diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 83edd04f..8553a260 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           libboost-regex1.71-dev \
           googletest \
           libgtest-dev \
+          libgmock-dev \
           libgcc-8-dev \
           libhiredis0.14 \
           libhiredis-dev \
diff --git a/objects.mk b/objects.mk
index 35d0011a..27baa2cd 100644
--- a/objects.mk
+++ b/objects.mk
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ LIBS := \
     -lnl-route-3
 
 LIBS_TEST := \
-    -lgtest_main \
-    -lgtest
+    -lgtest \
+    -lgmock
diff --git a/test/FakeMuxPort.cpp b/test/FakeMuxPort.cpp
index deedaebd..179c69a0 100644
--- a/test/FakeMuxPort.cpp
+++ b/test/FakeMuxPort.cpp
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ FakeMuxPort::FakeMuxPort(
         std::make_shared<FakeLinkProber> (mActiveStandbyStateMachinePtr->getLinkProberStateMachinePtr().get())
     )
 {
-    std::string prog_name = "linkmgrd-test";
-    std::string log_filename = "/tmp/" + prog_name + ".log";
-    bool extraLogFile = true;
-    common::MuxLogger::getInstance()->initialize(prog_name, log_filename, boost::log::trivial::debug, extraLogFile);
-    common::MuxLogger::getInstance()->setLevel(boost::log::trivial::trace);
     mMuxPortConfig.setMode(common::MuxPortConfig::Mode::Auto);
     getActiveStandbyStateMachinePtr()->setInitializeProberFnPtr(
         boost::bind(&FakeLinkProber::initialize, mFakeLinkProber.get())
diff --git a/test/LinkMgrdTestMain.cpp b/test/LinkMgrdTestMain.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57d3ab53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/LinkMgrdTestMain.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include "gmock/gmock.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include "common/MuxLogger.h"
+
+void initLogger()
+{
+    std::string prog_name = "linkmgrd-test";
+    std::string log_filename = "/tmp/" + prog_name + ".log";
+    bool extraLogFile = true;
+    common::MuxLogger::getInstance()->initialize(prog_name, log_filename, boost::log::trivial::debug, extraLogFile);
+    common::MuxLogger::getInstance()->setLevel(boost::log::trivial::trace);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    initLogger();
+    ::testing::InitGoogleMock(&argc, argv);
+    return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}
diff --git a/test/subdir.mk b/test/subdir.mk
index a5782d2d..5451c70b 100644
--- a/test/subdir.mk
+++ b/test/subdir.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ CPP_SRCS += \
     ./test/FakeMuxPort.cpp \
     ./test/LinkManagerStateMachineTest.cpp \
     ./test/LinkProberTest.cpp \
-    ./test/MuxManagerTest.cpp
+    ./test/MuxManagerTest.cpp \
+    ./test/LinkMgrdTestMain.cpp
 
 OBJS_LINKMGRD_TEST += \
     ./test/FakeDbInterface.o \
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ OBJS_LINKMGRD_TEST += \
     ./test/FakeMuxPort.o \
     ./test/LinkManagerStateMachineTest.o \
     ./test/LinkProberTest.o \
-    ./test/MuxManagerTest.o
+    ./test/MuxManagerTest.o \
+    ./test/LinkMgrdTestMain.o
 
 CPP_DEPS += \
     ./test/FakeDbInterface.d \
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ CPP_DEPS += \
     ./test/FakeMuxPort.d \
     ./test/LinkManagerStateMachineTest.d \
     ./test/LinkProberTest.d \
-    ./test/MuxManagerTest.d
+    ./test/MuxManagerTest.d \
+    ./test/LinkMgrdTestMain.d
 
 # Each subdirectory must supply rules for building sources it contributes
 test/%.o: test/%.cpp