diff --git a/src/mgmt/nfd/control-command.cpp b/src/mgmt/nfd/control-command.cpp
index 96bba6c..a51ecb6 100644
--- a/src/mgmt/nfd/control-command.cpp
+++ b/src/mgmt/nfd/control-command.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 {
   m_requestValidator
     .required(CONTROL_PARAMETER_URI)
+    .optional(CONTROL_PARAMETER_LOCAL_URI)
     .optional(CONTROL_PARAMETER_FACE_PERSISTENCY)
     .optional(CONTROL_PARAMETER_FLAGS)
     .optional(CONTROL_PARAMETER_MASK);
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/mgmt/nfd/control-command.t.cpp b/tests/unit-tests/mgmt/nfd/control-command.t.cpp
index 0ebf450..f812088 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/mgmt/nfd/control-command.t.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/mgmt/nfd/control-command.t.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
   ControlParameters p4;
   p4.setUri("tcp4://192.0.2.1")
+    .setLocalUri("dev://eth0")
     .setFacePersistency(FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERSISTENT)
     .setFlags(0x3)
     .setMask(0x1);