diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/udp/UpdTransportBindTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/udp/UpdTransportBindTest.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.transport.udp;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.EmbeddedBrokerTestSupport;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.JMSException;
+
+public class UpdTransportBindTest extends EmbeddedBrokerTestSupport{
+    final String addr = "udp://localhost:61625";
+
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        bindAddress = addr + "?soTimeout=1000";
+        super.setUp();
+    }
+
+    public void testConnect() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            Connection connection = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(addr).createConnection();
+            connection.start();
+        } catch (JMSException e) {
+            fail("Could not start the connection for a UDP Transport. " +
+                 "Check that the port and connector are available.");
+        }
+    }
+
+}