diff --git a/libpldm/tests/libpldm_firmware_update_test.cpp b/libpldm/tests/libpldm_firmware_update_test.cpp
index 350db59..0577c51 100644
--- a/libpldm/tests/libpldm_firmware_update_test.cpp
+++ b/libpldm/tests/libpldm_firmware_update_test.cpp
@@ -2451,4 +2451,30 @@
         responseMsg, sizeof(pldm_activate_firmware_resp) - 1, &completionCode,
         &estimatedTimeForActivation);
     EXPECT_EQ(rc, PLDM_ERROR_INVALID_LENGTH);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+TEST(GetStatus, goodPathEncodeRequest)
+{
+    constexpr uint8_t instanceId = 8;
+    std::array<uint8_t, hdrSize> request{};
+    auto requestMsg = reinterpret_cast<pldm_msg*>(request.data());
+
+    auto rc = encode_get_status_req(instanceId, requestMsg,
+                                    PLDM_GET_STATUS_REQ_BYTES);
+    EXPECT_EQ(rc, PLDM_SUCCESS);
+
+    constexpr std::array<uint8_t, hdrSize> outRequest{0x88, 0x05, 0x1B};
+    EXPECT_EQ(request, outRequest);
+}
+
+TEST(GetStatus, errorPathEncodeRequest)
+{
+    std::array<uint8_t, hdrSize + sizeof(uint8_t)> request{};
+    auto requestMsg = reinterpret_cast<pldm_msg*>(request.data());
+
+    auto rc = encode_get_status_req(0, nullptr, PLDM_GET_STATUS_REQ_BYTES);
+    EXPECT_EQ(rc, PLDM_ERROR_INVALID_DATA);
+
+    rc = encode_get_status_req(0, requestMsg, PLDM_GET_STATUS_REQ_BYTES + 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(rc, PLDM_ERROR_INVALID_LENGTH);
+}