diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 436b1b1867..f69676e699 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -335,32 +335,5 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
-  
-  <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>unix</id>
-      <activation>
-        <os>
-          <family>unix</family>
-        </os>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <!--
-          Note: Java SCTP only available for Linux and Solaris
-        -->
-        <sctp.test.skip>false</sctp.test.skip>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-    
-    <profile>
-      <id>default</id>
-      <activation>
-        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
-      </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <sctp.test.skip>true</sctp.test.skip>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/transport-sctp/pom.xml b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
index 011e80f2b0..1803e2fa45 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-sctp/pom.xml
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-       <plugin>
-       <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-       <version>2.7.2</version>
-       <executions>
-         <execution>
-           <id>default-test</id>
-           <configuration>
-               <skipTests>${sctp.test.skip}}</skipTests>
-           </configuration>
-         </execution>
-       </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest.java
index 509a35398b..abf305d99d 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest.java
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameDecoder;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameEncoder;
 import io.netty.testsuite.util.DummyHandler;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.easymock.EasyMock;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 10000)
     public void testFailedConnectionAttempt() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+        
         ClientBootstrap bootstrap = new ClientBootstrap();
         bootstrap.setFactory(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
         bootstrap.getPipeline().addLast("sctp-decoder", new SctpFrameDecoder());
@@ -78,8 +81,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 10000)
     public void testSuccessfulConnectionAttempt() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         SctpServerChannel serverChannel = SctpServerChannel.open();
-        serverChannel.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        serverChannel.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
 
         try {
             serverChannel.configureBlocking(false);
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest {
             bootstrap.setOption(
                     "remoteAddress",
                     new InetSocketAddress(
-                            SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK,
+                            SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK,
                             serverPort));
 
             ChannelFuture future = bootstrap.connect();
@@ -121,11 +126,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 10000)
     public void testSuccessfulConnectionAttemptWithLocalAddress() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         SctpServerChannel serverChannel = SctpServerChannel.open();
 
         try {
             serverChannel.configureBlocking(false);
-            serverChannel = serverChannel.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+            serverChannel = serverChannel.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
 
             final Iterator<SocketAddress> serverAddresses = serverChannel.getAllLocalAddresses().iterator();
             InetSocketAddress serverAddress = (InetSocketAddress) serverAddresses.next();
@@ -137,9 +144,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest {
             bootstrap.setOption(
                     "remoteAddress",
                     new InetSocketAddress(
-                            SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK,
+                            SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK,
                             serverPort));
-            bootstrap.setOption("localAddress", new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+            bootstrap.setOption("localAddress", new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
 
             ChannelFuture future = bootstrap.connect();
             serverChannel.accept();
@@ -162,6 +169,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest {
 
     @Test(expected = ChannelPipelineException.class)
     public void testFailedPipelineInitialization() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ClientBootstrap bootstrap = new ClientBootstrap(EasyMock.createMock(ChannelFactory.class));
         ChannelPipelineFactory pipelineFactory = EasyMock.createMock(ChannelPipelineFactory.class);
         bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(pipelineFactory);
@@ -169,22 +178,28 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketClientBootstrapTest {
         EasyMock.expect(pipelineFactory.getPipeline()).andThrow(new ChannelPipelineException());
         EasyMock.replay(pipelineFactory);
 
-        bootstrap.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 1));
+        bootstrap.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 1));
     }
 
     @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
     public void shouldHaveRemoteAddressOption() {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         new ClientBootstrap(EasyMock.createMock(ChannelFactory.class)).connect();
     }
 
 
     @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
     public void shouldDisallowNullRemoteAddressParameter1() {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         new ClientBootstrap(EasyMock.createMock(ChannelFactory.class)).connect(null);
     }
 
