diff --git a/unittest/vslib/TestMACsecManager.cpp b/unittest/vslib/TestMACsecManager.cpp
index bc1468b45..13135f145 100644
--- a/unittest/vslib/TestMACsecManager.cpp
+++ b/unittest/vslib/TestMACsecManager.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@ TEST(MACsecManager, create_macsec_ingress_sa)
     manager.create_macsec_ingress_sa(attr);
 }
 
+TEST(MACsecManager, create_macsec_egress_sa)
+{
+    // This is a system call that may not be valid in the test environment,
+    // So, this case is just for the testing coverage checking.
+
+    MACsecManager manager;
+
+    MACsecAttr attr;
+    attr.m_vethName = "eth0";
+    attr.m_macsecName = "macsec_eth0";
+    attr.m_sci = "02:42:ac:11:00:03";
+    attr.m_an = 0;
+    attr.m_pn = 1;
+    attr.m_cipher = MACsecAttr::CIPHER_NAME_GCM_AES_XPN_128;
+    attr.m_ssci = 0x1;
+    attr.m_salt = "";
+    attr.m_authKey = "";
+    attr.m_sak = "";
+    manager.create_macsec_egress_sa(attr);
+}
+
 TEST(MACsecManager, update_macsec_sa_pn)
 {
     // This is a system call that may not be valid in the test environment,