diff --git a/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/DistributedPrimitivesTest.java b/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/DistributedPrimitivesTest.java
index a83c7db..3296046 100644
--- a/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/DistributedPrimitivesTest.java
+++ b/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/DistributedPrimitivesTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
 import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
 import org.onosproject.store.serializers.KryoNamespaces;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.DistributedLock;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.EventuallyConsistentMap;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.LeaderElector;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.StorageService;
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
 
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 
-
 /**
  * Simple application to test distributed primitives.
  */
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 
     private final Map<String, EventuallyConsistentMap<String, String>> maps = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
     private final Map<String, LeaderElector> electors = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
+    private final Map<String, DistributedLock> locks = Maps.newConcurrentMap();
 
     @Activate
     protected void activate() {
@@ -90,8 +91,21 @@
      */
     public LeaderElector getLeaderElector(String name) {
         return electors.computeIfAbsent(name, n -> storageService.leaderElectorBuilder()
-                .withName(name)
-                .build()
-                .asLeaderElector());
+            .withName(name)
+            .build()
+            .asLeaderElector());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a lock instance by name.
+     *
+     * @param name the lock name
+     * @return the lock
+     */
+    public DistributedLock getLock(String name) {
+        return locks.computeIfAbsent(name, n -> storageService.lockBuilder()
+            .withName(name)
+            .build()
+            .asLock());
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/cli/DistributedLockTestCommand.java b/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/cli/DistributedLockTestCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e23cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/test/distributed-primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/distributedprimitives/cli/DistributedLockTestCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.distributedprimitives.cli;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.distributedprimitives.DistributedPrimitivesTest;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.DistributedLock;
+
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "lock-test",
+    description = "DistributedLock test cli fixture")
+public class DistributedLockTestCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "name",
+        description = "lock name",
+        required = true,
+        multiValued = false)
+    String name = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "operation",
+        description = "operation",
+        required = true,
+        multiValued = false)
+    String operation = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 2, name = "durationMillis",
+        description = "lock attempt duration in milliseconds",
+        required = false,
+        multiValued = false)
+    Long durationMillis = null;
+
+    DistributedLock lock;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        DistributedPrimitivesTest test = get(DistributedPrimitivesTest.class);
+        lock = test.getLock(name);
+        if ("lock".equals(operation)) {
+            lock.lock();
+        } else if ("tryLock".equals(operation)) {
+            if (durationMillis == null) {
+                print("%b", lock.tryLock().isPresent());
+            } else {
+                print("%b", lock.tryLock(Duration.ofMillis(durationMillis)).isPresent());
+            }
+        } else if ("unlock".equals(operation)) {
+            lock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+}