diff --git a/security/pkg/cmd/probe_test.go b/security/pkg/cmd/probe_test.go
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+// Copyright 2017 Istio Authors
+//
+// 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 cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewProbeCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := NewProbeCmd()
+
+	if cmd.Name() != "probe" {
+		t.Errorf("Command name does not match")
+	}
+
+	flags := cmd.PersistentFlags()
+	strVal, err := flags.GetString("probe-path")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to get probe-path flag")
+	}
+	if strVal != "" {
+		t.Errorf("probe-path value should be empty")
+	}
+
+	durVal, err := flags.GetDuration("interval")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to get interval flag")
+	}
+	if durVal != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("interval var should be 0")
+	}
+}