diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index 18e58b2..fb62d22 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 test-throttle
 test-timed-average
 test-uuid
+test-util-sockets
 test-visitor-serialization
 test-vmstate
 test-write-threshold
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 3d5b617..42fd426 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += tests/test-qga$(EXESUF)
 endif
 check-unit-y += tests/test-timed-average$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-y += tests/test-util-sockets$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-io-task$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-io-channel-socket$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-io-channel-file$(EXESUF)
@@ -713,6 +714,8 @@
 tests/test-crypto-tlssession.o-cflags := $(TASN1_CFLAGS)
 tests/test-crypto-tlssession$(EXESUF): tests/test-crypto-tlssession.o \
 	tests/crypto-tls-x509-helpers.o tests/pkix_asn1_tab.o $(test-crypto-obj-y)
+tests/test-util-sockets$(EXESUF): tests/test-util-sockets.o \
+	tests/socket-helpers.o $(test-util-obj-y)
 tests/test-io-task$(EXESUF): tests/test-io-task.o $(test-io-obj-y)
 tests/test-io-channel-socket$(EXESUF): tests/test-io-channel-socket.o \
         tests/io-channel-helpers.o tests/socket-helpers.o $(test-io-obj-y)
diff --git a/tests/test-util-sockets.c b/tests/test-util-sockets.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65190e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-util-sockets.c
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Tests for util/qemu-sockets.c
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/sockets.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "socket-helpers.h"
+
+static void test_fd_is_socket_bad(void)
+{
+    char *tmp = g_strdup("qemu-test-util-sockets-XXXXXX");
+    int fd = mkstemp(tmp);
+    if (fd != 0) {
+        unlink(tmp);
+    }
+    g_free(tmp);
+
+    g_assert(fd >= 0);
+
+    g_assert(!fd_is_socket(fd));
+    close(fd);
+}
+
+static void test_fd_is_socket_good(void)
+{
+    int fd = qemu_socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+    g_assert(fd >= 0);
+
+    g_assert(fd_is_socket(fd));
+    close(fd);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    bool has_ipv4, has_ipv6;
+
+    socket_init();
+
+    g_test_init(&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+    /* We're creating actual IPv4/6 sockets, so we should
+     * check if the host running tests actually supports
+     * each protocol to avoid breaking tests on machines
+     * with either IPv4 or IPv6 disabled.
+     */
+    if (socket_check_protocol_support(&has_ipv4, &has_ipv6) < 0) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (has_ipv4) {
+        g_test_add_func("/util/socket/is-socket/bad",
+                        test_fd_is_socket_bad);
+        g_test_add_func("/util/socket/is-socket/good",
+                        test_fd_is_socket_good);
+    }
+
+    return g_test_run();
+}