diff --git a/tools/lint/tests/non-interactive/data_present.test b/tools/lint/tests/non-interactive/data_present.test
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+source [expr {[info exists ::env(TESTS_DIR)] ? "$env(TESTS_DIR)/non-interactive/ly.tcl" : "ly.tcl"}]
+
+set mdir $::env(YANG_MODULES_DIR)
+set ddir $::env(TESTS_DIR)/data
+
+test data_present_via_mandatory {validation of mandatory-stmt will pass only with the --present} {
+    set mods "$mdir/modleaf.yang $mdir/modmandatory.yang"
+    ly_cmd_err "$ddir/modleaf.xml $mods" "Mandatory node \"lft\" instance does not exist."
+    ly_cmd "-e $ddir/modleaf.xml $mods"
+} {}
+
+test data_present_merge_invalid {using --present and --merge but data are invalid} {
+    set mods "$mdir/modleaf.yang $mdir/modmandatory.yang"
+    set data "$ddir/modleaf.xml $ddir/modmandatory_invalid.xml"
+    ly_cmd_err "-e -m  $data $mods" "Mandatory node \"lft\" instance does not exist."
+} {}
+
+cleanupTests