diff --git a/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts b/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
index 094c5aa..9077a82 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
+++ b/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@
 		ping-add = <3>;
 	};
 
+	phy_provider0: gen_phy@0 {
+		compatible = "sandbox,phy";
+		#phy-cells = <1>;
+	};
+
+	phy_provider1: gen_phy@1 {
+		compatible = "sandbox,phy";
+		#phy-cells = <0>;
+		broken;
+	};
+
+	gen_phy_user: gen_phy_user {
+		compatible = "simple-bus";
+		phys = <&phy_provider0 0>, <&phy_provider0 1>, <&phy_provider1>;
+		phy-names = "phy1", "phy2", "phy3";
+	};
+
 	some-bus {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
index 64bb923..95630fc 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@
 CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL=y
 CONFIG_FS_CBFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_CRAMFS=y
+CONFIG_PHY=y
+CONFIG_PHY_SANDBOX=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DHRYSTONE=y
 CONFIG_TPM=y
 CONFIG_LZ4=y
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_noblk_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_noblk_defconfig
index fb98ab8..26183af 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_noblk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_noblk_defconfig
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@
 CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL=y
 CONFIG_FS_CBFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_CRAMFS=y
+CONFIG_PHY=y
+CONFIG_PHY_SANDBOX=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DHRYSTONE=y
 CONFIG_TPM=y
 CONFIG_LZ4=y
diff --git a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
index 9b7b1fe..9324353 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
 CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL=y
 CONFIG_FS_CBFS=y
 CONFIG_FS_CRAMFS=y
+CONFIG_PHY=y
+CONFIG_PHY_SANDBOX=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DHRYSTONE=y
 CONFIG_TPM=y
 CONFIG_LZ4=y
diff --git a/drivers/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/phy/Kconfig
index 0a74920..75f459d 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/phy/Kconfig
@@ -33,4 +33,12 @@
 	  compatible as possible with the equivalent framework found in the
 	  linux kernel.
 
+config PHY_SANDBOX
+	bool "Sandbox PHY support"
+	depends on SANDBOX
+	depends on PHY
+	help
+	  This select a dummy sandbox PHY driver. It used only to implement
+	  the unit tests for the phy framework
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/phy/Makefile b/drivers/phy/Makefile
index 45f786a..fd037c3 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/phy/Makefile
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 #
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)PHY) += phy-uclass.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PHY_SANDBOX) += sandbox-phy.o
diff --git a/drivers/phy/sandbox-phy.c b/drivers/phy/sandbox-phy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad820c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/phy/sandbox-phy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
+ * Written by Jean-Jacques Hiblot  <jjhiblot@ti.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <generic-phy.h>
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+struct sandbox_phy_priv {
+	bool initialized;
+	bool on;
+	bool broken;
+};
+
+static int sandbox_phy_power_on(struct phy *phy)
+{
+	struct sandbox_phy_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(phy->dev);
+
+	if (!priv->initialized)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (priv->broken)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	priv->on = true;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sandbox_phy_power_off(struct phy *phy)
+{
+	struct sandbox_phy_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(phy->dev);
+
+	if (!priv->initialized)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (priv->broken)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	/*
+	 * for validation purpose, let's says that power off
+	 * works only for PHY 0
+	 */
+	if (phy->id)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	priv->on = false;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sandbox_phy_init(struct phy *phy)
+{
+	struct sandbox_phy_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(phy->dev);
+
+	priv->initialized = true;
+	priv->on = true;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sandbox_phy_exit(struct phy *phy)
+{
+	struct sandbox_phy_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(phy->dev);
+
+	priv->initialized = false;
+	priv->on = false;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sandbox_phy_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct sandbox_phy_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	priv->initialized = false;
+	priv->on = false;
+	priv->broken = fdtdec_get_bool(gd->fdt_blob, dev_of_offset(dev),
+				       "broken");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct phy_ops sandbox_phy_ops = {
+	.power_on = sandbox_phy_power_on,
+	.power_off = sandbox_phy_power_off,
+	.init = sandbox_phy_init,
+	.exit = sandbox_phy_exit,
