shutdown()
 
@@ -191,5 +199,16 @@ def tableEntryToString(flow):
         flow['table'], match_str, flow['action_name'], params)
 
 
+def groupEntryToString(rule):
+    group_id = rule["multicast_group_id"]
+    replicas = ['%d' % replica["egress_port"] for replica in rule['replicas']]
+    ports_str = ', '.join(replicas)
+    return 'Group {0} => ({1})'.format(group_id, ports_str)
+
+def insertMulticastGroupEntry(sw, rule, p4info_helper):
+    mc_entry = p4info_helper.buildMulticastGroupEntry(rule["multicast_group_id"], rule['replicas'])
+    sw.WriteMulticastGroupEntry(mc_entry)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/utils/p4runtime_lib/switch.py b/utils/p4runtime_lib/switch.py
index 3f662f2..a7c4f7a 100644
--- a/utils/p4runtime_lib/switch.py
+++ b/utils/p4runtime_lib/switch.py
@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ class SwitchConnection(object):
                 yield response
 
 
+    def WriteMulticastGroupEntry(self, mc_entry, dry_run=False):
+        request = p4runtime_pb2.WriteRequest()
+        request.device_id = self.device_id
+        request.election_id.low = 1
+        update = request.updates.add()
+        update.type = p4runtime_pb2.Update.INSERT
+        update.entity.packet_replication_engine_entry.CopyFrom(mc_entry)
+        if dry_run:
+            print "P4Runtime Write:", request
+        else:
+            self.client_stub.Write(request)
+
 class GrpcRequestLogger(grpc.UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor,
                         grpc.UnaryStreamClientInterceptor):
     """Implementation of a gRPC interceptor that logs request to a file"""