diff --git a/tests/netdb_test.cpp b/tests/netdb_test.cpp
index 33f6c01d8..cc08715f2 100644
--- a/tests/netdb_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/netdb_test.cpp
@@ -55,3 +55,13 @@ TEST(netdb, getnameinfo_salen) {
   ASSERT_STREQ("::", tmp);
   ASSERT_EQ(EAI_FAMILY, getnameinfo(sa, too_little, tmp, sizeof(tmp), NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST));
 }
+
+TEST(netdb, gethostbyname) {
+  hostent* hent = gethostbyname("localhost");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(hent != NULL);
+  ASSERT_EQ(hent->h_addrtype, AF_INET);
+  ASSERT_EQ(hent->h_addr[0], 127);
+  ASSERT_EQ(hent->h_addr[1], 0);
+  ASSERT_EQ(hent->h_addr[2], 0);
+  ASSERT_EQ(hent->h_addr[3], 1);
+}