diff --git a/tests/common/helpers/platform_api/sfp.py b/tests/common/helpers/platform_api/sfp.py
index a5bf42624c..66d40a948f 100644
--- a/tests/common/helpers/platform_api/sfp.py
+++ b/tests/common/helpers/platform_api/sfp.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ def get_presence(conn, index):
     return sfp_api(conn, index, 'get_presence')
 
 
+def get_error_description(conn, index):
+    return sfp_api(conn, index, 'get_error_description')
+
+
 def get_model(conn, index):
     return sfp_api(conn, index, 'get_model')
 
diff --git a/tests/platform_tests/api/test_sfp.py b/tests/platform_tests/api/test_sfp.py
index f21d1f77a1..585dc0dbb8 100644
--- a/tests/platform_tests/api/test_sfp.py
+++ b/tests/platform_tests/api/test_sfp.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from tests.common.helpers.assertions import pytest_assert
 from tests.common.helpers.platform_api import chassis, sfp
+from tests.common.utilities import skip_version
 
 from platform_api_test_base import PlatformApiTestBase
 
@@ -477,6 +478,19 @@ def test_power_override(self, duthosts, enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname, localh
                 self.expect(power_override is False, "Transceiver {} power override data is incorrect".format(i))
         self.assert_expectations()
 
+    def test_get_error_description(self, duthosts, enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname, localhost, platform_api_conn):
+        """This function tests get_error_description() API (supported on 202106 and above)"""
+        skip_version(duthosts[enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_hostname], ["201811", "201911", "202012"])
+
+        for i in self.candidate_sfp:
+            error_description = sfp.get_error_description(platform_api_conn, i)
+            if self.expect(error_description is not None, "Unable to retrieve transceiver {} error description".format(i)):
+                if "Not implemented" in error_description:
+                    pytest.skip("get_error_description isn't implemented. Skip the test")
+                if self.expect(isinstance(error_description, str) or isinstance(error_description, unicode), "Transceiver {} error description appears incorrect".format(i)):
+                    self.expect(error_description == "OK", "Transceiver {} is not present".format(i))
+        self.assert_expectations()
+
     def test_thermals(self, platform_api_conn):
         for sfp_id in self.candidate_sfp:
             try:
diff --git a/tests/platform_tests/sfp/test_sfputil.py b/tests/platform_tests/sfp/test_sfputil.py
index b8e2e68eaa..cb2a6b69f4 100644
--- a/tests/platform_tests/sfp/test_sfputil.py
+++ b/tests/platform_tests/sfp/test_sfputil.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from util import parse_eeprom
 from util import parse_output
 from util import get_dev_conn
+from tests.common.utilities import skip_version
 
 cmd_sfp_presence = "sudo sfputil show presence"
 cmd_sfp_eeprom = "sudo sfputil show eeprom"
@@ -43,6 +44,29 @@ def test_check_sfputil_presence(duthosts, enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_frontend_hostn
         assert intf in parsed_presence, "Interface is not in output of '{}'".format(cmd_sfp_presence)
         assert parsed_presence[intf] == "Present", "Interface presence is not 'Present'"
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cmd_sfp_error_status", ["sudo sfputil show error-status", "sudo sfputil show error-status --fetch-from-hardware"])
+def test_check_sfputil_error_status(duthosts, enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_frontend_hostname, enum_frontend_asic_index, conn_graph_facts, cmd_sfp_error_status):
+    """
+    @summary: Check SFP error status using 'sfputil show error-status' and 'sfputil show error-status --fetch-from-hardware'
+              This feature is supported on 202106 and above
+
+    @param: cmd_sfp_error_status: fixture representing the command used to test
+    """
+    duthost = duthosts[enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_frontend_hostname]
+    skip_version(duthost, ["201811", "201911", "202012"])
+    portmap, dev_conn = get_dev_conn(duthost, conn_graph_facts, enum_frontend_asic_index)
+
+    logging.info("Check output of '{}'".format(cmd_sfp_error_status))
+    sfp_error_status = duthost.command(cmd_sfp_error_status)
+    for line in sfp_error_status["stdout_lines"][2:]:
+        if "Not implemented" in line: 
+            pytest.skip("Skip test as error status isn't supported")
+    parsed_presence = parse_output(sfp_error_status["stdout_lines"][2:])
+    for intf in dev_conn:
+        assert intf in parsed_presence, "Interface is not in output of '{}'".format(cmd_sfp_presence)
+        assert parsed_presence[intf] == "OK", "Interface error status is not 'OK'"
+
+
 def test_check_sfputil_eeprom(duthosts, enum_rand_one_per_hwsku_frontend_hostname, enum_frontend_asic_index, conn_graph_facts):
     """
     @summary: Check SFP presence using 'sfputil show presence'