diff --git a/tests/test_ws_transport.cpp b/tests/test_ws_transport.cpp
index f1bc0452..a700c853 100644
--- a/tests/test_ws_transport.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ws_transport.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@ void test_roundtrip ()
     test_context_socket_close (sb);
 }
 
+void test_roundtrip_without_path ()
+{
+    char connect_address[MAX_SOCKET_STRING];
+    size_t addr_length = sizeof (connect_address);
+    void *sb = test_context_socket (ZMQ_REP);
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_bind (sb, "ws://*:*"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (
+      zmq_getsockopt (sb, ZMQ_LAST_ENDPOINT, connect_address, &addr_length));
+
+    void *sc = test_context_socket (ZMQ_REQ);
+    TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS_ERRNO (zmq_connect (sc, connect_address));
+
+    bounce (sb, sc);
+
+    test_context_socket_close (sc);
+    test_context_socket_close (sb);
+}
+
+
 void test_heartbeat ()
 {
     char connect_address[MAX_SOCKET_STRING + strlen ("/heartbeat")];
@@ -202,6 +221,7 @@ int main ()
 
     UNITY_BEGIN ();
     RUN_TEST (test_roundtrip);
+    RUN_TEST (test_roundtrip_without_path);
     RUN_TEST (test_short_message);
     RUN_TEST (test_large_message);
     RUN_TEST (test_heartbeat);