diff --git a/cffi/cdefs.h b/cffi/cdefs.h
index aa75004..e7dc978 100644
--- a/cffi/cdefs.h
+++ b/cffi/cdefs.h
@@ -861,6 +861,8 @@ const struct lysc_node* lys_find_child(const struct lysc_node *, const struct ly
 const struct lysc_node* lysc_node_child(const struct lysc_node *);
 const struct lysc_node_action* lysc_node_actions(const struct lysc_node *);
 const struct lysc_node_notif* lysc_node_notifs(const struct lysc_node *);
+LY_ERR lysc_node_lref_targets(const struct lysc_node *, struct ly_set **);
+LY_ERR lysc_node_lref_backlinks(const struct ly_ctx *, const struct lysc_node *, ly_bool, struct ly_set **);
 
 typedef enum {
     LYD_PATH_STD,
diff --git a/libyang/context.py b/libyang/context.py
index fb4a330..f91d1e3 100644
--- a/libyang/context.py
+++ b/libyang/context.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 import os
-from typing import IO, Any, Callable, Iterator, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import IO, Any, Callable, Iterator, Optional, Tuple, Union, List
 
 from _libyang import ffi, lib
 from .data import (
@@ -646,6 +646,104 @@ def parse_data_file(
             json_null=json_null,
         )
 
+    def find_leafref_path_target_paths(self, leafref_path: str) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Fetch all leafref targets of the specified path
+
+        This is an enhanced version of lysc_node_lref_target() which will return
+        a set of leafref target paths retrieved from the specified schema path.
+        While lysc_node_lref_target() will only work on nodetype of LYS_LEAF and
+        LYS_LEAFLIST this function will also evaluate other datatypes that may
+        contain leafrefs such as LYS_UNION.  This does not, however, search for
+        children with leafref targets.
+
+        :arg self
+            This instance on context
+        :arg leafref_path:
+            Path to node to search for leafref targets
+        :returns List of target paths that the leafrefs of the specified node
+                 point to.
+        """
+        if self.cdata is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("context already destroyed")
+        if leafref_path is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("leafref_path must be defined")
+
+        out = []
+
+        node = lib.lys_find_path(self.cdata, ffi.NULL, str2c(leafref_path), 0)
+        if node == ffi.NULL:
+            raise self.error("leafref_path not found")
+
+        node_set = ffi.new("struct ly_set **")
+        if (lib.lysc_node_lref_targets(node, node_set) != lib.LY_SUCCESS or
+            node_set[0] == ffi.NULL or node_set[0].count == 0):
+            raise self.error("leafref_path does not contain any leafref targets")
+
+        node_set = node_set[0]
+        for i in range(node_set.count):
+            path = lib.lysc_path(node_set.snodes[i], lib.LYSC_PATH_DATA, ffi.NULL, 0);
+            out.append(c2str(path))
+            lib.free(path)
+
+        lib.ly_set_free(node_set, ffi.NULL)
+
+        return out
+
+
+    def find_backlinks_paths(self, match_path: str = None, match_ancestors: bool = False) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Search entire schema for nodes that contain leafrefs and return as a
+        list of schema node paths.
+
+        Perform a complete scan of the schema tree looking for nodes that
+        contain leafref entries. When a node contains a leafref entry, and
+        match_path is specified, determine if reference points to match_path,
+        if so add the node's path to returned list.  If no match_path is
+        specified, the node containing the leafref is always added to the
+        returned set.  When match_ancestors is true, will evaluate if match_path
+        is self or an ansestor of self.
+
+        This does not return the leafref targets, but the actual node that
+        contains a leafref.
+
+        :arg self
+            This instance on context
+        :arg match_path:
+            Target path to use for matching
+        :arg match_ancestors:
+            Whether match_path is a base ancestor or an exact node
+        :returns List of paths.  Exception of match_path is not found or if no
+                 backlinks are found.
+        """
+        if self.cdata is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("context already destroyed")
+        out = []
+
+        match_node = ffi.NULL
+        if match_path is not None and match_path == "/" or match_path == "":
+            match_path = None
+
+        if match_path:
+            match_node = lib.lys_find_path(self.cdata, ffi.NULL, str2c(match_path), 0)
+            if match_node == ffi.NULL:
+                raise self.error("match_path not found")
+
+        node_set = ffi.new("struct ly_set **")
+        if (lib.lysc_node_lref_backlinks(self.cdata, match_node, match_ancestors, node_set)
+            != lib.LY_SUCCESS or node_set[0] == ffi.NULL or node_set[0].count == 0):
+            raise self.error("backlinks not found")
+
+        node_set = node_set[0]
+        for i in range(node_set.count):
+            path = lib.lysc_path(node_set.snodes[i], lib.LYSC_PATH_DATA, ffi.NULL, 0);
+            out.append(c2str(path))
+            lib.free(path)
+
+        lib.ly_set_free(node_set, ffi.NULL)
+
+        return out
+
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Module]:
         """
         Return an iterator that yields all implemented modules from the context
diff --git a/tests/test_schema.py b/tests/test_schema.py
index a310aad..4aae73a 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema.py
@@ -801,6 +801,64 @@ def test_leaf_list_parsed(self):
         self.assertFalse(pnode.ordered())
 
