diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/Makefile b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/Makefile
index c37813e2e2..9934ac6234 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/Makefile
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
-DIRS-y = tcp.c ctrlr.c subsystem.c ctrlr_discovery.c ctrlr_bdev.c nvmf.c
+DIRS-y = tcp.c ctrlr.c subsystem.c ctrlr_discovery.c ctrlr_bdev.c nvmf.c transport.c
 
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RDMA) += rdma.c
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/transport.c/Makefile b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/transport.c/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6455a04ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/transport.c/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#
+#  BSD LICENSE
+#
+#  Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
+#  All rights reserved.
+#
+#  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+#  modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+#  are met:
+#
+#    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+#      the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+#      distribution.
+#    * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+#      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+#      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+#  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+#  "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+#  LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+#  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+#  OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+#  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+#  LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+#  DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+#  THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+#  (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+#  OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+
+SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../../../../..)
+
+SPDK_LIB_LIST = json
+TEST_FILE = transport_ut.c
+
+include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.unittest.mk
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvmf/transport.c/transport_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/transport.c/transport_ut.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dd104427d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvmf/transport.c/transport_ut.c
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include "spdk/stdinc.h"
+#include "spdk_cunit.h"
+#include "common/lib/test_env.c"
+#include "nvmf/transport.c"
+#include "nvmf/rdma.c"
+#include "common/lib/test_rdma.c"
+
+SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT(nvmf)
+
+#define RDMA_UT_UNITS_IN_MAX_IO 16
+
+struct spdk_nvmf_transport_opts g_rdma_ut_transport_opts = {
+	.max_queue_depth = SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_MAX_QUEUE_DEPTH,
+	.max_qpairs_per_ctrlr = SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_MAX_QPAIRS_PER_CTRLR,
+	.in_capsule_data_size = SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_IN_CAPSULE_DATA_SIZE,
+	.max_io_size = (SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_MIN_IO_BUFFER_SIZE * RDMA_UT_UNITS_IN_MAX_IO),
+	.io_unit_size = SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_MIN_IO_BUFFER_SIZE,
+	.max_aq_depth = SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_AQ_DEPTH,
+	.num_shared_buffers = SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_DEFAULT_NUM_SHARED_BUFFERS,
+	.opts_size = sizeof(g_rdma_ut_transport_opts)
+};
+
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvme_transport_id_compare, int, (const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid1,
+		const struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid2), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_nvmf_tgt_new_qpair, (struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt, struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair));
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvmf_request_get_dif_ctx, bool, (struct spdk_nvmf_request *req,
+		struct spdk_dif_ctx *dif_ctx), false);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvmf_qpair_disconnect, int, (struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair,
+		nvmf_qpair_disconnect_cb cb_fn, void *ctx), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_nvmf_request_exec, (struct spdk_nvmf_request *req));
+DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_nvme_trid_populate_transport, (struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid,
+		enum spdk_nvme_transport_type trtype));
+DEFINE_STUB(nvmf_ctrlr_abort_request, int, (struct spdk_nvmf_request *req), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvmf_request_complete, int, (struct spdk_nvmf_request *req), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ut_transport_create, struct spdk_nvmf_transport *,
+	    (struct spdk_nvmf_transport_opts *opts), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(ut_transport_destroy, int, (struct spdk_nvmf_transport *transport,
+					spdk_nvmf_transport_destroy_done_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_get_device_name, const char *, (struct ibv_device *device), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_query_qp, int, (struct ibv_qp *qp, struct ibv_qp_attr *attr,
+				int attr_mask,
+				struct ibv_qp_init_attr *init_attr), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_create_id, int, (struct rdma_event_channel *channel,
+				  struct rdma_cm_id **id, void *context,
+				  enum rdma_port_space ps), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_bind_addr, int, (struct rdma_cm_id *id, struct sockaddr *addr), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_listen, int, (struct rdma_cm_id *id, int backlog), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_destroy_id, int, (struct rdma_cm_id *id), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_dereg_mr, int, (struct ibv_mr *mr), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_reject, int, (struct rdma_cm_id *id,