     @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
     public void shouldDisallowNullRemoteAddressParameter2() {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         new ClientBootstrap(EasyMock.createMock(ChannelFactory.class)).connect(null, null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketCompatibleObjectStreamEchoTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketCompatibleObjectStreamEchoTest.java
index eb2f2d424d..5afc90a58f 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketCompatibleObjectStreamEchoTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketCompatibleObjectStreamEchoTest.java
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameDecoder;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameEncoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.serialization.CompatibleObjectDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.serialization.CompatibleObjectEncoder;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketCompatibleObjectStreamEchoTest {
     @Test
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public void testCompatibleObjectEcho() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
         ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
@@ -92,10 +95,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketCompatibleObjectStreamEchoTest {
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("encoder", new CompatibleObjectEncoder());
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("handler", ch);
 
-        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         int port = ((InetSocketAddress) sc.getLocalAddress()).getPort();
 
-        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, port));
+        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, port));
         assertTrue(ccf.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
         Channel cc = ccf.getChannel();
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketEchoTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketEchoTest.java
index 90821601e1..a307435771 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketEchoTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketEchoTest.java
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
 import io.netty.channel.*;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameDecoder;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameEncoder;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketEchoTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testSimpleEcho() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
         ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
@@ -81,10 +84,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketEchoTest {
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("sctp-encoder", new SctpFrameEncoder());
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("handler", ch);
 
-        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         int port = ((InetSocketAddress) sc.getLocalAddress()).getPort();
 
-        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, port));
+        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, port));
         assertTrue(ccf.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
         Channel cc = ccf.getChannel();
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketFixedLengthEchoTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketFixedLengthEchoTest.java
index 697d694bb1..6dacb5f44f 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketFixedLengthEchoTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketFixedLengthEchoTest.java
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ import io.netty.channel.*;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameDecoder;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameEncoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.frame.FixedLengthFrameDecoder;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketFixedLengthEchoTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testFixedLengthEcho() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
         ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketFixedLengthEchoTest {
         Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(0));
         int port = ((InetSocketAddress) sc.getLocalAddress()).getPort();
 
-        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, port));
+        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, port));
         assertTrue(ccf.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
         Channel cc = ccf.getChannel();
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketObjectStreamEchoTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketObjectStreamEchoTest.java
index 26b97f1efb..92d38165f7 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketObjectStreamEchoTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketObjectStreamEchoTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameEncoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.serialization.ClassResolvers;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.serialization.ObjectDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.serialization.ObjectEncoder;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketObjectStreamEchoTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testObjectEcho() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
         ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
@@ -100,10 +103,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketObjectStreamEchoTest {
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("encoder", new ObjectEncoder());
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("handler", ch);
 
-        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         int port = ((InetSocketAddress) sc.getLocalAddress()).getPort();
 
-        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, port));
+        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, port));
         assertTrue(ccf.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
         Channel cc = ccf.getChannel();
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest.java
index 28709c363d..242c02feb5 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest.java
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap;
 import io.netty.channel.*;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpChannelConfig;
 import io.netty.testsuite.util.DummyHandler;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.easymock.EasyMock;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -87,8 +88,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 30000, expected = ChannelException.class)
     public void testFailedBindAttempt() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         SctpServerChannel serverChannel = SctpServerChannel.open();
-        serverChannel.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        serverChannel.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
 
         try {
             final Iterator<SocketAddress> serverAddresses = serverChannel.getAllLocalAddresses().iterator();
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest {
             final int boundPort = serverAddress.getPort();
             ServerBootstrap bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap();
             bootstrap.setFactory(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
-            bootstrap.setOption("localAddress", new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, boundPort));
+            bootstrap.setOption("localAddress", new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, boundPort));
             bootstrap.bind().close().awaitUninterruptibly();
         } finally {
             serverChannel.close();
@@ -105,11 +108,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 30000)
     public void testSuccessfulBindAttempt() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap(
                 newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
         bootstrap.setParentHandler(new ParentChannelHandler());
-        bootstrap.setOption("localAddress", new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        bootstrap.setOption("localAddress", new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         bootstrap.setOption("child.receiveBufferSize", 9753);
         bootstrap.setOption("child.sendBufferSize", 8642);
 
