diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 6612dbca84..ec072fdb8d 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@
       <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Needed on Java11 and later -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57299e9b9f..fcda89ca10 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,23 @@
   </developers>
 
   <profiles>
+    <!-- JDK11 -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>java11</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>11</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <!-- Not use alpn agent as Java11 supports alpn out of the box -->
+        <argLine.alpnAgent />
+        <forbiddenapis.skip>true</forbiddenapis.skip>
+        <!-- Needed because of https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MENFORCER-275 -->
+        <enforcer.plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</enforcer.plugin.version>
+        <!-- 1.4.x does not work in Java10+ -->
+        <jboss.marshalling.version>2.0.5.Final</jboss.marshalling.version>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+
     <!-- JDK10 -->
     <profile>
       <id>java10</id>
@@ -268,6 +285,13 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <!-- Needed for java11 and later as javax.activation is not part of the JDK anymore -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <!-- Byte code generator - completely optional -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
diff --git a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketHalfClosedTest.java b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketHalfClosedTest.java
index 40b5e86ff7..cd03ac3c9b 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketHalfClosedTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketHalfClosedTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import io.netty.util.UncheckedBooleanSupplier;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
@@ -327,8 +328,18 @@ public class SocketHalfClosedTest extends AbstractSocketTest {
                     public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture future) throws Exception {
                         future.channel().close().addListener(new ChannelFutureListener() {
                             @Override
-                            public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture future) throws Exception {
-                                followerCloseLatch.countDown();
+                            public void operationComplete(final ChannelFuture future) throws Exception {
+                                // This is a bit racy but there is no better way how to handle this in Java11.
+                                // The problem is that on close() the underlying FD will not actually be closed directly
+                                // but the close will be done after the Selector did process all events. Because of
+                                // this we will need to give it a bit time to ensure the FD is actual closed before we
+                                // count down the latch and try to write.
+                                future.channel().eventLoop().schedule(new Runnable() {
+                                    @Override
+                                    public void run() {
+                                        followerCloseLatch.countDown();
+                                    }
+                                }, 200, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
                             }
                         });
                     }
diff --git a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketRstTest.java b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketRstTest.java
index 4eb1b84653..88cef1236a 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketRstTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/main/java/io/netty/testsuite/transport/socket/SocketRstTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
+import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.util.internal.PlatformDependent;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -89,8 +91,16 @@ public class SocketRstTest extends AbstractSocketTest {
 
         // Verify the client received a RST.
         Throwable cause = throwableRef.get();
+        if (PlatformDependent.javaVersion() >= 11 && sb.config().group() instanceof NioEventLoopGroup) {
+            // In Java11 calling SocketChannel.close() will also call shutdown(..,SHUT_WR) before actual closing the
+            // fd which means we may not see the ECONNRESET at all :(
+            if (cause == null) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
         assertTrue("actual [type, message]: [" + cause.getClass() + ", " + cause.getMessage() + "]",
-                   cause instanceof IOException);
+                cause instanceof IOException);
+
         assertRstOnCloseException((IOException) cause, cc);
     }