diff --git a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/r1/frr-simple.conf b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/r1/frr-simple.conf
index d262afe35945..73df6b97b2bb 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/r1/frr-simple.conf
+++ b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/r1/frr-simple.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ debug mgmt client backend
 interface r1-eth0
   ip address 1.1.1.1/24
   description r1-eth0-desc
+  evpn mh es-df-pref 32767
 exit
 
 interface r1-eth1 vrf red
diff --git a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-only-config.json b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-only-config.json
index 928975927476..e48002e672a1 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-only-config.json
+++ b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-only-config.json
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 							"ip": "1.1.1.1",
 							"prefix-length": 24
 						}
-					]
+					],
+					"evpn-mh": {
+						"df-preference": 32767
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		]
diff --git a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-all-tag.json b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-all-tag.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caee164468a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-all-tag.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "frr-zebra:evpn-mh": {
+    "df-preference": 32767,
+    "bypass": false,
+    "@bypass": {
+      "ietf-netconf-with-defaults:default": true
+    },
+    "uplink": false,
+    "@uplink": {
+      "ietf-netconf-with-defaults:default": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-all.json b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-all.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07ba53b8bcc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-all.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "frr-zebra:evpn-mh": {
+    "df-preference": 32767,
+    "bypass": false,
+    "uplink": false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-explicit.json b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-explicit.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1779d1cd4ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-explicit.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "frr-zebra:evpn-mh": {
+    "df-preference": 32767
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-trim.json b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-trim.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efd7e8c684c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-trim.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "frr-zebra:evpn-mh": {}
+}
diff --git a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-with-config.json b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-with-config.json
index ef9e00561990..84ad82c05843 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-with-config.json
+++ b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/simple-results/result-intf-eth0-with-config.json
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 							"prefix-length": 24
 						}
 					],
+					"evpn-mh": {
+						"df-preference": 32767
+					},
 					"state": {
 						"up-count": 0,
 						"down-count": 0
diff --git a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/test_simple.py b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/test_simple.py
index a52d125ecfa4..3b115f62389b 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/test_simple.py
+++ b/tests/topotests/mgmt_oper/test_simple.py
@@ -146,6 +146,27 @@ def test_oper_simple(tgen):
             '/frr-interface:lib/interface[name="r1-eth0"]/state/mtu',
             "simple-results/result-intf-state-mtu.json",
         ),
+        # with-defaults
+        (
+            '/frr-interface:lib/interface[name="r1-eth0"]/frr-zebra:zebra/evpn-mh',
+            "simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-explicit.json",
+            "with-config exact",
+        ),
+        (
+            '/frr-interface:lib/interface[name="r1-eth0"]/frr-zebra:zebra/evpn-mh',
+            "simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-trim.json",
+            "with-config exact with-defaults trim",
+        ),
+        (
+            '/frr-interface:lib/interface[name="r1-eth0"]/frr-zebra:zebra/evpn-mh',
+            "simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-all.json",
+            "with-config exact with-defaults all",
+        ),
+        (
+            '/frr-interface:lib/interface[name="r1-eth0"]/frr-zebra:zebra/evpn-mh',
+            "simple-results/result-intf-eth0-wd-all-tag.json",
+            "with-config exact with-defaults all-tag",
+        ),
     ]
 
     r1 = tgen.gears["r1"].net