diff --git a/unittest/vslib/Makefile.am b/unittest/vslib/Makefile.am
index e2f593cffe53..390520cb831b 100644
--- a/unittest/vslib/Makefile.am
+++ b/unittest/vslib/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ tests_SOURCES = main.cpp \
 				TestContextConfigContainer.cpp \
 				TestCorePortIndexMap.cpp \
 				TestCorePortIndexMapContainer.cpp \
-				TestCorePortIndexMapFileParser.cpp
+				TestCorePortIndexMapFileParser.cpp \
+				TestEventPayloadNetLinkMsg.cpp
 
 tests_CXXFLAGS = $(DBGFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS_COMMON)
 tests_LDADD = $(LDADD_GTEST) $(top_srcdir)/vslib/libSaiVS.a -lhiredis -lswsscommon -lpthread -L$(top_srcdir)/meta/.libs -lsaimetadata -lsaimeta -lzmq $(CODE_COVERAGE_LIBS)
diff --git a/unittest/vslib/TestEventPayloadNetLinkMsg.cpp b/unittest/vslib/TestEventPayloadNetLinkMsg.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18191534d15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittest/vslib/TestEventPayloadNetLinkMsg.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#include "EventPayloadNetLinkMsg.h"
+
+#include <linux/if.h>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+using namespace saivs;
+
+TEST(EventPayloadNetLinkMsg, ctr)
+{
+    EventPayloadNetLinkMsg ep(0, 1, 2, IFF_UP, "foo");
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadNetLinkMsg, getSwitchId)
+{
+    EventPayloadNetLinkMsg ep(0, 1, 2, IFF_UP, "foo");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ep.getSwitchId(), 0);
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadNetLinkMsg, getNlmsgType)
+{
+    EventPayloadNetLinkMsg ep(0, 1, 2, IFF_UP, "foo");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ep.getNlmsgType(), 1);
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadNetLinkMsg, getIfIndex)
+{
+    EventPayloadNetLinkMsg ep(0, 1, 2, IFF_UP, "foo");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ep.getIfIndex(), 2);
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadNetLinkMsg, getIfFlags)
+{
+    EventPayloadNetLinkMsg ep(0, 1, 2, IFF_UP, "foo");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ep.getIfFlags(), IFF_UP);
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadNetLinkMsg, getIfName)
+{
+    EventPayloadNetLinkMsg ep(0, 1, 2, IFF_UP, "foo");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ep. getIfName(), "foo");
+}