diff --git a/ntc_templates/templates/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.textfsm b/ntc_templates/templates/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.textfsm
index 710f31a161..7093bb1d12 100644
--- a/ntc_templates/templates/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.textfsm
+++ b/ntc_templates/templates/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.textfsm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Value PORT (\S+)
 Value NAME (.+?)
 Value STATUS (err-disabled|disabled|connected|notconnect|inactive|up|down|monitoring|suspended)
-Value VLAN_ID (\d+|trunk|routed)
+Value VLAN_ID (\d+|trunk|routed|unassigned)
 Value DUPLEX (\S+)
 Value SPEED (\S+)
 Value TYPE (.*)
diff --git a/tests/cisco_ios/show_interfaces_status/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.raw b/tests/cisco_ios/show_interfaces_status/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.raw
index 4235c61622..02a2d59afc 100644
--- a/tests/cisco_ios/show_interfaces_status/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.raw
+++ b/tests/cisco_ios/show_interfaces_status/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.raw
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ Gi1/0/17  Multi Space        disabled     16         a-half   auto 10/100BaseTX
 Gi1/0/18  Monitoring Port    monitoring   routed     a-full   auto 10/100/1000BaseT
 Gi1/0/19  No Description     notconnect:    1         a-full  a-100 10/100/1000BaseTX
 Gi1/0/20  No Description     connected:     1         a-full  a-100 10/100/1000BaseTX
+Gi1/0/21  Monitoring Port    monitoring   unassigned     a-full   auto 10/100/1000BaseT
 Fa1/6   test               notconnect   1            auto    auto 10/100BaseTX
 Po1       ethchl             connected    trunk      a-full a-1000
diff --git a/tests/cisco_ios/show_interfaces_status/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.yml b/tests/cisco_ios/show_interfaces_status/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.yml
index 98fb39eb13..e2fe22d550 100644
--- a/tests/cisco_ios/show_interfaces_status/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.yml
+++ b/tests/cisco_ios/show_interfaces_status/cisco_ios_show_interfaces_status.yml
@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ parsed_sample:
     status: "connected"
     type: "10/100/1000BaseTX"
     vlan_id: "1"
+  - duplex: "a-full"
+    fc_mode: ""
+    name: "Monitoring Port"
+    port: "Gi1/0/21"
+    speed: "auto"
+    status: "monitoring"
+    type: "10/100/1000BaseT"
+    vlan_id: "unassigned"
   - duplex: "auto"
     fc_mode: ""
     name: "test"