diff --git a/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/start.sh b/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/start.sh
index 2d771a3cc6fd..93c9cf479d69 100755
--- a/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/start.sh
+++ b/platform/vs/docker-sonic-vs/start.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ else
 fi
 sonic-cfggen -t /usr/share/sonic/templates/copp_cfg.j2 > /etc/sonic/copp_cfg.json
 
+if [ "$fake_platform" == "mellanox" ]; then
+    cp /usr/share/sonic/hwsku/sai_mlnx.profile /usr/share/sonic/hwsku/sai.profile
+fi
+
 mkdir -p /etc/swss/config.d/
 
 rm -f /var/run/rsyslogd.pid
diff --git a/src/sonic-device-data/Makefile b/src/sonic-device-data/Makefile
index 3de98ef84b42..2077e98f3e98 100644
--- a/src/sonic-device-data/Makefile
+++ b/src/sonic-device-data/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $(addprefix $(DEST)/, $(MAIN_TARGET)): $(DEST)/% :
 	for d in `find -L ../../../device -maxdepth 3 -mindepth 3 -type d | grep -vE "(plugins|led-code)"`; do \
 		cp -Lr $$d device/x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0/ ; \
 		cp ./sai.vs_profile device/x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0/$$(basename $$d)/sai.profile; \
+		cp ./sai_mlnx.vs_profile device/x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0/$$(basename $$d)/sai_mlnx.profile; \
 		grep -v ^# device/x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0/$$(basename $$d)/port_config.ini | awk '{i=i+1;print "eth"i":"$$2}' > device/x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0/$$(basename $$d)/lanemap.ini
 		cp ./pai.vs_profile device/x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0/$$(basename $$d)/pai.profile; \
 		grep -v ^# device/x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0/$$(basename $$d)/port_config.ini | awk '{i=i+1;print "eth"i":"$$2}' > device/x86_64-kvm_x86_64-r0/$$(basename $$d)/lanemap.ini
diff --git a/src/sonic-device-data/src/sai_mlnx.vs_profile b/src/sonic-device-data/src/sai_mlnx.vs_profile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b54438c4130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sonic-device-data/src/sai_mlnx.vs_profile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SAI_VS_SWITCH_TYPE=SAI_VS_SWITCH_TYPE_MLNX2700
+SAI_VS_HOSTIF_USE_TAP_DEVICE=true
+SAI_VS_INTERFACE_LANE_MAP_FILE=/usr/share/sonic/hwsku/lanemap.ini
+SAI_VS_CORE_PORT_INDEX_MAP_FILE=/usr/share/sonic/hwsku/coreportindexmap.ini
+SAI_VS_INTERFACE_FABRIC_LANE_MAP_FILE=/usr/share/sonic/hwsku/fabriclanemap.ini