diff --git a/src/controller/tests/BUILD.gn b/src/controller/tests/BUILD.gn
index e001bca0190bea..45c14fcab444d6 100644
--- a/src/controller/tests/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/controller/tests/BUILD.gn
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ chip_test_suite("tests") {
 
   test_sources = [ "TestCommissionableNodeController.cpp" ]
 
+  if (chip_device_platform == "linux" || chip_device_platform == "Darwin") {
+    test_sources += [ "TestDevice.cpp" ]
+  }
+
   cflags = [ "-Wconversion" ]
 
   public_deps = [
     "${chip_root}/src/controller",
     "${nlunit_test_root}:nlunit-test",
   ]
+
+  if (chip_device_platform == "linux" || chip_device_platform == "Darwin") {
+    public_deps += [ "${chip_root}/src/controller/data_model" ]
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/controller/tests/TestDevice.cpp b/src/controller/tests/TestDevice.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3a58ec88d334cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controller/tests/TestDevice.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ *
+ *    Copyright (c) 2021 Project CHIP Authors
+ *
+ *    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.
+ */
+
+#include "ble/BleLayer.h"
+#include "support/CHIPMem.h"
+#include <controller/CHIPDevice.h>
+#include <inet/IPAddress.h>
+#include <inet/InetLayer.h>
+#include <lib/support/UnitTestRegistration.h>
+#include <nlunit-test.h>
+#include <protocols/secure_channel/MessageCounterManager.h>
+#include <protocols/secure_channel/SessionIDAllocator.h>
+#include <transport/SecureSessionMgr.h>
+#include <transport/TransportMgr.h>
+#include <transport/raw/PeerAddress.h>
+#include <transport/raw/UDP.h>
+
+using namespace chip;
+using namespace chip::Transport;
+using namespace chip::Controller;
+using namespace chip::Messaging;
+
+namespace {
+
+using TestTransportMgr = TransportMgr<Transport::UDP>;
+
+void TestDevice_EstablishSessionDirectly(nlTestSuite * inSuite, void * inContext)
+{
+    Platform::MemoryInit();
+    DeviceTransportMgr transportMgr;
+    SecureSessionMgr sessionMgr;
+    ExchangeManager exchangeMgr;
+    Inet::InetLayer inetLayer;
+    System::Layer systemLayer;
+    Ble::BleLayer blelayer;
+    FabricTable fabrics;
+    secure_channel::MessageCounterManager messageCounterManager;
+    SessionIDAllocator idAllocator;
+
+    systemLayer.Init();
+    inetLayer.Init(systemLayer, nullptr);
+    transportMgr.Init(
+        UdpListenParameters(&inetLayer).SetAddressType(Inet::IPAddressType::kIPAddressType_IPv4).SetListenPort(CHIP_PORT)
+#if INET_CONFIG_ENABLE_IPV4
+            ,
+        UdpListenParameters(&inetLayer).SetAddressType(Inet::kIPAddressType_IPv4).SetListenPort(CHIP_PORT)
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_NETWORK_LAYER_BLE
+            ,
+        BleListenParameters(&blelayer)
+#endif
+    );
+    sessionMgr.Init(&systemLayer, &transportMgr, &fabrics, &messageCounterManager);
+    exchangeMgr.Init(&sessionMgr);
+    messageCounterManager.Init(&exchangeMgr);
+
+    ControllerDeviceInitParams params = {
+        .transportMgr    = &transportMgr,
+        .sessionMgr      = &sessionMgr,
+        .exchangeMgr     = &exchangeMgr,
+        .inetLayer       = &inetLayer,
+        .storageDelegate = nullptr,
+        .idAllocator     = &idAllocator,
+        .fabricsTable    = &fabrics,
+    };
+    Device device;
+    NodeId mockNodeId           = 1;
+    FabricIndex mockFabricIndex = 1;
+    Inet::IPAddress mockAddr;
+    Inet::IPAddress::FromString("127.0.0.1", mockAddr);
+    PeerAddress addr = PeerAddress::UDP(mockAddr, CHIP_PORT);
+    device.Init(params, CHIP_PORT, mockNodeId, addr, mockFabricIndex);
+
+    device.OperationalCertProvisioned();
+    NL_TEST_ASSERT(inSuite, device.EstablishConnectivity(nullptr, nullptr) == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
+}
+
+// clang-format off
+const nlTest sTests[] =
+{
+    NL_TEST_DEF("TestDevice_EstablishSessionDirectly", TestDevice_EstablishSessionDirectly),
+    NL_TEST_SENTINEL()
+};
+// clang-format on
+
+} // namespace
+
+int TestDevice()
+{
+    nlTestSuite theSuite = { "Device", &sTests[0], NULL, NULL };
+    nlTestRunner(&theSuite, nullptr);
+    return nlTestRunnerStats(&theSuite);
+}
+
+CHIP_REGISTER_TEST_SUITE(TestDevice)