diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/byteorder.c b/tests/kernel/common/src/byteorder.c
index a698e1ca1fd..797d01459f2 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/byteorder.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/src/byteorder.c
@@ -145,6 +145,45 @@ void test_sys_put_be32(void)
 	zassert_mem_equal(tmp, buf, sizeof(u32_t), "sys_put_be32() failed");
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Test sys_get_be16() functionality
+ *
+ * @details Test if sys_get_be16() correctly handles endianness.
+ *
+ * @see sys_get_be16()
+ */
+void test_sys_get_be16(void)
+{
+	u32_t val = 0xf0e1, tmp;
+	u8_t buf[] = {
+		0xf0, 0xe1
+	};
+
+	tmp = sys_get_be16(buf);
+
+	zassert_equal(tmp, val, "sys_get_be16() failed");
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Test sys_put_be16() functionality
+ *
+ * @details Test if sys_put_be16() correctly handles endianness.
+ *
+ * @see sys_put_be16()
+ */
+void test_sys_put_be16(void)
+{
+	u64_t val = 0xf0e1;
+	u8_t buf[] = {
+		0xf0, 0xe1
+	};
+	u8_t tmp[sizeof(u16_t)];
+
+	sys_put_be16(val, tmp);
+
+	zassert_mem_equal(tmp, buf, sizeof(u16_t), "sys_put_be16() failed");
+}
+
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c b/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
index 335b62b0a7b..4d02c318380 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/common/src/main.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ extern void test_sys_get_be64(void);
 extern void test_sys_put_be64(void);
 extern void test_sys_get_be32(void);
 extern void test_sys_put_be32(void);
+extern void test_sys_get_be16(void);
+extern void test_sys_put_be16(void);
 extern void test_atomic(void);
 extern void test_intmath(void);
 extern void test_printk(void);
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ void test_main(void)
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_sys_put_be64),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_sys_get_be32),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_sys_put_be32),
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_sys_get_be16),
+			 ztest_unit_test(test_sys_put_be16),
 			 ztest_user_unit_test(test_atomic),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_bitfield),
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_printk),