diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Epoll.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/Epoll.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.channel.epoll;
+
+/**
+ * Tells if <a href="http://netty.io/wiki/native-transports.html">{@code netty-transport-native-epoll}</a> is supported.
+ */
+public final class Epoll {
+
+    private static final boolean IS_AVAILABLE;
+
+    static  {
+        boolean available;
+        int epollFd = -1;
+        int eventFd = -1;
+        try {
+            epollFd = Native.epollCreate();
+            eventFd = Native.eventFd();
+            available = true;
+        } catch (Throwable cause) {
+            // ignore
+            available = false;
+        } finally {
+            if (epollFd != -1) {
+                try {
+                    Native.close(epollFd);
+                } catch (Exception ignore) {
+                    // ignore
+                }
+            }
+            if (eventFd != -1) {
+                try {
+                    Native.close(eventFd);
+                } catch (Exception ignore) {
+                    // ignore
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        IS_AVAILABLE = available;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} if and only if the
+     * <a href="http://netty.io/wiki/native-transports.html">{@code netty-transport-native-epoll}</a> can be used.
+     */
+    public static boolean isAvailable() {
+        return IS_AVAILABLE;
+    }
+
+    private Epoll() { }
+}
diff --git a/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollTest.java b/transport-native-epoll/src/test/java/io/netty/channel/epoll/EpollTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.channel.epoll;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class EpollTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIsAvailable() {
+        Assert.assertTrue(Epoll.isAvailable());
+    }
+}