--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+from framework import VppTestCase
+from hook import VppDiedError
+from sys import exit
+
+
+class SanityTestCase(VppTestCase):
+ """ Dummy test case used to check if VPP is able to start """
+ pass
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ rc = 0
+ tc = SanityTestCase
+ try:
+ tc.setUpClass()
+ except VppDiedError:
+ rc = -1
+ else:
+ try:
+ tc.tearDownClass()
+ except:
+ pass
+
+ exit(rc)