diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
index 090fff9dbc48..194826fee4f7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
@@ -25,6 +25,80 @@
 #define TLS_PAYLOAD_MAX_LEN 16384
 #define SOL_TLS 282
 
+#ifndef ENOTSUPP
+#define ENOTSUPP 524
+#endif
+
+FIXTURE(tls_basic)
+{
+	int fd, cfd;
+	bool notls;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(tls_basic)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_in addr;
+	socklen_t len;
+	int sfd, ret;
+
+	self->notls = false;
+	len = sizeof(addr);
+
+	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+	addr.sin_port = 0;
+
+	self->fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	sfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+	ret = bind(sfd, &addr, sizeof(addr));
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+	ret = listen(sfd, 10);
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+	ret = getsockname(sfd, &addr, &len);
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+	ret = connect(self->fd, &addr, sizeof(addr));
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+	self->cfd = accept(sfd, &addr, &len);
+	ASSERT_GE(self->cfd, 0);
+
+	close(sfd);
+
+	ret = setsockopt(self->fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_ULP, "tls", sizeof("tls"));
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		ASSERT_EQ(errno, ENOTSUPP);
+		self->notls = true;
+		printf("Failure setting TCP_ULP, testing without tls\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ret = setsockopt(self->cfd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_ULP, "tls", sizeof("tls"));
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(tls_basic)
+{
+	close(self->fd);
+	close(self->cfd);
+}
+
+/* Send some data through with ULP but no keys */
+TEST_F(tls_basic, base_base)
+{
+	char const *test_str = "test_read";
+	int send_len = 10;
+	char buf[10];
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(strlen(test_str) + 1, send_len);
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(send(self->fd, test_str, send_len, 0), send_len);
+	EXPECT_NE(recv(self->cfd, buf, send_len, 0), -1);
+	EXPECT_EQ(memcmp(buf, test_str, send_len), 0);
+};
+
 FIXTURE(tls)
 {
 	int fd, cfd;