+};
+
+static const struct udevice_id sandbox_phy_ids[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "sandbox,phy" },
+	{ }
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(phy_sandbox) = {
+	.name		= "phy_sandbox",
+	.id		= UCLASS_PHY,
+	.of_match	= sandbox_phy_ids,
+	.ops		= &sandbox_phy_ops,
+	.probe		= sandbox_phy_probe,
+	.priv_auto_alloc_size = sizeof(struct sandbox_phy_priv),
+};
diff --git a/test/dm/Makefile b/test/dm/Makefile
index b15f1d0..513c456 100644
--- a/test/dm/Makefile
+++ b/test/dm/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_MAILBOX) += mailbox.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_MMC) += mmc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_PCI) += pci.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PHY) += phy.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_POWER_DOMAIN) += power-domain.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_PWM) += pwm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAM) += ram.o
diff --git a/test/dm/phy.c b/test/dm/phy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..811045f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dm/phy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
+ * Written by Jean-Jacques Hiblot  <jjhiblot@ti.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <generic-phy.h>
+#include <dm/test.h>
+#include <test/ut.h>
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+/* Base test of the phy uclass */
+static int dm_test_phy_base(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	struct udevice *dev;
+	struct phy phy1_method1;
+	struct phy phy1_method2;
+	struct phy phy2;
+	struct phy phy3;
+	struct udevice *parent;
+
+	/* Get the device using the phy device*/
+	ut_assertok(uclass_get_device_by_name(UCLASS_SIMPLE_BUS,
+					      "gen_phy_user", &parent));
+	/*
+	 * Get the same phy port in 2 different ways and compare.
+	 */
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_get_by_name(parent, "phy1", &phy1_method1))
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_get_by_index(parent, 0, &phy1_method2))
+	ut_asserteq(phy1_method1.id, phy1_method2.id);
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the second phy port. Check that the same phy provider (device)
+	 * provides this 2nd phy port, but that the IDs are different
+	 */
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_get_by_name(parent, "phy2", &phy2))
+	ut_asserteq_ptr(phy1_method2.dev, phy2.dev);
+	ut_assert(phy1_method1.id != phy2.id);
+
+	/*
+	 * Get the third phy port. Check that the phy provider is different
+	 */
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_get_by_name(parent, "phy3", &phy3))
+	ut_assert(phy2.dev != phy3.dev);
+
+	/* Try to get a non-existing phy */
+	ut_asserteq(-ENODEV, uclass_get_device(UCLASS_PHY, 3, &dev));
+	ut_assert(generic_phy_get_by_name(parent, "phy_not_existing",
+					  &phy1_method1) < 0)
+
+	return 0;
+}
+DM_TEST(dm_test_phy_base, DM_TESTF_SCAN_PDATA | DM_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);
+
+/* Test of the phy uclass using the sandbox phy driver operations */
+static int dm_test_phy_ops(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	struct phy phy1;
+	struct phy phy2;
+	struct phy phy3;
+	struct udevice *parent;
+
+	ut_assertok(uclass_get_device_by_name(UCLASS_SIMPLE_BUS,
+					      "gen_phy_user", &parent));
+
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_get_by_name(parent, "phy1", &phy1));
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_get_by_name(parent, "phy2", &phy2));
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_get_by_name(parent, "phy3", &phy3));
+
+	/* test normal operations */
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_init(&phy1));
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_power_on(&phy1));
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_power_off(&phy1));
+
+	/*
+	 * test operations after exit().
+	 * The sandbox phy driver does not allow it.
+	 */
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_exit(&phy1));
+	ut_assert(generic_phy_power_on(&phy1) != 0);
+	ut_assert(generic_phy_power_off(&phy1) != 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * test normal operations again (after re-init)
+	 */
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_init(&phy1));
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_power_on(&phy1));
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_power_off(&phy1));
+
+	/*
+	 * test calling unimplemented feature.
+	 * The call is expected to succeed
+	 */
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_reset(&phy1));
+
+	/* PHY2 has a known problem with power off */
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_init(&phy2));
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_power_on(&phy2));
+	ut_assert(generic_phy_power_off(&phy2) == -EIO);
+
+	/* PHY3 has a known problem with power off and power on*/
+	ut_assertok(generic_phy_init(&phy3));
+	ut_assert(generic_phy_power_off(&phy3) == -EIO);
+	ut_assert(generic_phy_power_off(&phy3) == -EIO);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+DM_TEST(dm_test_phy_ops, DM_TESTF_SCAN_PDATA | DM_TESTF_SCAN_FDT);