diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramUnicastTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramUnicastTest.java
index 4aea9cf37a..c41f44dd34 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramUnicastTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/DatagramUnicastTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.DatagramPacket;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class DatagramUnicastTest extends AbstractDatagramTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testSimpleSendWithoutBind() throws Throwable {
-        //run();
+        run();
     }
 
     public void testSimpleSendWithoutBind(Bootstrap sb, Bootstrap cb) throws Throwable {
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public class DatagramUnicastTest extends AbstractDatagramTest {
                 // Nothing will be sent.
             }
         });
+        cb.option(ChannelOption.DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION, true);
 
         Channel sc = sb.bind().sync().channel();
         Channel cc = cb.register().sync().channel();
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelOption.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelOption.java
index 0548570494..2c03431055 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelOption.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/ChannelOption.java
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ public class ChannelOption<T> extends UniqueName {
     public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> TCP_NODELAY =
             new ChannelOption<Boolean>("TCP_NODELAY");
 
+    @Deprecated
+    public static final ChannelOption<Boolean> DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION =
+            new ChannelOption<Boolean>("DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION");
     /**
      * Create a new {@link ChannelOption} with the given name. The name needs to be
      * unique.
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/DefaultDatagramChannelConfig.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/DefaultDatagramChannelConfig.java
index 728ce1382f..269446159f 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/DefaultDatagramChannelConfig.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/DefaultDatagramChannelConfig.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class DefaultDatagramChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implement
     private static final RecvByteBufAllocator DEFAULT_RCVBUF_ALLOCATOR = new FixedRecvByteBufAllocator(2048);
 
     private final DatagramSocket javaSocket;
+    private volatile boolean activeOnOpen;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class DefaultDatagramChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implement
         return getOptions(
                 super.getOptions(),
                 SO_BROADCAST, SO_RCVBUF, SO_SNDBUF, SO_REUSEADDR, IP_MULTICAST_LOOP_DISABLED,
-                IP_MULTICAST_ADDR, IP_MULTICAST_IF, IP_MULTICAST_TTL, IP_TOS);
+                IP_MULTICAST_ADDR, IP_MULTICAST_IF, IP_MULTICAST_TTL, IP_TOS, DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION);
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -99,7 +100,9 @@ public class DefaultDatagramChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implement
         if (option == IP_TOS) {
             return (T) Integer.valueOf(getTrafficClass());
         }
-
+        if (option == DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION) {
+            return (T) Boolean.valueOf(activeOnOpen);
+        }
         return super.getOption(option);
     }
 
@@ -125,6 +128,8 @@ public class DefaultDatagramChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implement
             setTimeToLive((Integer) value);
         } else if (option == IP_TOS) {
             setTrafficClass((Integer) value);
+        } else if (option == DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION) {
+            setActiveOnOpen((Boolean) value);
         } else {
             return super.setOption(option, value);
         }
@@ -132,6 +137,12 @@ public class DefaultDatagramChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implement
         return true;
     }
 
+    private void setActiveOnOpen(boolean activeOnOpen) {
+        if (channel.isRegistered()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Can only changed before channel was registered");
+        }
+        this.activeOnOpen = activeOnOpen;
+    }
     @Override
     public boolean isBroadcast() {
         try {
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
index 305fea7351..c95801c2ec 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioDatagramChannel.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelException;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelMetadata;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundBuffer;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
 import io.netty.channel.DefaultAddressedEnvelope;
@@ -128,7 +129,9 @@ public final class NioDatagramChannel
     @Override
     public boolean isActive() {
         DatagramChannel ch = javaChannel();
-        return ch.isOpen();
+        return ch.isOpen() && (
+                (config.getOption(ChannelOption.DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION) && isRegistered())
+                || ch.socket().isBound());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannel.java
index 1c9d3ec3bc..a47010749c 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/oio/OioDatagramChannel.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelException;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelMetadata;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOutboundBuffer;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
 import io.netty.channel.RecvByteBufAllocator;
@@ -125,7 +126,8 @@ public class OioDatagramChannel extends AbstractOioMessageChannel
 
     @Override
     public boolean isActive() {
-        return isOpen() && socket.isBound();
+        return isOpen() && (config.getOption(ChannelOption.DATAGRAM_CHANNEL_ACTIVE_ON_REGISTRATION) && isRegistered())
+                || socket.isBound();
     }
 
     @Override