diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index 2c7dd622e48b7..c98b7d8119ae3 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ ifneq (,$(filter uart0,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += posix
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter posix_sockets,$(USEMODULE)))
+  USEMODULE += posix
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter posix,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += timex
   USEMODULE += vtimer
diff --git a/sys/posix/include/netinet/in.h b/sys/posix/include/netinet/in.h
index d951336cfc7a6..9ad29a9a9a33d 100644
--- a/sys/posix/include/netinet/in.h
+++ b/sys/posix/include/netinet/in.h
@@ -193,8 +193,9 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define IPPROTO_IP      (PROTNUM_IPV4)          /**< Internet Protocol version 4 */
 #define IPPROTO_IPV6    (PROTNUM_IPV6)          /**< Internet Protocol version 6 */
-#define IPPROTO_ICMP    (PROTNUM_ICMP)          /**< Internet Protocol version 6 */
-#define IPPROTO_RAW     (PROTNUM_IPV6_NONXT)    /**< Raw IP packets protocol */
+#define IPPROTO_ICMP    (PROTNUM_ICMP)          /**< Internet Control Message Protocol */
+#define IPPROTO_ICMPV6  (PROTNUM_ICMPV6)        /**< ICMP for IPv6 */
+#define IPPROTO_RAW     (PROTNUM_RESERVED)      /**< Raw IP packets protocol */
 #define IPPROTO_TCP     (PROTNUM_TCP)           /**< Transmission control protocol */
 #define IPPROTO_UDP     (PROTNUM_UDP)           /**< User datagram protocol */
 /** @} */
diff --git a/sys/posix/sockets/posix_sockets.c b/sys/posix/sockets/posix_sockets.c
index aaa8c3497d6f7..ae749c147e7d8 100644
--- a/sys/posix/sockets/posix_sockets.c
+++ b/sys/posix/sockets/posix_sockets.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * @todo
  */
 
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "fd.h"
diff --git a/tests/gnrc_ip6_sockets/Makefile b/tests/gnrc_ip6_sockets/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4e2c7e2a42249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gnrc_ip6_sockets/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+APPLICATION = gnrc_ip6_sockets
+include ../Makefile.tests_common
+
+USEMODULE += conn_ip6_gnrc
+USEMODULE += ng_icmpv6_echo     # include to have system internal handler
+USEMODULE += ng_ipv6_default
+USEMODULE += od
+USEMODULE += posix_sockets
+USEMODULE += shell
+USEMODULE += shell_commands
+USEMODULE += vtimer
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include
diff --git a/tests/gnrc_ip6_sockets/main.c b/tests/gnrc_ip6_sockets/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4c6e7a8bcca20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gnrc_ip6_sockets/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ */
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "net/icmpv6.h"
+#include "od.h"
+#include "shell.h"
+#include "thread.h"
+
+#define RCV_STACKSIZE  (THREAD_STACKSIZE_DEFAULT + THREAD_EXTRA_STACKSIZE_PRINTF)
+#define RCV_PRIO       (THREAD_PRIORITY_MAIN - 5)
+#define BUFSIZE         (16)
+
+static char rcv_stack[RCV_STACKSIZE];
+static char rcv_buf[BUFSIZE];
+static char snd_buf[BUFSIZE];
+
+static void *rcv(void *arg)
+{
+    int s;
+    struct sockaddr_in6 local, addr;
+    socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(addr);
+    (void)arg;
+    if ((s = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6)) < 0) {
+        puts("could not open receive socket");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    memcpy(&local, &in6addr_any, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
+    if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&local, sizeof(local)) < 0) {
+        puts("could not bind receive socket");
+        close(s);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    while (1) {
+        int res = recvfrom(s, rcv_buf, sizeof(rcv_buf), 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addr_len);
+        if (res < 0) {
+            puts("error receiving packet");
+            continue;
+        }
+        puts("received ICMPv6 packet");
+        od_hex_dump(rcv_buf, res, 0);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static int snd(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    icmpv6_hdr_t *hdr = (icmpv6_hdr_t *)snd_buf;
+    void *data = snd_buf + sizeof(icmpv6_hdr_t);
+    int s;
+    struct sockaddr_in6 local, addr;
+    const size_t max_size = BUFSIZE - sizeof(icmpv6_hdr_t);
+    size_t size;
+    if (argc < 3) {
+        printf("usage: %s ipv6_addr data\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+    addr.sin6_family = 0;
+    if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, argv[1], &addr.sin6_addr) < 0) {
+        printf("usage: %s ipv6_addr data\n", argv[0]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if ((s = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6)) < 0) {
+        puts("could not open send socket");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    memcpy(&local, &in6addr_any, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
+    if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&local, sizeof(local)) < 0) {
+        puts("could not bind send socket");
+        close(s);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    hdr->type = ICMPV6_ECHO_REQ;
+    hdr->code = 0;
+    hdr->csum.u16 = 0;
+    size = strlen(argv[2]);
+    size = (size > max_size) ? max_size : size;
+    memcpy(data, argv[2], size);
+    if (sendto(s, snd_buf, size, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
+        puts("error sending packet");
+    }
+    close(s);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static const shell_command_t shell_commands[] = {
+    { "snd", "send data over ICMPv6 echo request", snd },
+    { NULL, NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    shell_t shell;
+    thread_create(rcv_stack, sizeof(rcv_stack), RCV_PRIO, CREATE_STACKTEST,
+                  rcv, NULL, "rcv");
+    shell_init(&shell, shell_commands, UART0_BUFSIZE, getchar, putchar);
+    shell_run(&shell);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/** @} */