diff --git a/test/images/agnhost/connect/connect.go b/test/images/agnhost/connect/connect.go
index 3423549e2d0..fcb111dd276 100644
--- a/test/images/agnhost/connect/connect.go
+++ b/test/images/agnhost/connect/connect.go
@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ var (
 	timeout  time.Duration
 	protocol string
 	udpData  string
+	sctpData string
 )
 
 func init() {
 	CmdConnect.Flags().DurationVar(&timeout, "timeout", time.Duration(0), "Maximum time before returning an error")
 	CmdConnect.Flags().StringVar(&protocol, "protocol", "tcp", "The protocol to use to perform the connection, can be tcp, udp or sctp")
 	CmdConnect.Flags().StringVar(&udpData, "udp-data", "hostname", "The UDP payload send to the server")
+	CmdConnect.Flags().StringVar(&sctpData, "sctp-data", "hostname", "The SCTP payload send to the server")
 }
 
 func main(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ func main(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	case "udp":
 		connectUDP(dest, timeout, udpData)
 	case "sctp":
-		connectSCTP(dest, timeout)
+		connectSCTP(dest, timeout, sctpData)
 	default:
 		fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "Unsupported protocol\n", protocol)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -103,7 +105,11 @@ func connectTCP(dest string, timeout time.Duration) {
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
 
-func connectSCTP(dest string, timeout time.Duration) {
+func connectSCTP(dest string, timeout time.Duration, data string) {
+	var (
+		buf  = make([]byte, 1024)
+		conn *sctp.SCTPConn
+	)
 	addr, err := sctp.ResolveSCTPAddr("sctp", dest)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "DNS: %v\n", err)
@@ -114,11 +120,24 @@ func connectSCTP(dest string, timeout time.Duration) {
 	errCh := make(chan error)
 
 	go func() {
-		conn, err := sctp.DialSCTP("sctp", nil, addr)
-		if err == nil {
-			conn.Close()
+		conn, err = sctp.DialSCTP("sctp", nil, addr)
+		if err != nil {
+			errCh <- err
+			return
+		}
+		defer func() {
+			errCh <- conn.Close()
+		}()
+
+		if _, err = conn.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", data))); err != nil {
+			errCh <- err
+			return
+		}
+
+		if _, err = conn.Read(buf); err != nil {
+			errCh <- err
+			return
 		}
-		errCh <- err
 	}()
 
 	select {