diff --git a/samples/socket/EchoServer.kt b/samples/socket/EchoServer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bec850a660e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/socket/EchoServer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import kotlinx.cinterop.*
+import sockets.*
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    if (args.size < 1) {
+        println("Usage: ./echo_server <port>")
+        return
+    }
+
+    val port = atoi(args[0]).toShort()
+
+    memScoped {
+
+        val bufferLength = 100L
+        val buffer = allocArray<CInt8Var>(bufferLength)
+        val serverAddr = alloc<sockaddr_in>()
+
+        val listenFd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)
+                .ensureUnixCallResult { it >= 0 }
+
+        with(serverAddr) {
+            memset(this.ptr, 0, sockaddr_in.size)
+            sin_family.value = AF_INET.toByte()
+            sin_addr.s_addr.value = htons(0).toInt()
+            sin_port.value = htons(port)
+        }
+
+        bind(listenFd, serverAddr.ptr.reinterpret(), sockaddr_in.size.toInt())
+                .ensureUnixCallResult { it == 0 }
+
+        listen(listenFd, 10)
+                .ensureUnixCallResult { it == 0 }
+
+        val commFd = accept(listenFd, null, null)
+                .ensureUnixCallResult { it >= 0 }
+
+        while (true) {
+            val length = read(commFd, buffer.ptr, bufferLength)
+                    .ensureUnixCallResult { it >= 0 }
+
+            if (length == 0L) {
+                break
+            }
+
+            write(commFd, buffer.ptr, length)
+                    .ensureUnixCallResult { it >= 0 }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// Not available through interop because declared as macro:
+fun htons(value: Short) = ((value.toInt() ushr 8) or (value.toInt() shl 8)).toShort()
+
+fun throwUnixError(): Nothing {
+    perror(null) // TODO: store error message to exception instead.
+    throw Error("UNIX call failed")
+}
+
+inline fun Int.ensureUnixCallResult(predicate: (Int) -> Boolean): Int {
+    if (!predicate(this)) {
+        throwUnixError()
+    }
+    return this
+}
+
+inline fun Long.ensureUnixCallResult(predicate: (Long) -> Boolean): Long {
+    if (!predicate(this)) {
+        throwUnixError()
+    }
+    return this
+}
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diff --git a/samples/socket/sockets.def b/samples/socket/sockets.def
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58f6641c85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/socket/sockets.def
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+headers = sys/socket.h netdb.h stdio.h string.h unistd.h stdlib.h arpa/inet.h
+excludedFunctions = _IO_flockfile _IO_funlockfile _IO_ftrylockfile _IO_cleanup_region_start _IO_cleanup_region_end \
+    mkstemp_dprotected_np
+
+compilerOpts = -D_POSIX_SOURCE