diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/byteorder.c b/tests/kernel/common/src/byteorder.c
index 52a3d3ba075..ef22f2acef3 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/byteorder.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/src/byteorder.c
@@ -86,6 +86,26 @@ void test_sys_get_be64(void)
 	zassert_equal(tmp, val, "sys_get_be64() failed");
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Test sys_put_be64() functionality
+ *
+ * @details Test if sys_put_be64() correctly handles endianness.
+ *
+ * @see sys_put_be64()
+ */
+void test_sys_put_be64(void)
+{
+	u64_t val = 0xf0e1d2c3b4a59687;
+	u8_t buf[] = {
+		0xf0, 0xe1, 0xd2, 0xc3, 0xb4, 0xa5, 0x96, 0x87
+	};
+	u8_t tmp[sizeof(u64_t)];
+
+	sys_put_be64(val, tmp);
+
+	zassert_mem_equal(tmp, buf, sizeof(u64_t), "sys_put_be64() failed");
+}
+
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c b/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
index 5c0e7bf5042..300a8de87da 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 extern void test_byteorder_memcpy_swap(void);
 extern void test_byteorder_mem_swap(void);
 extern void test_sys_get_be64(void);
+extern void test_sys_put_be64(void);
 extern void test_atomic(void);
 extern void test_intmath(void);
 extern void test_printk(void);
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ void test_main(void)
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_byteorder_memcpy_swap),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_byteorder_mem_swap),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_sys_get_be64),
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_sys_put_be64),
 			 ztest_user_unit_test(test_atomic),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_bitfield),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_printk),