diff --git a/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/util/Constants.java b/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/util/Constants.java
index 43d31c5..1839a31 100644
--- a/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/util/Constants.java
+++ b/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/util/Constants.java
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
     public static final byte SAFI_FLOWSPEC_RPD_VALUE = (byte) 133;
     public static final byte VPN_SAFI_FLOWSPEC_RDP_VALUE = (byte) 134;
 
+    public static final short AFI_EVPN_VALUE = 25;
+    public static final byte SAFI_EVPN_VALUE = (byte) 70;
+
     public static final byte RPD_CAPABILITY_RECEIVE_VALUE = 0;
     public static final byte RPD_CAPABILITY_SEND_VALUE = 1;
     public static final byte RPD_CAPABILITY_SEND_RECEIVE_VALUE = 2;
@@ -73,6 +76,15 @@
     public static final byte BGP_FLOWSPEC_DSCP = 0x0b;
     public static final byte BGP_FLOWSPEC_FRAGMENT = 0x0c;
 
+    // for EVPN
+    public static final short BGP_ROUTE_TARGET_AS = (short) 0x0002;
+    public static final short BGP_ROUTE_TARGET_IP = (short) 0x0102;
+    public static final short BGP_ROUTE_TARGET_LARGEAS = (short) 0x0202;
+    public static final short BGP_EVPN_ETHERNET_AUTO_DISCOVERY = (short) 0x01;
+    public static final short BGP_EVPN_MAC_IP_ADVERTISEMENT = (short) 0x02;
+    public static final short BGP_EVPN_INCLUSIVE_MULTICASE_ETHERNET = (short) 0x03;
+    public static final short BGP_EVPN_ETHERNET_SEGMENT = (short) 0x04;
+
     public static final short BGP_FLOWSPEC_ACTION_TRAFFIC_RATE = (short) 0x8006;
     public static final short BGP_FLOWSPEC_ACTION_TRAFFIC_ACTION = (short) 0x8007;
     public static final short BGP_FLOWSPEC_ACTION_TRAFFIC_REDIRECT = (short) 0x8008;
diff --git a/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/util/Validation.java b/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/util/Validation.java
index 93eb376..3f06487 100644
--- a/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/util/Validation.java
+++ b/protocols/bgp/bgpio/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bgpio/util/Validation.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
 import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+import org.onlab.packet.MacAddress;
 import org.onosproject.bgpio.exceptions.BgpParseException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -151,7 +152,19 @@
         }
         return ipAddress;
     }
-
+    /**
+     * Convert byte array to MacAddress.
+     *
+     * @param length of MacAddress
+     * @param cb channelBuffer
+     * @return macAddress
+     */
+    public static MacAddress toMacAddress(int length, ChannelBuffer cb) {
+        byte[] address = new byte[length];
+        cb.readBytes(address, 0, length);
+        MacAddress macAddress = MacAddress.valueOf(address);
+        return macAddress;
+    }
     /**
      * Returns first bit in type flags.
      *