The present disclosure provides a system and method for enabling interworking in heterogeneous network (HetNET) with self-organizing networks (SONs). The method includes sending a SON capability query to one or more entities in the HetNet, receiving a SON capability information associated with the one or more entities in the HetNet in response to the SON capability query, and generating an initial SON configuration associated with the one or more entities based on the received SON capability information.