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest {
         try {
             sctpChannel.connect(
                     new InetSocketAddress(
-                            SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK,
+                            SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK,
                             ((InetSocketAddress) channel.getLocalAddress()).getPort()));
 
             // Wait until the connection is open in the server side.
@@ -172,6 +177,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest {
 
     @Test(expected = ChannelPipelineException.class)
     public void testFailedPipelineInitialization() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ClientBootstrap bootstrap = new ClientBootstrap(EasyMock.createMock(ChannelFactory.class));
         ChannelPipelineFactory pipelineFactory = EasyMock.createMock(ChannelPipelineFactory.class);
         bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(pipelineFactory);
@@ -179,17 +186,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest {
         EasyMock.expect(pipelineFactory.getPipeline()).andThrow(new ChannelPipelineException());
         EasyMock.replay(pipelineFactory);
 
-        bootstrap.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 1));
+        bootstrap.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 1));
     }
 
     @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
     public void shouldHaveLocalAddressOption() {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         new ServerBootstrap(EasyMock.createMock(ServerChannelFactory.class)).bind();
     }
 
 
     @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
     public void shouldDisallowNullLocalAddressParameter() {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         new ServerBootstrap(EasyMock.createMock(ServerChannelFactory.class)).bind(null);
     }
 
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketSslEchoTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketSslEchoTest.java
index b169ef6d43..12996df3e0 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketSslEchoTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketSslEchoTest.java
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ import io.netty.handler.execution.OrderedMemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
 import io.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
 import io.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketSslEchoTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testSslEcho() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
         ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
@@ -114,10 +117,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketSslEchoTest {
             cb.getPipeline().addFirst("executor", new ExecutionHandler(eventExecutor));
         }
 
-        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         int port = ((InetSocketAddress) sc.getLocalAddress()).getPort();
 
-        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, port));
+        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, port));
         ccf.awaitUninterruptibly();
         if (!ccf.isSuccess()) {
             logger.error("Connection attempt failed", ccf.getCause());
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketStringEchoTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketStringEchoTest.java
index 9163d99e32..0c6196af54 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketStringEchoTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/AbstractSocketStringEchoTest.java
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ import io.netty.handler.codec.frame.DelimiterBasedFrameDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.frame.Delimiters;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.string.StringDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.string.StringEncoder;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketStringEchoTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testStringEcho() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
         ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
@@ -96,10 +99,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketStringEchoTest {
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("encoder", new StringEncoder(CharsetUtil.ISO_8859_1));
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("handler", ch);
 
-        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         int port = ((InetSocketAddress) sc.getLocalAddress()).getPort();
 
-        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, port));
+        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, port));
         assertTrue(ccf.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
         Channel cc = ccf.getChannel();
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/sctp/SctpMultiHomingEchoTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/sctp/SctpMultiHomingEchoTest.java
index 12e153a8ed..ed5cc560de 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/sctp/SctpMultiHomingEchoTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/sctp/SctpMultiHomingEchoTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpServerSocketChannelFactory;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameDecoder;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.codec.SctpFrameEncoder;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.handler.SimpleSctpChannelHandler;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ public class SctpMultiHomingEchoTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 15000)
     public void testSimpleEcho() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
         ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
@@ -97,22 +100,22 @@ public class SctpMultiHomingEchoTest {
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("sctp-encoder", new SctpFrameEncoder());
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("handler", ch);
 
-        SctpServerChannel serverChannel = (SctpServerChannel) sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        SctpServerChannel serverChannel = (SctpServerChannel) sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         int port = serverChannel.getLocalAddress().getPort();
 
