diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2df24d1ab45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+shutdown01
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cf1b9024d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2024 SUSE LLC Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
+
+top_srcdir		?= ../../../..
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/include/mk/testcases.mk
+include $(top_srcdir)/include/mk/generic_leaf_target.mk
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/shutdown01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/shutdown01.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9d0f3e9710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shutdown/shutdown01.c
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 SUSE LLC Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
+ */
+
+/*\
+ * [Description]
+ *
+ * This test verifies shutdown() SHUT_RD, SHUT_WR and SHUT_RDWR functionalities.
+ */
+
+#include "tst_test.h"
+
+#define MSGSIZE 4
+#define SOCKETFILE "socket"
+
+static struct sockaddr_un *sock_addr;
+
+static void run_server(void)
+{
+	int server_sock;
+
+	server_sock = SAFE_SOCKET(sock_addr->sun_family, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+	SAFE_BIND(server_sock,
+		(struct sockaddr *)sock_addr,
+		sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+	SAFE_LISTEN(server_sock, 10);
+
+	tst_res(TINFO, "Running server on socket file");
+
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE_AND_WAIT(0);
+
+	SAFE_CLOSE(server_sock);
+	SAFE_UNLINK(SOCKETFILE);
+}
+
+static int start_client(void)
+{
+	int client_sock;
+
+	if (!SAFE_FORK()) {
+		run_server();
+		_exit(0);
+	}
+
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAIT(0);
+
+	tst_res(TINFO, "Connecting to the server");
+
+	client_sock = SAFE_SOCKET(sock_addr->sun_family, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	SAFE_CONNECT(client_sock,
+		(struct sockaddr *)sock_addr,
+		sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+
+	return client_sock;
+}
+
+static void test_shutdown_recv(void)
+{
+	int client_sock;
+	char buff[MSGSIZE] = {0};
+
+	client_sock = start_client();
+
+	tst_res(TINFO, "Testing SHUT_RD flag");
+
+	TST_EXP_PASS(shutdown(client_sock, SHUT_RD));
+	TST_EXP_EQ_LI(recv(client_sock, buff, MSGSIZE, 0), 0);
+	TST_EXP_EQ_LI(send(client_sock, buff, MSGSIZE, 0), MSGSIZE);
+
+	SAFE_CLOSE(client_sock);
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE(0);
+}
+
+static void test_shutdown_send(void)
+{
+	int client_sock;
+	char buff[MSGSIZE] = {0};
+
+	client_sock = start_client();
+
+	tst_res(TINFO, "Testing SHUT_WR flag");
+
+	TST_EXP_PASS(shutdown(client_sock, SHUT_WR));
+	TST_EXP_FAIL(send(client_sock, buff, MSGSIZE, MSG_NOSIGNAL), EPIPE);
+
+	SAFE_CLOSE(client_sock);
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE(0);
+}
+
+static void test_shutdown_both(void)
+{
+	int client_sock;
+	char buff[MSGSIZE] = {0};
+
+	client_sock = start_client();
+
+	tst_res(TINFO, "Testing SHUT_RDWR flag");
+
+	TST_EXP_PASS(shutdown(client_sock, SHUT_RDWR));
+	TST_EXP_EQ_LI(recv(client_sock, buff, MSGSIZE, 0), 0);
+	TST_EXP_FAIL(send(client_sock, buff, MSGSIZE, MSG_NOSIGNAL), EPIPE);
+
+	SAFE_CLOSE(client_sock);
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE(0);
+}
+
+static void run(void)
+{
+	test_shutdown_recv();
+	test_shutdown_send();
+	test_shutdown_both();
+}
+
+static void setup(void)
+{
+	sock_addr->sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	memcpy(sock_addr->sun_path, SOCKETFILE, sizeof(SOCKETFILE));
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+	.test_all = run,
+	.setup = setup,
+	.forks_child = 1,
+	.needs_checkpoints = 1,
+	.needs_tmpdir = 1,
+	.bufs = (struct tst_buffers []) {
+		{&sock_addr, .size = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)},
+		{}
+	}
+};