diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/CMakeLists.txt b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/CMakeLists.txt
index a1fd60f379afcf1eb57fb07908d647421cb3841f..bc736a0002e7402837fb0acef43a1d811f877ac9 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ atlas_add_test( TestConfigNewConf
 atlas_add_test( TestDCSConditionsNewConf
                 SCRIPT python -m SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms.SCT_DCSConditionsTestAlgConfig
                 PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 600 )
+atlas_add_test( TestLinkMaskingNewConf
+                SCRIPT share/TestLinkMaskingNewConf.sh
+                PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 600 )
 atlas_add_test( TestMajorityNewConf
                 SCRIPT python -m SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms.SCT_MajorityConditionsTestAlgConfig
                 PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 600 )
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/python/SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlgConfig.py b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/python/SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlgConfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..02fe8f9590e969d2852979547e3d2ea75a213589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/python/SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlgConfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+"""Define method to configure and test SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlg
+
+Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+"""
+from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
+from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentFactory import CompFactory
+
+def SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlgCfg(flags, name="SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlg", **kwargs):
+    """Return a configured SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlg"""
+    acc = ComponentAccumulator()
+    from SCT_ConditionsTools.SCT_LinkMaskingConfig import SCT_LinkMaskingCfg
+    kwargs.setdefault("LinkMaskingTool", acc.popToolsAndMerge(SCT_LinkMaskingCfg(flags)))
+    acc.addEventAlgo(CompFactory.SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlg(**kwargs))
+    return acc
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    from AthenaCommon.Logging import log
+    from AthenaCommon.Constants import INFO
+    log.setLevel(INFO)
+
+    from AthenaCommon.Configurable import Configurable
+    Configurable.configurableRun3Behavior=1
+    
+    from AthenaConfiguration.AllConfigFlags import ConfigFlags
+    ConfigFlags.Input.isMC = False
+    ConfigFlags.Input.ProjectName = "data16_13TeV"
+    ConfigFlags.Input.RunNumber = 310809
+    ConfigFlags.addFlag("Input.InitialTimeStamp", 1476741326) # LB 18 of run 310809, 10/17/2016 @ 9:55pm (UTC)
+    ConfigFlags.IOVDb.GlobalTag = "CONDBR2-BLKPA-2017-10"
+    ConfigFlags.GeoModel.AtlasVersion = "ATLAS-R2-2016-01-00-01"
+    ConfigFlags.Detector.GeometrySCT = True
+    ConfigFlags.lock()
+
+    from AthenaConfiguration.MainServicesConfig import MainServicesCfg
+    cfg = MainServicesCfg(ConfigFlags)
+
+    from McEventSelector.McEventSelectorConfig import McEventSelectorCfg
+    cfg.merge(McEventSelectorCfg(ConfigFlags))
+
+    cfg.merge(SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlgCfg(ConfigFlags))
+
+    cfg.run(maxEvents=20)
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/share/TestLinkMaskingNewConf.sh b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/share/TestLinkMaskingNewConf.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..501e5fa0c87e01b1407a6fa145473b27d8192829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms/share/TestLinkMaskingNewConf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+get_files -scripts createLinkMaskingSQLiteFile.py
+python createLinkMaskingSQLiteFile.py
+ln -s LinkMasking.db mycool.db # mycool.db is hard coded in Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
+python -m SCT_ConditionsAlgorithms.SCT_LinkMaskingTestAlgConfig
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsTools/python/SCT_LinkMaskingConfig.py b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsTools/python/SCT_LinkMaskingConfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0acba43f9538ffb71c2ccb8dab7ae5ad95cc9df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SCT_ConditionsTools/python/SCT_LinkMaskingConfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""Define methods to configure SCT_LinkMaskingTool
+
+Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+"""
+from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
+from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentFactory import CompFactory
+from AtlasGeoModel.GeoModelConfig import GeoModelCfg
+from IOVDbSvc.IOVDbSvcConfig import addFolders
+
+def SCT_LinkMaskingCfg(flags, name="SCT_LinkMasking", **kwargs):
+    """Configure necessary condition folder, condition algorithm
+       for SCT_LinkMaskingTool and return it.
+    """
+    acc = ComponentAccumulator()
+
+    # For SCT_ID used in SCT_LinkMaskingTool
+    acc.merge(GeoModelCfg(flags))
+
+    # Condition folders
+    folder = "/purple/pants"
+    # mycool.db is hard coded in Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
+    dbConnection = "<dbConnection>sqlite://;schema=mycool.db;dbname=CONDBR2</dbConnection>"
+    acc.merge(addFolders(configFlags=flags, folderstrings=folder, className="CondAttrListCollection", db=dbConnection))
+
+    # Condition algorithm
+    kwargs.setdefault("ReadKey", folder)
+    alg = CompFactory.SCT_LinkMaskingCondAlg(name=name+"CondAlg", **kwargs)
+    acc.addCondAlgo(alg)
+
+    # Condition tool
+    acc.merge(GeoModelCfg(flags)) # For SCT_ID used in SCT_DCSConditionsTool
+    acc.setPrivateTools(CompFactory.SCT_LinkMaskingTool(name=name+"Tool"))
+
+    return acc