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class BacklinksTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.ctx = Context(YANG_DIR)
+        self.ctx.load_module("yolo-leafref-search")
+        self.ctx.load_module("yolo-leafref-search-extmod")
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.ctx.destroy()
+        self.ctx = None
+    def test_backlinks_all_nodes(self):
+        expected = [
+            "/yolo-leafref-search-extmod:my_extref_list/my_extref",
+            "/yolo-leafref-search:refstr",
+            "/yolo-leafref-search:refnum",
+            "/yolo-leafref-search-extmod:my_extref_list/my_extref_union"
+        ]
+        refs = self.ctx.find_backlinks_paths()
+        expected.sort()
+        refs.sort()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, refs)
+    def test_backlinks_one(self):
+        expected = [
+            "/yolo-leafref-search-extmod:my_extref_list/my_extref",
+            "/yolo-leafref-search:refstr",
+            "/yolo-leafref-search-extmod:my_extref_list/my_extref_union"
+        ]
+        refs = self.ctx.find_backlinks_paths(
+            match_path="/yolo-leafref-search:my_list/my_leaf_string"
+        )
+        expected.sort()
+        refs.sort()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, refs)
+    def test_backlinks_children(self):
+        expected = [
+            "/yolo-leafref-search-extmod:my_extref_list/my_extref",
+            "/yolo-leafref-search:refstr",
+            "/yolo-leafref-search:refnum",
+            "/yolo-leafref-search-extmod:my_extref_list/my_extref_union"
+        ]
+        refs = self.ctx.find_backlinks_paths(
+            match_path="/yolo-leafref-search:my_list",
+            match_ancestors=True
+        )
+        expected.sort()
+        refs.sort()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, refs)
+    def test_backlinks_leafref_target_paths(self):
+        expected = [
+            "/yolo-leafref-search:my_list/my_leaf_string"
+        ]
+        refs = self.ctx.find_leafref_path_target_paths(
+            "/yolo-leafref-search-extmod:my_extref_list/my_extref"
+        )
+        expected.sort()
+        refs.sort()
+        self.assertEqual(expected, refs)
+
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class ChoiceTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/tests/yang/yolo/yolo-leafref-search-extmod.yang b/tests/yang/yolo/yolo-leafref-search-extmod.yang
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..046ceec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/yang/yolo/yolo-leafref-search-extmod.yang
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+module yolo-leafref-search-extmod {
+  yang-version 1.1;
+  namespace "urn:yang:yolo:leafref-search-extmod";
+  prefix leafref-search-extmod;
+
+  import wtf-types { prefix types; }
+
+  import yolo-leafref-search {
+    prefix leafref-search;
+  }
+
+  revision 2025-02-11 {
+    description
+      "Initial version.";
+  }
+
+  list my_extref_list {
+    key my_leaf_string;
+    leaf my_leaf_string {
+      type string;
+    }
+    leaf my_extref {
+      type leafref {
+        path "/leafref-search:my_list/leafref-search:my_leaf_string";
+      }
+    }
+    leaf my_extref_union {
+      type union {
+        type leafref {
+          path "/leafref-search:my_list/leafref-search:my_leaf_string";
+        }
+        type leafref {
+          path "/leafref-search:my_list/leafref-search:my_leaf_number";
+        }
+        type types:number;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/yang/yolo/yolo-leafref-search.yang b/tests/yang/yolo/yolo-leafref-search.yang
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f4af48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/yang/yolo/yolo-leafref-search.yang
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module yolo-leafref-search {
+  yang-version 1.1;
+  namespace "urn:yang:yolo:leafref-search";
+  prefix leafref-search;
+
+  import wtf-types { prefix types; }
+
+  revision 2025-02-11 {
+    description
+      "Initial version.";
+  }
+
+  list my_list {
+    key my_leaf_string;
+    leaf my_leaf_string {
+      type string;
+    }
+    leaf my_leaf_number {
+      description
+        "A number.";
+      type types:number;
+    }
+  }
+
+  leaf refstr {
+    type leafref {
+      path "../my_list/my_leaf_string";
+    }
+  }
+
+  leaf refnum {
+    type leafref {
+      path "../my_list/my_leaf_number";
+    }
+  }
+}