diff --git a/test/unit/common/utils/test_bpf.py b/test/unit/common/utils/test_bpf.py
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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+from unittest import TestCase, main
+
+from scapy.layers.l2 import Ether, Dot1Q
+
+from pyvoltha.adapters.common.frameio.frameio import BpfProgramFilter
+
+
+class TestBpf(TestCase):
+
+    def test_bpf1(self):
+        vid = 4090
+        pcp = 7
+        frame_match = 'ether[14:2] = 0x{:01x}{:03x}'.format(pcp << 1, vid)
+        filter = BpfProgramFilter(frame_match)
+        self.assertTrue(filter(str(Ether()/Dot1Q(prio=pcp, vlan=vid))))
+        self.assertFalse(filter(str(Ether()/Dot1Q(prio=pcp, vlan=4000))))
+
+    def test_bpf2(self):
+        vid1 = 4090
+        pcp1 = 7
+        frame_match_case1 = 'ether[14:2] = 0x{:01x}{:03x}'.format(
+            pcp1 << 1, vid1)
+
+        vid2 = 4000
+        frame_match_case2 = '(ether[14:2] & 0xfff) = 0x{:03x}'.format(vid2)
+
+        filter = BpfProgramFilter('{} or {}'.format(
+            frame_match_case1, frame_match_case2))
+        self.assertTrue(filter(str(Ether()/Dot1Q(prio=pcp1, vlan=vid1))))
+        self.assertTrue(filter(str(Ether()/Dot1Q(vlan=vid2))))
+        self.assertFalse(filter(str(Ether()/Dot1Q(vlan=4001))))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()