diff --git a/modules/pubmaticBidAdapter.js b/modules/pubmaticBidAdapter.js
index 4c182c214a3..2d53bda4e78 100644
--- a/modules/pubmaticBidAdapter.js
+++ b/modules/pubmaticBidAdapter.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 0;
 const PREBID_NATIVE_HELP_LINK = 'http://prebid.org/dev-docs/show-native-ads.html';
 const PUBLICATION = 'pubmatic'; // Your publication on Blue Billywig, potentially with environment (e.g. publication.bbvms.com or publication.test.bbvms.com)
 const RENDERER_URL = 'https://pubmatic.bbvms.com/r/'.concat('$RENDERER', '.js'); // URL of the renderer application
+const MSG_VIDEO_PLACEMENT_MISSING = 'Video.Placement param missing';
 const CUSTOM_PARAMS = {
   'kadpageurl': '', // Custom page url
   'gender': '', // User gender
@@ -537,12 +538,20 @@ function _createBannerRequest(bid) {
   return bannerObj;
 }
 
+export function checkVideoPlacement(videoData, adUnitCode) {
+  // Check for video.placement property. If property is missing display log message.
+  if (!deepAccess(videoData, 'placement')) {
+    logWarn(MSG_VIDEO_PLACEMENT_MISSING + ' for ' + adUnitCode);
+  };
+}
+
 function _createVideoRequest(bid) {
   var videoData = mergeDeep(deepAccess(bid.mediaTypes, 'video'), bid.params.video);
   var videoObj;
 
   if (videoData !== UNDEFINED) {
     videoObj = {};
+    checkVideoPlacement(videoData, bid.adUnitCode);
     for (var key in VIDEO_CUSTOM_PARAMS) {
       if (videoData.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
         videoObj[key] = _checkParamDataType(key, videoData[key], VIDEO_CUSTOM_PARAMS[key]);
diff --git a/test/spec/modules/pubmaticBidAdapter_spec.js b/test/spec/modules/pubmaticBidAdapter_spec.js
index 47b9c984ff5..8905dfa5924 100644
--- a/test/spec/modules/pubmaticBidAdapter_spec.js
+++ b/test/spec/modules/pubmaticBidAdapter_spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {expect} from 'chai';
-import {spec} from 'modules/pubmaticBidAdapter.js';
+import {spec, checkVideoPlacement} from 'modules/pubmaticBidAdapter.js';
 import * as utils from 'src/utils.js';
 import {config} from 'src/config.js';
 import { createEidsArray } from 'modules/userId/eids.js';
@@ -3822,5 +3822,43 @@ describe('PubMatic adapter', function () {
         expect(bidRequests[0].params.dctr).to.equal('key1:val1,val2|key2:val1');
       });
     })
+
+    describe('Checking for Video.Placement property', function() {
+      let sandbox, utilsMock;
+      const adUnit = 'Div1';
+      const msg_placement_missing = 'Video.Placement param missing for Div1';
+      let videoData = {
+        battr: [6, 7],
+        skipafter: 15,
+        maxduration: 50,
+        context: 'instream',
+        playerSize: [640, 480],
+        skip: 0,
+        connectiontype: [1, 2, 6],
+        skipmin: 10,
+        minduration: 10,
+        mimes: ['video/mp4', 'video/x-flv'],
+      }
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        utilsMock = sinon.mock(utils);
+        sandbox = sinon.sandbox.create();
+        sandbox.spy(utils, 'logWarn');
+      });
+
+      afterEach(() => {
+        utilsMock.restore();
+        sandbox.restore();
+      })
+
+      it('should log Video.Placement param missing', function() {
+        checkVideoPlacement(videoData, adUnit);
+        sinon.assert.calledWith(utils.logWarn, msg_placement_missing);
+      })
+      it('shoud not log Video.Placement param missing', function() {
+        videoData['placement'] = 1;
+        checkVideoPlacement(videoData, adUnit);
+        sinon.assert.neverCalledWith(utils.logWarn, msg_placement_missing);
+      })
+    });
   });
 });