diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/DatagramChannel.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/DatagramChannel.java
index d430a73524..7901d238d3 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/DatagramChannel.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/DatagramChannel.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public interface DatagramChannel extends Channel {
     @Override
     InetSocketAddress remoteAddress();
 
+    boolean isConnected();
+
     /**
      * Joins a multicast group.
      */
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 483b8b2fa9..19170c9093 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
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ public final class NioDatagramChannel
         return ch.isOpen() && ch.socket().isBound();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isConnected() {
+        return javaChannel().isConnected();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected DatagramChannel javaChannel() {
         return (DatagramChannel) super.javaChannel();
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 47da1e5462..9e53c57bfe 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
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ public class OioDatagramChannel extends AbstractOioMessageChannel
         return isOpen() && socket.isBound();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isConnected() {
+        return socket.isConnected();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected SocketAddress localAddress0() {
         return socket.getLocalSocketAddress();