diff --git a/unittest/vslib/Makefile.am b/unittest/vslib/Makefile.am
index 390520cb831b..4da99c8dee66 100644
--- a/unittest/vslib/Makefile.am
+++ b/unittest/vslib/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ tests_SOURCES = main.cpp \
 				TestCorePortIndexMap.cpp \
 				TestCorePortIndexMapContainer.cpp \
 				TestCorePortIndexMapFileParser.cpp \
-				TestEventPayloadNetLinkMsg.cpp
+				TestEventPayloadNetLinkMsg.cpp \
+				TestEventPayloadPacket.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/TestEventPayloadPacket.cpp b/unittest/vslib/TestEventPayloadPacket.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..079cdad22879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittest/vslib/TestEventPayloadPacket.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include "EventPayloadPacket.h"
+
+#include <linux/if.h>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+using namespace saivs;
+
+TEST(EventPayloadPacket, ctr)
+{
+    uint8_t data[2] = { 1, 2 };
+
+    Buffer b(data, 2);
+
+    EventPayloadPacket ep(0, 1, "foo", b);
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadPacket, getPort)
+{
+    uint8_t data[2] = { 1, 2 };
+    Buffer b(data, 2);
+    EventPayloadPacket ep(0, 1, "foo", b);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ep.getPort(), 0);
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadPacket, getIfIndex)
+{
+    uint8_t data[2] = { 1, 2 };
+    Buffer b(data, 2);
+    EventPayloadPacket ep(0, 1, "foo", b);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ep.getIfIndex(), 1);
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadPacket, getIfName)
+{
+    uint8_t data[2] = { 1, 2 };
+    Buffer b(data, 2);
+    EventPayloadPacket ep(0, 1, "foo", b);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(ep.getIfName(), "foo");
+}
+
+TEST(EventPayloadPacket, getBuffer)
+{
+    uint8_t data[2] = { 1, 2 };
+    Buffer b(data, 2);
+    EventPayloadPacket ep(0, 1, "foo", b);
+
+    auto&bb = ep.getBuffer();
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(bb.getData()[0], 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(bb.getData()[1], 2);
+}