diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/route_maps.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/route_maps.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b02073095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/route_maps.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - "route_maps - support simple route-maps that do not contain set or match statements.
+    it allows for the creation and management of purely basic route-map entries like 'route-map test-1 permit 10'."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/network/nxos/config/route_maps/route_maps.py b/plugins/module_utils/network/nxos/config/route_maps/route_maps.py
index fa7d57b1b..77f8f02be 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/network/nxos/config/route_maps/route_maps.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/network/nxos/config/route_maps/route_maps.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ def __init__(self, module):
             tmplt=Route_mapsTemplate(),
         )
         self.linear_parsers = [
+            "route_map",
             "description",
             "continue_sequence",
             "set.as_path.prepend.last_as",
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/test_nxos_route_maps.py b/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/test_nxos_route_maps.py
index d247c02b4..45a64775e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/test_nxos_route_maps.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/network/nxos/test_nxos_route_maps.py
@@ -1493,3 +1493,92 @@ def test_nxos_route_maps_extcomm_rt(self):
         ]
         result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
         self.assertEqual(set(result["commands"]), set(commands))
+
+    def test_nxos_route_maps_without_match_and_set_merged(self):
+        self.get_config.return_value = dedent(
+            """\
+            route-map test-1 permit 10
+            """,
+        )
+        set_module_args(
+            dict(
+                config=[
+                    dict(
+                        route_map="test-1",
+                        entries=[
+                            dict(
+                                action="permit",
+                                sequence=20,
+                            ),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ],
+                state="merged",
+            ),
+        )
+        commands = [
+            "route-map test-1 permit 20",
+        ]
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(set(result["commands"]), set(commands))
+
+    def test_nxos_route_maps_without_match_and_set_overridden(self):
+        self.get_config.return_value = dedent(
+            """\
+            route-map test-1 permit 10
+            """,
+        )
+        set_module_args(
+            dict(
+                config=[
+                    dict(
+                        route_map="test-2",
+                        entries=[
+                            dict(
+                                action="permit",
+                                sequence=10,
+                            ),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ],
+                state="overridden",
+            ),
+        )
+        commands = [
+            "no route-map test-1 permit 10",
+            "route-map test-2 permit 10",
+        ]
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(set(result["commands"]), set(commands))
+
+    def test_nxos_route_maps_without_match_and_set_replaced(self):
+        self.get_config.return_value = dedent(
+            """\
+            route-map test-1 permit 10
+            route-map test-1 permit 20
+            route-map test-2 permit 10
+            """,
+        )
+        set_module_args(
+            dict(
+                config=[
+                    dict(
+                        route_map="test-1",
+                        entries=[
+                            dict(
+                                action="permit",
+                                sequence=30,
+                            ),
+                        ],
+                    ),
+                ],
+                state="replaced",
+            ),
+        )
+        commands = [
+            "no route-map test-1 permit 10",
+            "no route-map test-1 permit 20",
+            "route-map test-1 permit 30",
+        ]
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(set(result["commands"]), set(commands))