diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c84859f6..211cfe21 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ test_run_tests_SOURCES = test/blackhole-server.c \
                          test/test-udp-open.c \
                          test/test-udp-options.c \
                          test/test-udp-send-and-recv.c \
+                         test/test-udp-send-hang-loop.c \
                          test/test-udp-send-immediate.c \
                          test/test-udp-send-unreachable.c \
                          test/test-udp-try-send.c \
diff --git a/checksparse.sh b/checksparse.sh
index 5e022071..372061d8 100755
--- a/checksparse.sh
+++ b/checksparse.sh
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ test/test-udp-multicast-ttl.c
 test/test-udp-open.c
 test/test-udp-options.c
 test/test-udp-send-and-recv.c
+test/test-udp-send-hang-loop.c
 test/test-walk-handles.c
 test/test-watcher-cross-stop.c
 "
diff --git a/test/test-list.h b/test/test-list.h
index 8b19b6c3..87c54a1a 100644
--- a/test/test-list.h
+++ b/test/test-list.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ TEST_DECLARE   (udp_create_early)
 TEST_DECLARE   (udp_create_early_bad_bind)
 TEST_DECLARE   (udp_create_early_bad_domain)
 TEST_DECLARE   (udp_send_and_recv)
+TEST_DECLARE   (udp_send_hang_loop)
 TEST_DECLARE   (udp_send_immediate)
 TEST_DECLARE   (udp_send_unreachable)
 TEST_DECLARE   (udp_multicast_join)
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ TASK_LIST_START
   TEST_ENTRY  (udp_create_early_bad_bind)
   TEST_ENTRY  (udp_create_early_bad_domain)
   TEST_ENTRY  (udp_send_and_recv)
+  TEST_ENTRY  (udp_send_hang_loop)
   TEST_ENTRY  (udp_send_immediate)
   TEST_ENTRY  (udp_send_unreachable)
   TEST_ENTRY  (udp_dgram_too_big)
diff --git a/test/test-udp-send-hang-loop.c b/test/test-udp-send-hang-loop.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6253ff7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-udp-send-hang-loop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/* Copyright The libuv project and contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+ * IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "uv.h"
+#include "task.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define CHECK_OBJECT(handle, type, parent) \
+  ASSERT((type*)(handle) == &(parent))
+
+static uv_udp_t client;
+static uv_idle_t idle_handle;
+static uv_udp_send_t send_req;
+static uv_buf_t buf;
+static struct sockaddr_in addr;
+static char send_data[1024];
+
+static int loop_hang_called;
+
+static void send_cb(uv_udp_send_t* req, int status);
+
+
+static void idle_cb(uv_idle_t* handle) {
+  int r;
+
+  ASSERT(send_req.handle == NULL);
+  CHECK_OBJECT(handle, uv_idle_t, idle_handle);
+  ASSERT(0 == uv_idle_stop(handle));
+
+  /* It probably would have stalled by now if it's going to stall at all. */
+  if (++loop_hang_called > 1000) {
+    uv_close((uv_handle_t*) &client, NULL);
+    uv_close((uv_handle_t*) &idle_handle, NULL);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  r = uv_udp_send(&send_req,
+                  &client,
+                  &buf,
+                  1,
+                  (const struct sockaddr*) &addr,
+                  send_cb);
+  ASSERT(r == 0);
+}
+
+
+static void send_cb(uv_udp_send_t* req, int status) {
+  ASSERT(req != NULL);
+  ASSERT(status == 0);
+  CHECK_OBJECT(req->handle, uv_udp_t, client);
+  CHECK_OBJECT(req, uv_udp_send_t, send_req);
+  req->handle = NULL;
+
+  ASSERT(0 == uv_idle_start(&idle_handle, idle_cb));
+}
+
+
+TEST_IMPL(udp_send_hang_loop) {
+  ASSERT(0 == uv_idle_init(uv_default_loop(), &idle_handle));
+
+  /* 192.0.2.0/8 is "TEST-NET" and reserved for documentation.
+   * Good for us, though. Since we want to have something unreachable.
+   */
+  ASSERT(0 == uv_ip4_addr("192.0.2.3", TEST_PORT, &addr));
+
+  ASSERT(0 == uv_udp_init(uv_default_loop(), &client));
+
+  buf = uv_buf_init(send_data, sizeof(send_data));
+
+  ASSERT(0 == uv_idle_start(&idle_handle, idle_cb));
+
+  uv_run(uv_default_loop(), UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+
+  ASSERT(loop_hang_called > 1000);
+
+  MAKE_VALGRIND_HAPPY();
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/uv.gyp b/uv.gyp
index 71ad2dd4..72000257 100644
--- a/uv.gyp
+++ b/uv.gyp
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@
         'test/test-udp-open.c',
         'test/test-udp-options.c',
         'test/test-udp-send-and-recv.c',
+        'test/test-udp-send-hang-loop.c',
         'test/test-udp-send-immediate.c',
         'test/test-udp-send-unreachable.c',
         'test/test-udp-multicast-join.c',