diff --git a/examples/backends/vllm/launch/agg_multimodal_epd.sh b/examples/backends/vllm/launch/agg_multimodal_epd.sh
index 3b61789e41..848384ea6a 100755
--- a/examples/backends/vllm/launch/agg_multimodal_epd.sh
+++ b/examples/backends/vllm/launch/agg_multimodal_epd.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ trap 'echo Cleaning up...; kill 0' EXIT
 MODEL_NAME="llava-hf/llava-1.5-7b-hf"
 PROMPT_TEMPLATE="USER: <image>\n<prompt> ASSISTANT:"
 PROVIDED_PROMPT_TEMPLATE=""
+REQUEST_PLANE="nats"
 
 # Parse command line arguments
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
@@ -31,11 +32,16 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             PROVIDED_PROMPT_TEMPLATE=$2
             shift 2
             ;;
+        --request-plane)
+            REQUEST_PLANE=$2
+            shift 2
+            ;;
         -h|--help)
             echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS]"
             echo "Options:"
             echo "  --model <model_name> Specify the model to use (default: $MODEL_NAME)"
             echo "  --prompt-template <template> Specify the multi-modal prompt template to use. LLaVA 1.5 7B, Qwen2.5-VL, and Phi3V models have predefined templates."
+            echo "  --request-plane <plane> Specify the request plane to use. (default: nats, options: nats, http, tcp)"
             echo "  -h, --help           Show this help message"
             exit 0
             ;;
@@ -63,6 +69,12 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
+
+if [[ -n "$REQUEST_PLANE" ]]; then
+    export DYN_REQUEST_PLANE="$REQUEST_PLANE"
+    echo "Using request plane: $REQUEST_PLANE"
+fi
+
 # Start frontend (HTTP endpoint)
 python -m dynamo.frontend --http-port=8000 &
 
diff --git a/tests/serve/test_vllm.py b/tests/serve/test_vllm.py
index d14ea48688..e841034b80 100644
--- a/tests/serve/test_vllm.py
+++ b/tests/serve/test_vllm.py
@@ -177,6 +177,36 @@ class VLLMConfig(EngineConfig):
             )
         ],
     ),
+    "multimodal_agg_qwen_epd_30mb_img": VLLMConfig(
+        name="multimodal_agg_qwen_epd_30mb_img",
+        directory=vllm_dir,
+        script_name="agg_multimodal_epd.sh",
+        marks=[pytest.mark.gpu_2],
+        model="Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-7B-Instruct",
+        delayed_start=0,
+        script_args=[
+            "--model",
+            "Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-7B-Instruct",
+            "--request-plane",
+            "tcp",
+        ],
+        timeout=360,
+        request_payloads=[
+            chat_payload(
+                [
+                    {"type": "text", "text": "What is in this image?"},
+                    {
+                        "type": "image_url",
+                        "image_url": {
+                            "url": "https://floatingworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Sample-jpg-image-30mb-16.jpg"
+                        },
+                    },
+                ],
+                repeat_count=1,
+                expected_response=["bus"],
+            )
+        ],
+    ),
     "multimodal_agg_qwen": VLLMConfig(
         name="multimodal_agg_qwen",
         directory=vllm_dir,