-        ChannelFuture multiHomingServerBindFuture = serverChannel.bindAddress(InetAddress.getByName(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK2));
+        ChannelFuture multiHomingServerBindFuture = serverChannel.bindAddress(InetAddress.getByName(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK2));
         assertTrue(multiHomingServerBindFuture.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
-        ChannelFuture bindFuture = cb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        ChannelFuture bindFuture = cb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         assertTrue(bindFuture.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
         SctpChannel clientChannel = (SctpChannel) bindFuture.getChannel();
 
         //adding a muti-homing address to client channel
-        ChannelFuture multiHomingBindFuture = clientChannel.bindAddress(InetAddress.getByName(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK2));
+        ChannelFuture multiHomingBindFuture = clientChannel.bindAddress(InetAddress.getByName(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK2));
         assertTrue(multiHomingBindFuture.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
-        ChannelFuture connectFuture = clientChannel.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, port));
+        ChannelFuture connectFuture = clientChannel.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, port));
         assertTrue(connectFuture.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
         assertEquals("Client local addresses count should be 2", 2, clientChannel.getAllLocalAddresses().size());
@@ -157,10 +160,10 @@ public class SctpMultiHomingEchoTest {
         }
 
         //removing already added muti-homing address from client channel
-        ChannelFuture multiHomingUnbindFuture = clientChannel.unbindAddress(InetAddress.getByName(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK2));
+        ChannelFuture multiHomingUnbindFuture = clientChannel.unbindAddress(InetAddress.getByName(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK2));
         assertTrue(multiHomingUnbindFuture.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
-        ChannelFuture multiHomingServerUnbindFuture = serverChannel.unbindAddress(InetAddress.getByName(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK2));
+        ChannelFuture multiHomingServerUnbindFuture = serverChannel.unbindAddress(InetAddress.getByName(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK2));
         assertTrue(multiHomingServerUnbindFuture.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
 
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/sctp/SctpMultiStreamingEchoTest.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/sctp/SctpMultiStreamingEchoTest.java
index 952e759ad8..c77934c505 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/sctp/SctpMultiStreamingEchoTest.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/sctp/SctpMultiStreamingEchoTest.java
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ import io.netty.channel.*;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpClientSocketChannelFactory;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpFrame;
 import io.netty.channel.sctp.SctpServerSocketChannelFactory;
-import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpSocketAddresses;
+import io.netty.testsuite.util.SctpTestUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ public class SctpMultiStreamingEchoTest {
 
     @Test(timeout = 10000)
     public void testMultiStreamingEcho() throws Throwable {
+        Assume.assumeTrue(SctpTestUtil.isSctpSupported());
+
         ServerBootstrap sb = new ServerBootstrap(newServerSocketChannelFactory(executor));
 
         ClientBootstrap cb = new ClientBootstrap(newClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
@@ -93,10 +96,10 @@ public class SctpMultiStreamingEchoTest {
 
         cb.getPipeline().addLast("handler", ch);
 
-        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, 0));
+        Channel sc = sb.bind(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, 0));
         int port = ((InetSocketAddress) sc.getLocalAddress()).getPort();
 
-        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpSocketAddresses.LOOP_BACK, port));
+        ChannelFuture ccf = cb.connect(new InetSocketAddress(SctpTestUtil.LOOP_BACK, port));
         assertTrue(ccf.awaitUninterruptibly().isSuccess());
 
         Channel cc = ccf.getChannel();
diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/util/SctpTestUtil.java b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/util/SctpTestUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a3b3abd63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/util/SctpTestUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 The Netty Project
+ *
+ * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package io.netty.testsuite.util;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public class SctpTestUtil {
+    //io.netty.util.SocketAddresses.LOCALHOST interface has MTU SIZE issues with SCTP, we have  to use local loop back interface for testing
+    public final static String LOOP_BACK = "127.0.0.1";
+    public final static String LOOP_BACK2 = "127.0.0.2";
+    
+    /**
+     * Return <code>true</code> if SCTP is supported by the running os.
+     * 
+     */
+    public static boolean isSctpSupported() {
+        String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.UK);
+        if (os.equals("unix") || os.equals("linux") || os.equals("sun") || os.equals("solaris")) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+}