diff --git a/vppcfg/config/acl.py b/vppcfg/config/acl.py
index 3580cee..8aef561 100644
--- a/vppcfg/config/acl.py
+++ b/vppcfg/config/acl.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import socket
 import ipaddress
 
 
-def get_aclx(yaml):
+def get_acls(yaml):
     """Return a list of all acls."""
     ret = []
     if "acls" in yaml:
diff --git a/vppcfg/config/test_acl.py b/vppcfg/config/test_acl.py
index e02ffa8..984b7b1 100644
--- a/vppcfg/config/test_acl.py
+++ b/vppcfg/config/test_acl.py
@@ -14,10 +14,30 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """ Unit tests for taps """
 import unittest
+import yaml
 from . import acl
+from .unittestyaml import UnitTestYaml
 
 
 class TestACLMethods(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        with UnitTestYaml("test_acl.yaml") as f:
+            self.cfg = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+
+    def test_get_acls(self):
+        acllist = acl.get_acls(self.cfg)
+        self.assertIsInstance(acllist, list)
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(acllist))
+
+    def test_get_by_name(self):
+        aclname, _acl = acl.get_by_name(self.cfg, "deny-all")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(_acl)
+        self.assertEqual("deny-all", aclname)
+
+        aclname, _acl = acl.get_by_name(self.cfg, "acl-noexist")
+        self.assertIsNone(aclname)
+        self.assertIsNone(_acl)
+
     def test_get_port_low_high(self):
         lo, hi = acl.get_port_low_high(80)
         self.assertEqual(80, lo)
diff --git a/vppcfg/unittest/test_acl.yaml b/vppcfg/unittest/test_acl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80bbf5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vppcfg/unittest/test_acl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+acls:
+  acl01:
+     description: "Test ACL #1"
+     terms:
+       - description: "Allow a specific IPv6 TCP flow"
+         action: permit
+         source: 2001:db8::/64
+         destination: 2001:db8:1::/64
+         protocol: tcp
+         destination-port: www
+         source-port: "1024-65535"
+       - description: "Allow IPv4 ICMP Destination Unreachable, any code"
+         family: ipv4
+         action: permit
+         protocol: icmp
+         icmp-type: 3
+         icmp-code: any
+       - description: "Deny any IPv4 or IPv6"
+         action: deny
+  deny-all:
+     description: "Test ACL #2"
+     terms:
+       - action: deny