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diff --git a/test/sanity_run_vpp.py b/test/sanity_run_vpp.py
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+#!/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)