diff --git a/openecomp-bdd/stepDefinitions/VLM_steps.js b/openecomp-bdd/stepDefinitions/VLM_steps.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e0dd31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openecomp-bdd/stepDefinitions/VLM_steps.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016-2017 European Support Limited
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+const {Then, When, Given} = require('cucumber');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const util = require('./Utils.js');
+
+/**
+ * @module VLM
+ * @description Creates a new VLM with a random name and saves the id and versionId on the context item object and the context vlm object<br>
+ *     Input data  will be taken from the 'resources/json/createVLM.json' file.
+ *@exampleFile Example_VLM.feature
+ * @step I want to create a VLM
+ **/
+When('I want to create a VLM', function()  {
+	let inputData = util.getJSONFromFile('resources/json/createVLM.json');
+	inputData.vendorName = util.random();
+	let path = '/vendor-license-models';
+	return util.request(this.context, 'POST', path, inputData).then(result => {
+		this.context.item ={id : result.data.itemId, versionId: result.data.version.id};
+		this.context.vlm = {id : result.data.itemId, name : inputData.vendorName};
+	});
+});
+
+/**
+ * @module VLM
+ * @exampleFile Example_VLM.feature
+ * @step I want to submit this VLM
+ **/
+Then('I want to submit this VLM', function()  {
+	let inputData = {action: 'Submit'};
+	let path = '/vendor-license-models/' + this.context.item.id + '/versions/' + this.context.item.versionId + '/actions';
+	return util.request(this.context, 'PUT', path, inputData);
+});
+