diff --git a/rt/src/net/udp.rs b/rt/src/net/udp.rs
index 838e3c12b..9708f0f79 100644
--- a/rt/src/net/udp.rs
+++ b/rt/src/net/udp.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,24 @@ impl<M> UdpSocket<M> {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Converts a [`std::net::UdpSocket`] to a [`heph_rt::net::UdpSocket`].
+    ///
+    /// [`heph_rt::net::UdpSocket`]: UdpSocket
+    ///
+    /// # Notes
+    ///
+    /// It's up to the caller to ensure that the socket's mode is correctly set
+    /// to [`Connected`] or [`Unconnected`].
+    pub fn from_std<RT>(rt: &RT, socket: std::net::UdpSocket) -> UdpSocket
+    where
+        RT: Access,
+    {
+        UdpSocket {
+            fd: AsyncFd::new(socket.into(), rt.submission_queue()),
+            mode: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the sockets peer address.
     pub fn peer_addr(&self) -> io::Result<SocketAddr> {
         self.with_ref(|socket| socket.peer_addr().and_then(convert_address))
diff --git a/rt/tests/functional/udp.rs b/rt/tests/functional/udp.rs
index 676116773..c9ea3eaef 100644
--- a/rt/tests/functional/udp.rs
+++ b/rt/tests/functional/udp.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use heph::actor::{self, actor_fn, Actor, NewActor};
-use heph_rt::net::udp::UdpSocket;
+use heph_rt::net::udp::{UdpSocket, Unconnected};
 use heph_rt::spawn::ActorOptions;
-use heph_rt::test::{join, try_spawn_local, PanicSupervisor};
+use heph_rt::test::{block_on_local_actor, join, try_spawn_local, PanicSupervisor};
 use heph_rt::ThreadLocal;
 
 use crate::util::{any_local_address, any_local_ipv6_address};
@@ -299,3 +299,28 @@ fn assert_read(mut got: &[u8], expected: &[&[u8]]) {
         got = g;
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn socket_from_std() {
+    async fn actor(ctx: actor::Context<!, ThreadLocal>) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let socket = std::net::UdpSocket::bind(any_local_address())?;
+        let socket = UdpSocket::<Unconnected>::from_std(ctx.runtime_ref(), socket);
+        let local_address = socket.local_addr()?;
+
+        let peer = std::net::UdpSocket::bind(any_local_address())?;
+        let peer_address = peer.local_addr()?;
+
+        let (_, bytes_written) = socket.send_to(DATA, peer_address).await?;
+        assert_eq!(bytes_written, DATA.len());
+
+        let mut buf = vec![0; DATA.len() + 2];
+        let (n, address) = peer.recv_from(&mut buf)?;
+        assert_eq!(n, DATA.len());
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..n], DATA);
+        assert_eq!(address, local_address);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    block_on_local_actor(actor_fn(actor), ()).unwrap();
+}