diff --git a/ansible/roles/test/files/helpers/test_aliases.sh b/ansible/roles/test/files/helpers/test_aliases.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a097bf6884e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/test/files/helpers/test_aliases.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+let DEBUG=0
+
+# ---------------------------------
+# Read from configfile
+function read_configfile_aliases
+{
+    readonly local port_config=`cat $CONFIGFILE`
+
+    let local line_counter=2
+    local port_config_entry
+    local ether_number
+    local port_alias
+    while [ $line_counter -le $LINESNUMBER ]; do
+        # Read and parse data from port_config.ini
+        port_config_entry=`echo "${port_config}" | sed -n "$line_counter"p |  sed -n "s/Ethernet//p" | sed -n "s/\([[:digit:]]*,[[:digit:]]*\)\+//p"`
+        ether_number=`echo $port_config_entry | cut -d" " -f1`
+        port_alias=`echo $port_config_entry | sed -n "s/[[:digit:]]*[[:space:]]//p"`
+
+        # If no alias, use port name
+        if [[ -z "$port_alias" ]]; then
+            port_alias="Ethernet"$ether_number""
+        fi
+
+        # Write into port_config_table
+        port_config_array[$ether_number]="$port_alias"
+        let line_counter="line_counter + 1"
+        print_debug "-------------------------------"
+        print_debug "PORT_ENTRY = $port_config_entry\n"
+        print_debug "ETHER_NUMBER = $ether_number\n"
+        print_debug "PORT_ALIAS = $port_alias\n"
+    done
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------
+# Read alises from Redis-db and compare to ones from configfile
+function read_redis_aliases_and_compare
+{
+    let local ether_counter=0
+    local port_data_entry
+    local port_data_alias
+
+    while [ $ether_counter -le $ETHERMAX ]; do
+        port_data_entry=`docker exec -ti database redis-cli hgetall "PORT_TABLE:Ethernet"$ether_counter""`
+
+        #   Grep next line after "alias"; remove numbering,
+        # quotes and everything else except of alias name.
+        port_data_alias=`echo "${port_data_entry}" | grep -A1 'alias' | grep -v 'alias' | sed -n 's/.* \"//p' | sed -n 's/\".*//p'`
+
+        # Compare db-alias to alias from CONFIGFILE
+        print_debug "---------------------------------------------"
+        print_debug "comparing: configfile_alias="${port_config_array[$ether_counter]}"\n
+            Redis_alias="$port_data_alias""
+
+        # Check if alias are the same
+        if [[ "$port_data_alias" != "${port_config_array[$ether_counter]}" ]]; then
+            echo -e "\n*** ERROR: port has got different aliases in port_config.ini and database."
+            echo -e "Port name:                 Ethernet$ether_counter"
+            echo -e "Alias in port_config.ini:  ${port_config_array[$ether_counter]}"
+            echo -e "Alias in Redis DB:         $port_data_alias\n"
+
+            print_debug "=============================="
+            print_debug "${port_config_array[*]}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        let ether_counter="ether_counter + 4"
+    done
+}
+
+function print_debug
+{
+    if [[ $DEBUG -ne "0" ]]; then
+        echo -e "$1"
+    fi
+}
+
+# ------------- START -------------
+
+readonly CONFIGFILE="/etc/ssw/*/port_config.ini"
+readonly LINESNUMBER=`wc -l < $CONFIGFILE`
+if [ $LINESNUMBER -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo -e "ERROR: wrong port_config table. Please check port_config.ini\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+let readonly ETHERMAX="($LINESNUMBER - 2) * 4"
+
+# Array where each port alias will be stored
+declare -a port_config_array
+
+# Read aliases from configfile
+read_configfile_aliases
+
+# Read aliases from Redis-db
+read_redis_aliases_and_compare
+
+echo "---------------------------------------------" 
+echo "Aliases tested successfully"
+echo "---------------------------------------------" 
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/port-alias.yml b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/port-alias.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d929f06c3f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/port-alias.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- name: Test port aliases
+  script: roles/test/files/helpers/test_aliases.sh
+  register: test_port_aliases_config
+  failed_when: test_port_aliases_config.rc != 0
+  changed_when: False
diff --git a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/sonic.yml b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/sonic.yml
index 5dfea64ae11..0c917f5ee9a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/test/tasks/sonic.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/test/tasks/sonic.yml
@@ -62,8 +62,12 @@
   include: arpall.yml
   tags: arp
 
-### When calling this basic_route, Chip is setup with proper parameters and
-### SAI API used by syncd daemon are called. This test is mainly for validation purpose used by external vendors.
+- name: Test port aliases configuration
+  include: port-alias.yml
+  tags: port-alias
+
+## When calling this basic_route, Chip is setup with proper parameters and
+## SAI API used by syncd daemon are called. This test is mainly for validation purpose used by external vendors.
 - name: Test basic_router
   include: basic_router.yml
   tags: basic_router