diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83c80f758..bcc97fb76 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1137,6 +1137,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
+ "socket2 0.5.6",
  "tempdir",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index f157bca91..472a8ce60 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ arc-swap = "1.6.0"
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempdir = "0.3"
 serde_json = "1.0"
+socket2 = "0.5.6"
 
 # Include console-logging when building tests
 opcua = { path = ".", features = ["console-logging"] }
diff --git a/lib/tests/simple_server_test.rs b/lib/tests/simple_server_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfcb3900f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/simple_server_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+use socket2::{Domain, Socket, Type};
+use std::io;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+async fn build_sample(sample_dir: &str) {
+    let mut cargo_command = Command::new("cargo");
+    cargo_command.arg("build");
+
+    if cfg!(feature = "test-vendored-openssl") {
+        cargo_command.args(&["--features", "test-vendored-openssl"]);
+    }
+
+    let status = cargo_command
+        .current_dir(sample_dir)
+        .status()
+        .expect("Failed to build sample");
+
+    assert!(
+        status.success(),
+        "Failed to build sample in: {}",
+        sample_dir
+    );
+}
+
+fn is_port_bound(port: u16) -> bool {
+    let socket = match Socket::new(Domain::IPV4, Type::STREAM, None) {
+        Ok(sock) => sock,
+        Err(_) => return false,
+    };
+
+    // Set SO_REUSEADDR to allow for the server to bind while this function is testing
+    if socket.set_reuse_address(true).is_err() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], port));
+
+    // Attempt to bind the socket
+    match socket.bind(&addr.into()) {
+        Ok(_) => false, // Successfully bound, so port was  not bound
+        Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::AddrInUse => true, // Port is already bound
+        Err(_) => false, // Other errors are treated as port not bound
+    }
+}
+
+fn wait_for_function_to_pass<F>(function: F, timeout_ms: u64) -> Result<(), io::Error>
+where
+    F: Fn() -> bool,
+{
+    let start_time = Instant::now();
+    let timeout_duration = Duration::from_millis(timeout_ms);
+    let check_interval = Duration::from_millis(100);
+
+    while Instant::now().duration_since(start_time) < timeout_duration {
+        if function() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        thread::sleep(check_interval);
+    }
+
+    Err(io::Error::new(
+        io::ErrorKind::TimedOut,
+        "Expectation fn()==True timed out",
+    ))
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_simple_server_binds_port() {
+    build_sample("../samples/simple-server").await;
+
+    // Start the server in the background
+    let mut cargo_command = Command::new("cargo");
+    cargo_command.arg("run");
+
+    if cfg!(feature = "test-vendored-openssl") {
+        cargo_command.args(&["--features", "test-vendored-openssl"]);
+    }
+
+    let mut server_process = cargo_command
+        .current_dir("../samples/simple-server/")
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("Failed to start server");
+
+    let expected_server_port = 4855;
+    let res = wait_for_function_to_pass(|| is_port_bound(expected_server_port), 5000);
+
+    server_process.kill().expect("Failed to kill server");
+
+    match res {
+        Ok(_) => println!("Port was bound within 5 seconds."),
+        Err(e) => {
+            panic!(
+                "Failed to assert port {} binding within the timeout period: {}",
+                expected_server_port, e
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/simple-server/Cargo.toml b/samples/simple-server/Cargo.toml
index 1c176db00..8df14b11c 100644
--- a/samples/simple-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/simple-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 path = "../../lib"
 version = "0.13.0" # OPCUARustVersion
 features = ["server", "console-logging"]
+
+[features]
+default = []
+test-vendored-openssl = ["opcua/test-vendored-openssl"]