diff --git a/test/unit/api/test_sockets.c b/test/unit/api/test_sockets.c
index 9a3c6ff9..1fbac647 100644
--- a/test/unit/api/test_sockets.c
+++ b/test/unit/api/test_sockets.c
@@ -139,13 +139,144 @@ START_TEST(test_sockets_allfunctions_basic)
 }
 END_TEST
 
+static void test_sockets_sendmsg_udp_send_recv_loop(int s, struct msghdr *msg)
+{
+  int i, ret;
+  u8_t buf[4];
+
+  /* send/receive our datagram of IO vectors 10 times */
+  for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+    ret = lwip_sendmsg(s, msg, 0);
+    fail_unless(ret == 4);
+
+    while (tcpip_thread_poll_one());
+
+    ret = lwip_recv(s, buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+    fail_unless(ret == 4);
+
+    /* verify data */
+    fail_unless(buf[0] == 0xDE);
+    fail_unless(buf[1] == 0xAD);
+    fail_unless(buf[2] == 0xBE);
+    fail_unless(buf[3] == 0xEF);
+  }
+}
+
+static void test_sockets_sendmsg_udp(int domain)
+{
+  int s, i, ret;
+  struct sockaddr_storage addr_storage;
+  socklen_t addr_size;
+
+  struct iovec iovs[4];
+  struct msghdr msg;
+  u8_t bytes[4];
+
+  /* each datagram should be 0xDEADBEEF */
+  bytes[0] = 0xDE;
+  bytes[1] = 0xAD;
+  bytes[2] = 0xBE;
+  bytes[3] = 0xEF;
+
+  /* initialize IO vectors with data */
+  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+    iovs[i].iov_base = &bytes[i];
+    iovs[i].iov_len = sizeof(char);
+  }
+
+  /* set up address to send to */
+  memset(&addr_storage, 0, sizeof(addr_storage));
+  switch(domain) {
+#if LWIP_IPV6
+    case AF_INET6: {
+      struct sockaddr_in6 *addr = (struct sockaddr_in6*)&addr_storage;
+      struct in6_addr lo6 = IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK_INIT;
+      addr->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+      addr->sin6_port = 0; /* use ephemeral port */
+      addr->sin6_addr = lo6;
+      addr_size = sizeof(*addr);
+   }
+      break;
+#endif /* LWIP_IPV6 */
+#if LWIP_IPV4
+    case AF_INET: {
+      struct sockaddr_in *addr = (struct sockaddr_in*)&addr_storage;
+      addr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+      addr->sin_port = 0; /* use ephemeral port */
+      addr->sin_addr.s_addr = PP_HTONL(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+      addr_size = sizeof(*addr);
+    }
+      break;
+#endif /* LWIP_IPV4 */
+  }
+
+  s = test_sockets_alloc_socket_nonblocking(domain, SOCK_DGRAM);
+  fail_unless(s >= 0);
+
+  ret = lwip_bind(s, (struct sockaddr*)&addr_storage, addr_size);
+  fail_unless(ret == 0);
+
+  /* Update addr with epehermal port */
+  ret = lwip_getsockname(s, (struct sockaddr*)&addr_storage, &addr_size);
+  fail_unless(ret == 0);
+  switch(domain) {
+#if LWIP_IPV6
+    case AF_INET6:
+      fail_unless(addr_size == sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
+      break;
+#endif /* LWIP_IPV6 */
+#if LWIP_IPV4
+    case AF_INET:
+        fail_unless(addr_size == sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+        break;
+#endif /* LWIP_IPV6 */
+  }
+
+  msg.msg_iov = iovs;
+  msg.msg_iovlen = 4;
+  msg.msg_control = NULL;
+  msg.msg_controllen = 0;
+  msg.msg_flags = 0;
+
+  /* perform a sendmsg with remote host (self) */
+  msg.msg_name = &addr_storage;
+  msg.msg_namelen = addr_size;
+
+  test_sockets_sendmsg_udp_send_recv_loop(s, &msg);
+
+  /* Connect to self, allowing us to not pass message name */
+  ret = lwip_connect(s, (struct sockaddr*)&addr_storage, addr_size);
+  fail_unless(ret == 0);
+
+  msg.msg_name = NULL;
+  msg.msg_namelen = 0;
+
+  test_sockets_sendmsg_udp_send_recv_loop(s, &msg);
+
+  ret = lwip_close(s);
+  fail_unless(ret == 0);
+}
+
+START_TEST(test_sockets_sendmsg)
+{
+  LWIP_UNUSED_ARG(_i);
+#if LWIP_IPV4
+  test_sockets_sendmsg_udp(AF_INET);
+#endif
+#if LWIP_IPV6
+  test_sockets_sendmsg_udp(AF_INET6);
+#endif
+}
+END_TEST
+
 /** Create the suite including all tests for this module */
 Suite *
 sockets_suite(void)
 {
   testfunc tests[] = {
     TESTFUNC(test_sockets_basics),
-    TESTFUNC(test_sockets_allfunctions_basic)
+    TESTFUNC(test_sockets_allfunctions_basic),
+    TESTFUNC(test_sockets_sendmsg),
   };
   return create_suite("SOCKETS", tests, sizeof(tests)/sizeof(testfunc), sockets_setup, sockets_teardown);
 }