diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/net/LinkResourceTestCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/net/LinkResourceTestCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a52b6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/net/LinkResourceTestCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package org.onosproject.cli.net;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Option;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.IntentId;
+import org.onosproject.net.resource.DefaultLinkResourceRequest;
+import org.onosproject.net.resource.LinkResourceAllocations;
+import org.onosproject.net.resource.LinkResourceRequest;
+import org.onosproject.net.resource.LinkResourceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.topology.PathService;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.Link;
+import org.onosproject.net.Path;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+
+/**
+ * Commands to test out LinkResourceManager directly.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "resource-request",
+        description = "request or remove resources")
+public class LinkResourceTestCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    // default is bandwidth.
+    @Option(name = "-m", aliases = "--mpls", description = "MPLS resource",
+            required = false, multiValued = false)
+    private boolean isMPLS = false;
+
+    @Option(name = "-o", aliases = "--optical", description = "Optical resource",
+            required = false, multiValued = false)
+    private boolean isOptical = false;
+
+    @Option(name = "-d", aliases = "--delete", description = "Delete resource by intent ID",
+            required = false, multiValued = false)
+    private boolean remove = false;
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "srcString", description = "Link source",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String srcString = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "dstString", description = "Link destination",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String dstString = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 2, name = "id", description = "Identifier",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    int id;
+
+    private LinkResourceService resService;
+    private PathService pathService;
+
+    private static final int BANDWIDTH = 1_000_000;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        resService = get(LinkResourceService.class);
+        pathService = get(PathService.class);
+
+        DeviceId src = DeviceId.deviceId(getDeviceId(srcString));
+        DeviceId dst = DeviceId.deviceId(getDeviceId(dstString));
+        IntentId intId = IntentId.valueOf(id);
+
+        Set<Path> paths = pathService.getPaths(src, dst);
+
+        if (paths == null || paths.isEmpty()) {
+            print("No path between %s and %s", srcString, dstString);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (remove) {
+            LinkResourceAllocations lra = resService.getAllocations(intId);
+            resService.releaseResources(lra);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (Path p : paths) {
+            List<Link> links = p.links();
+            LinkResourceRequest.Builder request = null;
+            if (isMPLS) {
+                List<Link> nlinks = Lists.newArrayList();
+                try {
+                    nlinks.addAll(links.subList(1, links.size() - 2));
+                    request = DefaultLinkResourceRequest.builder(intId, nlinks)
+                            .addMplsRequest();
+                } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                    log.warn("could not allocate MPLS path", e);
+                    continue;
+                }
+            } else if (isOptical) {
+                request = DefaultLinkResourceRequest.builder(intId, links)
+                        .addLambdaRequest();
+            } else {
+                request = DefaultLinkResourceRequest.builder(intId, links)
+                        .addBandwidthRequest(BANDWIDTH);
+            }
+
+            if (request != null) {
+                LinkResourceRequest lrr = request.build();
+                LinkResourceAllocations lra = resService.requestResources(lrr);
+                if (lra != null) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                print("Allocated:\n%s", lra);
+            } else {
+                log.info("nothing to request");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getDeviceId(String deviceString) {
+        int slash = deviceString.indexOf('/');
+        if (slash <= 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return deviceString.substring(0, slash);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml b/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
index bf2cb55..8a303dc 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
+++ b/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@
             </completers>
         </command>
         <command>
+            <action class="org.onosproject.cli.net.LinkResourceTestCommand"/>
+            <completers>
+                <ref component-id="connectPointCompleter"/>
+                <ref component-id="connectPointCompleter"/>
+                <null/>
+            </completers>
+        </command>
+        <command>
             <action class="org.onosproject.cli.net.ClustersListCommand"/>
         </command>
         <command>