diff --git a/tests/scripts/tcp_client.pl b/tests/scripts/tcp_client.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..11cbf1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/tcp_client.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+# A simple TCP client that sends some data and expects a response.
+# Usage: tcp_client.pl HOSTNAME PORT DATA1 RESPONSE1
+#   DATA: hex-encoded data to send to the server
+#   RESPONSE: regexp that must match the server's response
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use IO::Socket::INET;
+
+# Pack hex digits into a binary string, ignoring whitespace.
+sub parse_hex {
+    my ($hex) = @_;
+    $hex =~ s/\s+//g;
+    return pack('H*', $hex);
+}
+
+## Open a TCP connection to the specified host and port.
+sub open_connection {
+    my ($host, $port) = @_;
+    my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => $host,
+                                       PeerPort => $port,
+                                       Proto => 'tcp',
+                                       Timeout => 1);
+    die "Cannot connect to $host:$port: $!" unless $socket;
+    return $socket;
+}
+
+## Close the TCP connection.
+sub close_connection {
+    my ($connection) = @_;
+    $connection->shutdown(2);
+    # Ignore shutdown failures (at least for now)
+    return 1;
+}
+
+## Write the given data, expressed as hexadecimal
+sub write_data {
+    my ($connection, $hexdata) = @_;
+    my $data = parse_hex($hexdata);
+    my $total_sent = 0;
+    while ($total_sent < length($data)) {
+        my $sent = $connection->send($data, 0);
+        if (!defined $sent) {
+            die "Unable to send data: $!";
+        }
+        $total_sent += $sent;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+## Read a response and check it against an expected prefix
+sub read_response {
+    my ($connection, $expected_hex) = @_;
+    my $expected_data = parse_hex($expected_hex);
+    my $start_offset = 0;
+    while ($start_offset < length($expected_data)) {
+        my $actual_data;
+        my $ok = $connection->recv($actual_data, length($expected_data));
+        if (!defined $ok) {
+            die "Unable to receive data: $!";
+        }
+        if (($actual_data ^ substr($expected_data, $start_offset)) =~ /[^\000]/) {
+            printf STDERR ("Received \\x%02x instead of \\x%02x at offset %d\n",
+                           ord(substr($actual_data, $-[0], 1)),
+                           ord(substr($expected_data, $start_offset + $-[0], 1)),
+                           $start_offset + $-[0]);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        $start_offset += length($actual_data);
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+if (@ARGV != 4) {
+    print STDERR "Usage: $0 HOSTNAME PORT DATA1 RESPONSE1\n";
+    exit(3);
+}
+my ($host, $port, $data1, $response1) = @ARGV;
+my $connection = open_connection($host, $port);
+write_data($connection, $data1);
+if (!read_response($connection, $response1)) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+close_connection($connection);
diff --git a/tests/ssl-opt.sh b/tests/ssl-opt.sh
index 24b0fff..21a4ab7 100755
--- a/tests/ssl-opt.sh
+++ b/tests/ssl-opt.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 : ${OPENSSL_CMD:=openssl} # OPENSSL would conflict with the build system
 : ${GNUTLS_CLI:=gnutls-cli}
 : ${GNUTLS_SERV:=gnutls-serv}
+: ${PERL:=perl}
 
 O_SRV="$OPENSSL_CMD s_server -www -cert data_files/server5.crt -key data_files/server5.key"
 O_CLI="echo 'GET / HTTP/1.0' | $OPENSSL_CMD s_client"
 G_SRV="$GNUTLS_SERV --x509certfile data_files/server5.crt --x509keyfile data_files/server5.key"
 G_CLI="echo 'GET / HTTP/1.0' | $GNUTLS_CLI --x509cafile data_files/test-ca_cat12.crt"
+TCP_CLIENT="$PERL scripts/tcp_client.pl"
 
 TESTS=0
 FAILS=0
@@ -898,6 +900,37 @@
             -s "received FALLBACK_SCSV" \
             -S "inapropriate fallback"
 
+## ClientHello generated with
+## "openssl s_client -CAfile tests/data_files/test-ca.crt -tls1_1 -connect localhost:4433 -cipher ..."
+## then manually twiddling the ciphersuite list.
+## The ClientHello content is spelled out below as a hex string as
+## "prefix ciphersuite1 ciphersuite2 ciphersuite3 ciphersuite4 suffix".
+## The expected response is an inappropriate_fallback alert.
+requires_openssl_with_fallback_scsv
+run_test    "Fallback SCSV: beginning of list" \
+            "$P_SRV debug_level=2" \
+            "$TCP_CLIENT localhost $SRV_PORT '160301003e0100003a03022aafb94308dc22ca1086c65acc00e414384d76b61ecab37df1633b1ae1034dbe000008 5600 0031 0032 0033 0100000900230000000f000101' '15030200020256'" \
+            0 \
+            -s "received FALLBACK_SCSV" \
+            -s "inapropriate fallback"
+
+requires_openssl_with_fallback_scsv
+run_test    "Fallback SCSV: end of list" \
+            "$P_SRV debug_level=2" \
+            "$TCP_CLIENT localhost $SRV_PORT '160301003e0100003a03022aafb94308dc22ca1086c65acc00e414384d76b61ecab37df1633b1ae1034dbe000008 0031 0032 0033 5600 0100000900230000000f000101' '15030200020256'" \
+            0 \
+            -s "received FALLBACK_SCSV" \
+            -s "inapropriate fallback"
+
+## Here the expected response is a valid ServerHello prefix, up to the random.
+requires_openssl_with_fallback_scsv
+run_test    "Fallback SCSV: not in list" \
+            "$P_SRV debug_level=2" \
+            "$TCP_CLIENT localhost $SRV_PORT '160301003e0100003a03022aafb94308dc22ca1086c65acc00e414384d76b61ecab37df1633b1ae1034dbe000008 0056 0031 0032 0033 0100000900230000000f000101' '16030200300200002c0302'" \
+            0 \
+            -S "received FALLBACK_SCSV" \
+            -S "inapropriate fallback"
+
 # Tests for CBC 1/n-1 record splitting
 
 run_test    "CBC Record splitting: TLS 1.2, no splitting" \