diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/Makefile
index 7a29a05bea8b..5bace0b7fb57 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ TEST_PROGS = devlink.sh \
 	fib.sh \
 	hw_stats_l3.sh \
 	nexthop.sh \
+	peer.sh \
 	psample.sh \
 	tc-mq-visibility.sh \
 	udp_tunnel_nic.sh \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..c3051399c509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/peer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+NSIM_DEV_1_ID=$((256 + RANDOM % 256))
+NSIM_DEV_1_SYS=/sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/netdevsim$NSIM_DEV_1_ID
+NSIM_DEV_2_ID=$((512 + RANDOM % 256))
+NSIM_DEV_2_SYS=/sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/netdevsim$NSIM_DEV_2_ID
+
+NSIM_DEV_SYS_NEW=/sys/bus/netdevsim/new_device
+NSIM_DEV_SYS_DEL=/sys/bus/netdevsim/del_device
+NSIM_DEV_SYS_LINK=/sys/bus/netdevsim/link_device
+NSIM_DEV_SYS_UNLINK=/sys/bus/netdevsim/unlink_device
+
+socat_check()
+{
+	if [ ! -x "$(command -v socat)" ]; then
+		echo "socat command not found. Skipping test"
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+setup_ns()
+{
+	set -e
+	ip netns add nssv
+	ip netns add nscl
+
+	NSIM_DEV_1_NAME=$(find $NSIM_DEV_1_SYS/net -maxdepth 1 -type d ! \
+		-path $NSIM_DEV_1_SYS/net -exec basename {} \;)
+	NSIM_DEV_2_NAME=$(find $NSIM_DEV_2_SYS/net -maxdepth 1 -type d ! \
+		-path $NSIM_DEV_2_SYS/net -exec basename {} \;)
+
+	ip link set $NSIM_DEV_1_NAME netns nssv
+	ip link set $NSIM_DEV_2_NAME netns nscl
+
+	ip netns exec nssv ip addr add '192.168.1.1/24' dev $NSIM_DEV_1_NAME
+	ip netns exec nscl ip addr add '192.168.1.2/24' dev $NSIM_DEV_2_NAME
+
+	ip netns exec nssv ip link set dev $NSIM_DEV_1_NAME up
+	ip netns exec nscl ip link set dev $NSIM_DEV_2_NAME up
+	set +e
+}
+
+cleanup_ns()
+{
+	ip netns del nscl
+	ip netns del nssv
+}
+
+###
+### Code start
+###
+
+socat_check || exit 4
+
+modprobe netdevsim
+
+# linking
+
+echo $NSIM_DEV_1_ID > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_NEW
+echo $NSIM_DEV_2_ID > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_NEW
+udevadm settle
+
+setup_ns
+
+NSIM_DEV_1_FD=$((256 + RANDOM % 256))
+exec {NSIM_DEV_1_FD}</var/run/netns/nssv
+NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX=$(ip netns exec nssv cat /sys/class/net/$NSIM_DEV_1_NAME/ifindex)
+
+NSIM_DEV_2_FD=$((256 + RANDOM % 256))
+exec {NSIM_DEV_2_FD}</var/run/netns/nscl
+NSIM_DEV_2_IFIDX=$(ip netns exec nscl cat /sys/class/net/$NSIM_DEV_2_NAME/ifindex)
+
+echo "$NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX $NSIM_DEV_2_FD:2000" > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_LINK 2>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "linking with non-existent netdevsim should fail"
+	cleanup_ns
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "$NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX 2000:$NSIM_DEV_2_IFIDX" > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_LINK 2>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "linking with non-existent netnsid should fail"
+	cleanup_ns
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "$NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX $NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX" > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_LINK 2>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "linking with self should fail"
+	cleanup_ns
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "$NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX $NSIM_DEV_2_FD:$NSIM_DEV_2_IFIDX" > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_LINK
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "linking netdevsim1 with netdevsim2 should succeed"
+	cleanup_ns
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# argument error checking
+
+echo "$NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX $NSIM_DEV_2_FD:a" > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_LINK 2>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "invalid arg should fail"
+	cleanup_ns
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# send/recv packets
+
+tmp_file=$(mktemp)
+ip netns exec nssv socat TCP-LISTEN:1234,fork $tmp_file &
+pid=$!
+res=0
+
+echo "HI" | ip netns exec nscl socat STDIN TCP:192.168.1.1:1234
+
+count=$(cat $tmp_file | wc -c)
+if [[ $count -ne 3 ]]; then
+	echo "expected 3 bytes, got $count"
+	res=1
+fi
+
+echo "$NSIM_DEV_1_FD:$NSIM_DEV_1_IFIDX" > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_UNLINK
+
+echo $NSIM_DEV_2_ID > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_DEL
+
+kill $pid
+echo $NSIM_DEV_1_ID > $NSIM_DEV_SYS_DEL
+
+cleanup_ns
+
+modprobe -r netdevsim
+
+exit $res
