diff --git a/testsuite/Makefile b/testsuite/Makefile
index 2ba95473..a2c8a2d9 100644
--- a/testsuite/Makefile
+++ b/testsuite/Makefile
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ listtests:
 alltests: $(TESTS)
 
 clean:
+	@echo "Removing $(RESULTS_DIR) dir ..."
 	@rm -rf $(RESULTS_DIR)
 
 distclean: clean
 	echo "Entering iproute2" && cd iproute2 && $(MAKE) distclean && cd ..;
 
-$(TESTS):
+$(TESTS): clean
 	@mkdir -p $(RESULTS_DIR)
 	
 	@for d in $(TESTS_DIR); do \
diff --git a/testsuite/lib/generic.sh b/testsuite/lib/generic.sh
index 8f76e492..3473cc13 100644
--- a/testsuite/lib/generic.sh
+++ b/testsuite/lib/generic.sh
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ ts_ip()
 	TMP_OUT=`mktemp /tmp/tc_testsuite.XXXXXX` || exit
 
 	$IP $@ 2> $TMP_ERR > $TMP_OUT
+        RET=$?
 
-	if [ -s $TMP_ERR ]; then
+	if [ -s $TMP_ERR ] || [ "$RET" != "0" ]; then
 		ts_err "${SCRIPT}: ${DESC} failed:"
 		ts_err "command: $IP $@"
 		ts_err "stderr output:"
@@ -91,3 +92,8 @@ ts_qdisc_available()
 		return 1;
 	fi
 }
+
+rand_dev()
+{
+    echo "dev-$(tr -dc "[:alpha:]" < /dev/urandom | head -c 6)"
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ip/link/dev_wo_vf_rate.nl b/testsuite/tests/ip/link/dev_wo_vf_rate.nl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40fa87ff
Binary files /dev/null and b/testsuite/tests/ip/link/dev_wo_vf_rate.nl differ
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ip/link/new_link.t b/testsuite/tests/ip/link/new_link.t
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..549ff256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/ip/link/new_link.t
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+source lib/generic.sh
+
+ts_log "[Testing add/del virtual links]"
+
+NEW_DEV="$(rand_dev)"
+
+ts_ip "$0" "Add $NEW_DEV dummy interface"  link add dev $NEW_DEV type dummy
+ts_ip "$0" "Show $NEW_DEV dummy interface" link show dev $NEW_DEV
+ts_ip "$0" "Del $NEW_DEV dummy interface"  link del dev $NEW_DEV
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ip/link/show_dev_wo_vf_rate.t b/testsuite/tests/ip/link/show_dev_wo_vf_rate.t
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a600ba65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/ip/link/show_dev_wo_vf_rate.t
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+source lib/generic.sh
+
+NL_FILE="tests/ip/link/dev_wo_vf_rate.nl"
+ts_ip "$0" "Show VF devices w/o VF rate info" -d monitor file $NL_FILE