diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/tests/unit_test_common.py b/xos/synchronizer/tests/unit_test_common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68f6743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/tests/unit_test_common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+def setup_sync_unit_test(test_path, globals_dict, models, config_fn="test_config.yaml"):
+    """ Perform the common steps associated with setting up a synchronizer unit test.
+           1) Add synchronizers/new_base to sys.path
+           2) Import xosconfig.Config and set it up to test_config.yaml in the current dir
+           3) Build the mock modelaccessor and import it
+           4) Import all model accessor classes into global space
+
+        Arguments:
+            test_path - path to the test case that is being run
+            globals_dict - a dictionary to add global models to
+            models - a list of pairs (service_name, xproto_name,
+            config_fn - filename of config file)
+
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary containing the following:
+                sys_path_save: the original sys.path
+                model_accessor: model accessor class
+                Config: the Config object
+                xos_dir: xos directory
+                services_dir: services directory
+    """
+    def get_models_fn(services_dir, service_name, xproto_name):
+        name = os.path.join(service_name, "xos", xproto_name)
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(services_dir, name)):
+            return name
+        else:
+            name = os.path.join(service_name, "xos", "synchronizer", "models", xproto_name)
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(services_dir, name)):
+                return name
+        raise Exception("Unable to find service=%s xproto=%s" % (service_name, xproto_name))
+
+    sys_path_save = sys.path
+
+    xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "../../..")
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_path, "new_base")):
+        xos_dir = os.path.join(test_path, "../../../../../../orchestration/xos/xos")
+        services_dir = os.path.join(xos_dir, "../../xos_services")
+    sys.path.append(xos_dir)
+    sys.path.append(os.path.join(xos_dir, 'synchronizers', 'new_base'))
+
+    # Setting up the config module
+    from xosconfig import Config
+    config = os.path.join(test_path, config_fn)
+    Config.clear()
+    Config.init(config, "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+    xprotos = []
+    for (service_name, xproto_name) in models:
+        xprotos.append(get_models_fn(services_dir, service_name, xproto_name))
+
+    from synchronizers.new_base.mock_modelaccessor_build import build_mock_modelaccessor
+    build_mock_modelaccessor(xos_dir, services_dir, xprotos)
+    import synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor
+    from synchronizers.new_base.modelaccessor import model_accessor
+    from mock_modelaccessor import MockObjectList
+
+    # import all class names to globals
+    for (k, v) in model_accessor.all_model_classes.items():
+        globals_dict[k] = v
+
+    return {"sys_path_save": sys_path_save,
+            "model_accessor": model_accessor,
+            "Config": Config,
+            "xos_dir": xos_dir,
+            "services_dir": services_dir,
+            "MockObjectList": MockObjectList}