diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile
index 379cdb1960a706e775012c31d778767b1c26c008..754ec643768a5ab0a756eae728872bcde7f17251 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 TEST_INCLUDES := $(wildcard lib/py/*.py)
 
-TEST_PROGS := stats.py
+TEST_PROGS := \
+	ping.py \
+	stats.py \
+# end of TEST_PROGS
 
 include ../../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/ping.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/ping.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e75908d7c55859f7d89e47376fdea8c1a9d49f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/ping.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+from lib.py import ksft_run, ksft_exit
+from lib.py import NetDrvEpEnv
+from lib.py import cmd
+
+
+def test_v4(cfg) -> None:
+    cmd(f"ping -c 1 -W0.5 {cfg.remote_v4}")
+    cmd(f"ping -c 1 -W0.5 {cfg.v4}", host=cfg.remote)
+
+
+def test_v6(cfg) -> None:
+    cmd(f"ping -c 1 -W0.5 {cfg.remote_v6}")
+    cmd(f"ping -c 1 -W0.5 {cfg.v6}", host=cfg.remote)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    with NetDrvEpEnv(__file__) as cfg:
+        ksft_run([test_v4, test_v6],
+                 args=(cfg, ))
+    ksft_exit()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()