+			       const void *private_data, uint8_t private_data_len), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_resize_cq, int, (struct ibv_cq *cq, int cqe), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB_V(rdma_destroy_qp, (struct rdma_cm_id *id));
+DEFINE_STUB_V(rdma_destroy_event_channel, (struct rdma_event_channel *channel));
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_dealloc_pd, int, (struct ibv_pd *pd), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_create_event_channel, struct rdma_event_channel *, (void), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_get_devices, struct ibv_context **, (int *num_devices), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_query_device, int, (struct ibv_context *context,
+				    struct ibv_device_attr *device_attr), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_alloc_pd, struct ibv_pd *, (struct ibv_context *context), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB_V(rdma_free_devices, (struct ibv_context **list));
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_get_async_event, int, (struct ibv_context *context, struct ibv_async_event *event),
+	    0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_event_type_str, const char *, (enum ibv_event_type event_type), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB_V(ibv_ack_async_event, (struct ibv_async_event *event));
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_get_cm_event, int, (struct rdma_event_channel *channel,
+				     struct rdma_cm_event **event), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_ack_cm_event, int, (struct rdma_cm_event *event), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_destroy_cq, int, (struct ibv_cq *cq), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_create_cq, struct ibv_cq *, (struct ibv_context *context, int cqe,
+		void *cq_context,
+		struct ibv_comp_channel *channel,
+		int comp_vector), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_wc_status_str, const char *, (enum ibv_wc_status status), NULL);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_get_dst_port, __be16, (struct rdma_cm_id *id), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(rdma_get_src_port, __be16, (struct rdma_cm_id *id), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_nvmf_qpair_get_listen_trid, int, (struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair,
+		struct spdk_nvme_transport_id *trid), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(ibv_reg_mr_iova2, struct ibv_mr *, (struct ibv_pd *pd, void *addr, size_t length,
+		uint64_t iova, unsigned int access), NULL);
+
+/* ibv_reg_mr can be a macro, need to undefine it */
+#ifdef ibv_reg_mr
+#undef ibv_reg_mr
+#endif
+
+DEFINE_RETURN_MOCK(ibv_reg_mr, struct ibv_mr *);
+struct ibv_mr *
+ibv_reg_mr(struct ibv_pd *pd, void *addr, size_t length, int access)
+{
+	HANDLE_RETURN_MOCK(ibv_reg_mr);
+	if (length > 0) {
+		return &g_rdma_mr;
+	} else {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+test_spdk_nvmf_transport_create(void)
+{
+	int rc;
+	struct spdk_nvmf_transport ut_transport = {};
+	struct spdk_nvmf_transport *transport = NULL;
+	struct nvmf_transport_ops_list_element *ops_element;
+	struct spdk_nvmf_transport_ops ops = {
+		.name = "new_ops",
+		.type = (enum spdk_nvme_transport_type)SPDK_NVMF_TRTYPE_RDMA,
+		.create = ut_transport_create,
+		.destroy = ut_transport_destroy
+	};
+
+	/* No available ops element */
+	transport = spdk_nvmf_transport_create("new_ops", &g_rdma_ut_transport_opts);
+	CU_ASSERT(transport == NULL);
+
+	/* Create transport successfully */
+	MOCK_SET(ut_transport_create, &ut_transport);
+	spdk_nvmf_transport_register(&ops);
+
+	transport = spdk_nvmf_transport_create("new_ops", &g_rdma_ut_transport_opts);
+	CU_ASSERT(transport == &ut_transport);
+	CU_ASSERT(!memcmp(&transport->opts, &g_rdma_ut_transport_opts, sizeof(g_rdma_ut_transport_opts)));
+	CU_ASSERT(!memcmp(transport->ops, &ops, sizeof(ops)));
+	CU_ASSERT(transport->data_buf_pool != NULL);
+
+	rc = spdk_nvmf_transport_destroy(transport, NULL, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(rc == 0);
+
+	/* transport_opts parameter invalid */
+	g_rdma_ut_transport_opts.max_io_size = 4096;
+
+	transport = spdk_nvmf_transport_create("new_ops", &g_rdma_ut_transport_opts);
+	CU_ASSERT(transport == NULL);
+	g_rdma_ut_transport_opts.max_io_size = (SPDK_NVMF_RDMA_MIN_IO_BUFFER_SIZE *
+						RDMA_UT_UNITS_IN_MAX_IO);
+
+	ops_element = TAILQ_LAST(&g_spdk_nvmf_transport_ops, nvmf_transport_ops_list);
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&g_spdk_nvmf_transport_ops, ops_element, link);
+	free(ops_element);
+	MOCK_CLEAR(ut_transport_create);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	CU_pSuite	suite = NULL;
+	unsigned int	num_failures;
+
+	CU_set_error_action(CUEA_ABORT);
+	CU_initialize_registry();
+
+	suite = CU_add_suite("nvmf", NULL, NULL);
+
+	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_spdk_nvmf_transport_create);
+
+	CU_basic_set_mode(CU_BRM_VERBOSE);
+	CU_basic_run_tests();
+	num_failures = CU_get_number_of_failures();
+	CU_cleanup_registry();
+	return num_failures;
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/unittest.sh b/test/unit/unittest.sh
index 36786d1441..ed025e9ec1 100755
--- a/test/unit/unittest.sh
+++ b/test/unit/unittest.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ function unittest_nvmf() {
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/nvmf/subsystem.c/subsystem_ut
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/nvmf/tcp.c/tcp_ut
 	$valgrind $testdir/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c/nvmf_ut
+	$valgrind $testdir/lib/nvmf/transport.c/transport_ut
 }
 
 function unittest_scsi() {