diff --git a/include/tr/socket.h b/include/tr/socket.h
index 4c66c1c..275bc96 100644
--- a/include/tr/socket.h
+++ b/include/tr/socket.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ TR_TcpSocket TR_socketAccept(TR_TcpSocket);
 #define TR_socketOpen(socket) \
 	(TR_socketInit((socket), NULL))
 
+void TR_socketPair(TR_Socket[2], int);
+
 #endif // __TR_SOCKET_H__
 
 // vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c66867a..d57384d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ TRIO = stream.c \
        socket_accept.c \
        socket_nonblock.c \
        socket_close.c \
+       socket_pair.c \
        socket_shutdown.c \
        socket_shutdown_read.c \
        socket_shutdown_write.c \
diff --git a/src/socket_pair.c b/src/socket_pair.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd0a5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/socket_pair.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author	Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright © 2014 Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+//#include <errno.h>
+//#include <stdlib.h>
+//#include <unistd.h>
+//#include <stdio.h>
+//#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+
+#include "tr/socket.h"
+#include "trbase.h"
+
+void
+TR_socketPair(TR_Socket sockets[2], int type)
+{
+	int handles[2];
+
+	if (0 > socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM, 0, handles)) {
+		TR_loggerLog(
+				TR_logger,
+				TR_LOGGER_ERR,
+				"Unable to create socket pair");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sockets[0] = TR_new(TR_Socket, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+	sockets[1] = TR_new(TR_Socket, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
+	TR_socketType(sockets[0]) = type;
+	TR_socketType(sockets[1]) = type;
+	TR_socketHandle(sockets[0]) = handles[0];
+	TR_socketHandle(sockets[1]) = handles[1];
+}
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/udp_socket.c b/src/udp_socket.c
index 276b19b..b74ce88 100644
--- a/src/udp_socket.c
+++ b/src/udp_socket.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ udpSocketRecv(void * _this, size_t size)
 	ssize_t       received;
 	TR_RemoteData rdata;
 	TR_Socket     remote = TR_new(TR_UdpSocket, this->log, NULL, 0, 0);
-	
+
 	size = size>TR_UDP_MAX_READ_BLOCK ? TR_UDP_MAX_READ_BLOCK : size;
 
 	unsigned char buffer[size];