diff --git a/src/cli/README.md b/src/cli/README.md
index 67a6975fc..7b8d9c27c 100644
--- a/src/cli/README.md
+++ b/src/cli/README.md
@@ -1806,10 +1806,10 @@ Print table of routers.
 
 ```bash
 > router table
-| ID | RLOC16 | Next Hop | Path Cost | LQ In | LQ Out | Age | Extended MAC     |
-+----+--------+----------+-----------+-------+--------+-----+------------------+
-| 21 | 0x5400 |       21 |         0 |     3 |      3 |   5 | d28d7f875888fccb |
-| 56 | 0xe000 |       56 |         0 |     0 |      0 | 182 | f2d92a82c8d8fe43 |
+| ID | RLOC16 | Next Hop | Path Cost | LQ In | LQ Out | Age | Extended MAC     | Link |
++----+--------+----------+-----------+-------+--------+-----+------------------+------+
+| 22 | 0x5800 |       63 |         0 |     0 |      0 |   0 | 0aeb8196c9f61658 |    0 |
+| 49 | 0xc400 |       63 |         0 |     3 |      3 |   0 | faa1c03908e2dbf2 |    1 |
 Done
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/cli/cli.cpp b/src/cli/cli.cpp
index 91240fedd..7f860f4dd 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/cli.cpp
@@ -3492,8 +3492,8 @@ otError Interpreter::ProcessRouter(uint8_t aArgsLength, char *aArgs[])
 
         if (isTable)
         {
-            OutputLine("| ID | RLOC16 | Next Hop | Path Cost | LQ In | LQ Out | Age | Extended MAC     |");
-            OutputLine("+----+--------+----------+-----------+-------+--------+-----+------------------+");
+            OutputLine("| ID | RLOC16 | Next Hop | Path Cost | LQ In | LQ Out | Age | Extended MAC     | Link |");
+            OutputLine("+----+--------+----------+-----------+-------+--------+-----+------------------+------+");
         }
 
         maxRouterId = otThreadGetMaxRouterId(mInstance);
@@ -3516,7 +3516,7 @@ otError Interpreter::ProcessRouter(uint8_t aArgsLength, char *aArgs[])
                 OutputFormat("| %3d ", routerInfo.mAge);
                 OutputFormat("| ");
                 OutputExtAddress(routerInfo.mExtAddress);
-                OutputLine(" |");
+                OutputLine(" | %4d |", routerInfo.mLinkEstablished);
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
index 3f3fc7c5c..221199b09 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
@@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ class NodeImpl:
 
             line = line[1:][:-1]
             line = [x.strip() for x in line.split('|')]
-            if len(line) != 8:
+            if len(line) < 9:
                 print("unexpected line %d: %s" % (i, line))
                 continue
 
@@ -1927,6 +1927,7 @@ class NodeImpl:
             lqout = int(line[5])
             age = int(line[6])
             emac = str(line[7])
+            link = int(line[8])
 
             router_table[id] = {
                 'rloc16': rloc16,
@@ -1936,6 +1937,7 @@ class NodeImpl:
                 'lqout': lqout,
                 'age': age,
                 'emac': emac,
+                'link': link,
             }
 
         return router_table