diff --git a/config/azure_testcases_azure-vm-utils.yaml b/config/azure_testcases_azure-vm-utils.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f13fcab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/azure_testcases_azure-vm-utils.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cases:
+    test_functional_azure-vm-utils.py:Azure_vm_utilsTest.test_selftest_without_imds_symlink_validation
diff --git a/scripts/deprovision_package.sh b/scripts/deprovision_package.sh
index a0b5f0d..1dae868 100755
--- a/scripts/deprovision_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/deprovision_package.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ if [ x$1 != x ];then
     func=$1
 else
     echo "Must specify function: deprovision/verify/all. Exit!"
+    echo "Usage: $0 <function: deprovision|verify|all> <type: cloudinit|cloudinit_wala|wala|kernel|azure-vm-utils> [username]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ if [ x$2 != x ];then
     type=$2
 else
     echo "Must specify type: cloudinit/cloudinit_wala/wala. Exit!"
+    echo "Usage: $0 <function: deprovision|verify|all> <type: cloudinit|cloudinit_wala|wala|kernel|azure-vm-utils> [username]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -53,6 +55,11 @@ function deprovision_wala() {
     rm -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-cloud-init.conf
 }
 
+function deprovision_azure_vm_utils() {
+    #rpm -e azure-vm-utils > /dev/null 2>&1 
+    return 1
+}
+
 function deprovision_cloudinit_wala() {
     systemctl stop waagent
     systemctl enable waagent > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -503,6 +510,19 @@ function verify_cloudinit() {
     exit $rflag
 }
 
+function verify_azure_vm_utils() {
+    # rpm -q azure-vm-utils > /dev/null
+    # if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
+    #     format_echo "Verify azure-vm-utils removed: FAIL";
+    #     ret=1
+    # else
+    #     format_echo "Verify azure-vm-utils removed: PASS"
+    #     ret=0
+    # fi
+    # return $ret
+    return 0
+}
+
 case $type in
 cloudinit)
     function deprovision() { deprovision_cloudinit; }
@@ -527,8 +547,14 @@ kernel)
         function verify() { verify_wala; }
     fi
 ;;
+azure-vm-utils)
+# azure-vm-utils
+    function deprovision() { deprovision_azure_vm_utils; }
+    function verify() { verify_azure_vm_utils; }
+;;
 *)
     echo "$type: unsupported deprovision type! Exit."
+    echo "Usage: $0 <function: deprovision|verify|all> <type: cloudinit|cloudinit_wala|wala|kernel|azure-vm-utils> [username]"
     exit 1
 ;;
 esac
diff --git a/tests/azure/test_functional_azure-vm-utils.py b/tests/azure/test_functional_azure-vm-utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6568202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/azure/test_functional_azure-vm-utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import os
+import re
+import time
+import yaml
+import json
+from avocado import Test
+from avocado import main
+from avocado_cloud.app import Setup
+from avocado_cloud.app.azure import AzurePublicIP
+from avocado_cloud.app.azure import AzureNicIpConfig
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from avocado_cloud.utils import utils_azure
+
+from avocado_cloud.utils.utils_azure import command
+
+BASEPATH = os.path.abspath(__file__ + "/../../../")
+
+class Azure_vm_utilsTest(Test):
+    def _postfix(self):
+        from datetime import datetime
+        return datetime.strftime(datetime.now(), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+        
+    def setUp(self):
+        #self.casestatus = False
+        self.cloud = Setup(self.params, self.name)
+        self.vm = self.cloud.vm  # Access the VM created during setup
+        authentication = "publickey"
+        self.session = self.cloud.init_vm(authentication=authentication)
+        if self.vm.exists():
+            self.vm.delete(wait=True)
+        file_path = '/root/azure-vm-utils/result.txt'
+        if os.path.exists(file_path):
+            os.remove(file_path)
+
+        key = "/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
+        self.vm.ssh_key_value = "{}".format(key)
+        self.vm.authentication_type = "ssh"
+        self.publicip_name = self.vm.vm_name + "PublicIP"
+        self.vm.os_disk_name += "-utils"
+        # self.vm.subnet += "-utils"
+        self.vm.create(wait=True)
+        self.session.connect(authentication="publickey")
+        self.assertEqual(self.vm.vm_username,
+                         self.session.cmd_output("whoami"),
+                         "Fail to login with publickey")
+        self.assertIn(
+            "%s ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" % self.vm.vm_username,
+            self.session.cmd_output(
+                "sudo cat /etc/sudoers.d/90-cloud-init-users"),
+            "No sudo privilege")
+        
+    @property
+    def _postfix(self):
+        from datetime import datetime
+        return datetime.strftime(datetime.now(), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+        
+    def test_selftest_without_imds_symlink_validation(self):
+        """
+        :avocado: tags=tier1,azure_vm_utils
+        """
+        try:   
+            publicip_name = self.publicip_name
+            cmd = ' az network public-ip show   --name {} --resource-group "{}"  --query "ipAddress"   --output tsv'.format(publicip_name, self.vm.resource_group)
+            ret = command(cmd)
+            public_ip = ret.stdout.strip()
+            self.log.info("public_ip: %s", public_ip)
+
+            # Upload the selftest.py to the remote VM
+            upload_command = 'scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa /root/azure-vm-utils/selftest/selftest.py azureuser@{}:/home/azureuser'.format(public_ip)
+            command(upload_command)
+
+            check_command = 'ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa azureuser@{} -- ls /home/azureuser/selftest.py;ls /home/azureuser;rpm -qa azure-vm-utils* '.format(public_ip)
+            check_res = command(check_command)
+            self.log.info("check_result: %s", check_res)
+            
+            # Run the selftest.py script on the VM
+            run_command = 'ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa azureuser@{} -- sudo /home/azureuser/selftest.py --skip-imds-validation --skip-symlink-validation > /root/azure-vm-utils/result.txt 2>&1'.format(public_ip)
+            command(run_command)
+            
+            # Get the last line of the result
+            result_command = "tail -n 1 /root/azure-vm-utils/result.txt | awk '{print $NF}'"
+            ret = command(result_command)
+            
+            
+            # Check if the result was successful
+            if ret.stdout.strip() == "success!":
+                self.log.info("Self-test completed successfully.")
+                self.vm.delete(wait=False)
+                #self.casestatus = True
+                return True
+            else:
+                self.log.error("Self-test failed: {}".format(ret.stdout))
+                self.vm.delete(wait=False)
+                return False
+        
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.log.error("An error occurred: {}".format(str(e)))
+            return False
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.vm.delete(wait=False)
+        # del_cmd = ' az disk delete --name {} --resource-group "{}" --yes '.format(self.vm.os_disk_name, self.vm.resource_group)
+        # command(del_cmd)
+
+# if __name__ == "__main__":
+#     main()
diff --git a/tests/azure/test_functional_package_preparation.py b/tests/azure/test_functional_package_preparation.py
index 3c6ac41..4dc6c61 100644
--- a/tests/azure/test_functional_package_preparation.py
+++ b/tests/azure/test_functional_package_preparation.py
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ def test_package_00_preparation(self):
             depro_type = "wala"
         elif "kernel" in pkgname_list:
             depro_type = "kernel"
+        elif "azure-vm-utils" in pkgname_list:
+            depro_type = "azure-vm-utils"
         else:
             self.fail("Not supported package(s): {}".format(pkgname_list))
         script = "deprovision_package.sh"