diff --git a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/border_router/test_multi_ail.py b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/border_router/test_multi_ail.py
index 665e3d092..66642fd7f 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/border_router/test_multi_ail.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/border_router/test_multi_ail.py
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ class TwoBorderRoutersOnTwoInfrastructures(thread_cert.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(br1.ping(br2_infra_link_local, interface=br1_infra_link_local))
         self.assertFalse(br2.ping(br1_infra_link_local, interface=br2_infra_link_local))
 
+        # br peers
+        self.assertEqual(br1.get_br_peers_rloc16s(), [br2.get_addr16()])
+        self.assertEqual(br2.get_br_peers_rloc16s(), [br1.get_addr16()])
+
+        # br routers
+        self.assertEqual(br1.get_br_routers_ip_addresses(), [])
+        self.assertEqual(br2.get_br_routers_ip_addresses(), [])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main(verbosity=2)
diff --git a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
index 1e8ed91a1..9139541c8 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
@@ -2221,6 +2221,9 @@ class NodeImpl:
         self.send_command(cmd)
         self._expect_done()
 
+    #
+    # BR commands
+    #
     def enable_br(self):
         self.send_command('br enable')
         self._expect_done()
@@ -2234,6 +2237,35 @@ class NodeImpl:
         self.send_command(cmd)
         return self._expect_command_output()[0]
 
+    def get_br_peers(self) -> List[str]:
+        # Example output of `br peers` command:
+        #   rloc16:0xa800 age:00:00:50
+        #   rloc16:0x6800 age:00:00:51
+        #   Done
+        self.send_command('br peers')
+        return self._expect_command_output()
+
+    def get_br_peers_rloc16s(self) -> List[int]:
+        """parse `br peers` output and return the list of RLOC16s"""
+        return [
+            int(pair.split(':')[1], 16)
+            for line in self.get_br_peers()
+            for pair in line.split()
+            if pair.split(':')[0] == 'rloc16'
+        ]
+
+    def get_br_routers(self) -> List[str]:
+        # Example output of `br routers` command:
+        #   fe80:0:0:0:42:acff:fe14:3 (M:0 O:0 Stub:1) ms-since-rx:144160 reachable:yes age:00:17:36 (peer BR)
+        #   fe80:0:0:0:42:acff:fe14:2 (M:0 O:0 Stub:1) ms-since-rx:45179 reachable:yes age:00:17:36
+        #   Done
+        self.send_command('br routers')
+        return self._expect_command_output()
+
+    def get_br_routers_ip_addresses(self) -> List[IPv6Address]:
+        """parse `br routers` output and return the list of IPv6 addresses"""
+        return [IPv6Address(line.split()[0]) for line in self.get_br_routers()]
+
     def get_netdata_omr_prefixes(self):
         omr_prefixes = []
         for prefix in self.get_prefixes():