diff --git a/test/noise.test.ts b/test/noise.test.ts
index 6d42cd5..ddc285e 100644
--- a/test/noise.test.ts
+++ b/test/noise.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { decodeMessageBuffer, encodeMessageBuffer } from "../src/encoder";
 import {XXHandshake} from "../src/xx";
 import {Buffer} from "buffer";
-import {getKeyPairFromPeerId} from "./utils";
+import {getKeyPairFromPeerId, getRandomBuffer} from "./utils";
 
 describe("Noise", () => {
   let remotePeer, localPeer;
@@ -96,4 +96,30 @@ describe("Noise", () => {
       assert(false, e.message);
     }
   })
+
+
+  it("should test large payloads", async() => {
+    try {
+      const { privateKey: libp2pInitPrivKey } = getKeyPairFromPeerId(localPeer);
+      const { privateKey: libp2pRespPrivKey } = getKeyPairFromPeerId(remotePeer);
+      const noiseInit = new Noise(libp2pInitPrivKey);
+      const noiseResp = new Noise(libp2pRespPrivKey);
+
+      const [inboundConnection, outboundConnection] = DuplexPair();
+      const [outbound, inbound] = await Promise.all([
+        noiseInit.secureOutbound(localPeer, outboundConnection, remotePeer),
+        noiseResp.secureInbound(remotePeer, inboundConnection, localPeer),
+      ]);
+      const wrappedInbound = Wrap(inbound.conn);
+      const wrappedOutbound = Wrap(outbound.conn);
+
+      const largePlaintext = getRandomBuffer(100000);
+      wrappedOutbound.writeLP(largePlaintext);
+      const response = await wrappedInbound.readLP();
+      expect(response.equals(largePlaintext)).to.be.true;
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
+      assert(false, e.message);
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/utils.ts b/test/utils.ts
index 2ac5b7b..7f68b0d 100644
--- a/test/utils.ts
+++ b/test/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as crypto from 'libp2p-crypto';
 import {KeyPair, PeerId} from "../src/@types/libp2p";
+import {bytes} from "../src/@types/basic";
 
 export async function generateEd25519Keys() {
   return await crypto.keys.generateKeyPair('ed25519');
@@ -11,3 +12,15 @@ export function getKeyPairFromPeerId(peerId: PeerId): KeyPair {
     publicKey: peerId.marshalPubKey(),
   }
 }
+
+export function getRandomBuffer(size: number) : bytes {
+  size = Math.max(1, size<<0);
+
+    const buf = Buffer.alloc(size);
+    let i = 0;
+    for (; i < size; ++i) {
+      buf[i] = (Math.random() * 0xFF) << 0;
+    }
+
+    return buf;
+}