diff --git a/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_loader_-2d_listen/step_00.ref b/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_loader_-2d_listen/step_00.ref
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+++ b/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_loader_-2d_listen/step_00.ref
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"foo": 42}
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diff --git a/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_saver/step_00.ref b/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_saver/step_00.ref
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+++ b/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_saver/step_00.ref
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+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
+{"foo": 42}
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diff --git a/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_saver_-2d_message_too_long/step_00.ref b/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_saver_-2d_message_too_long/step_00.ref
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+++ b/tenzir/integration/data/reference/udp/test_saver_-2d_message_too_long/step_00.ref
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+error: failed to send data over UDP socket
+ = note: Message too long
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diff --git a/tenzir/integration/tests/udp.bats b/tenzir/integration/tests/udp.bats
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+++ b/tenzir/integration/tests/udp.bats
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+: "${BATS_TEST_TIMEOUT:=10}"
+
+setup() {
+  bats_load_library bats-support
+  bats_load_library bats-assert
+  bats_load_library bats-tenzir
+}
+
+@test "loader - listen" {
+  check --bg listen \
+    tenzir 'from udp://127.0.0.1:56789 | head 1'
+  timeout 10 bash -c 'until lsof -i :56789; do sleep 0.2; done'
+  jq -n '{foo: 42}' |  socat - udp-send:127.0.0.1:56789
+  wait_all "${listen[@]}"
+}
+
+@test "saver" {
+  check --bg listen \
+    tenzir 'from udp://127.0.0.1:55555 | head 10'
+  timeout 10 bash -c 'until lsof -i :55555; do sleep 0.2; done'
+  tenzir 'version | put foo=42 | repeat 10 | to udp://127.0.0.1:55555'
+  wait_all "${listen[@]}"
+}
+
+@test "saver - message too long" {
+  printf "%65535s" | check tenzir 'save udp 127.0.0.1:54321' || true
+}