diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 156ea864..c7dc0d81 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@
       <version>${paho.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.19.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImpl.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImpl.java
index af3bab5c..63ad8683 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImpl.java
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ private MqttEndpointImpl connack(MqttConnectReturnCode returnCode, boolean sessi
       this.close();
     } else {
       this.isConnected = true;
+      log.info("connected flag has been set to true");
     }
 
     return this;
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImplTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5924bce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/mqtt/impl/MqttEndpointImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Bosch Software Innovations GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.vertx.mqtt.impl;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.Timeout;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import io.vertx.core.Context;
+import io.vertx.core.Handler;
+import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
+import io.vertx.core.impl.NetSocketInternal;
+import io.vertx.ext.unit.Async;
+import io.vertx.ext.unit.TestContext;
+import io.vertx.ext.unit.junit.VertxUnitRunner;
+import io.vertx.mqtt.MqttAuth;
+import io.vertx.mqtt.MqttEndpoint;
+import io.vertx.mqtt.MqttServerOptions;
+import io.vertx.mqtt.messages.MqttPublishMessage;
+
+@RunWith(VertxUnitRunner.class)
+public class MqttEndpointImplTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public Timeout timeout = Timeout.seconds(3);
+
+    private static Vertx vertx;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() {
+        vertx = Vertx.vertx();
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void shutDown(TestContext ctx) {
+        vertx.close(ctx.asyncAssertSuccess());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testServerAcceptsPublishedMessage(TestContext ctx) {
+
+      final Context serverContext = vertx.getOrCreateContext();
+      final Context utilityContext = vertx.getOrCreateContext();
+      assertFalse(serverContext == utilityContext);
+
+      Async connackSent = ctx.async();
+      Async messageProcessed = ctx.async();
+
+      NetSocketInternal con = mock(NetSocketInternal.class);
+      // writeMessage will be invoked by the endpoint when
+      // it accepts a connection request
+      when(con.writeMessage(any())).then(invocation -> {
+          connackSent.complete();
+          return con;
+      });
+
+      final Handler<MqttPublishMessage> publishHandler = pub -> {
+          System.out.println(String.format("processing message on %s context",
+                  Vertx.currentContext() == serverContext ? "server" : "utility"));
+          messageProcessed.complete();
+      };
+      final Handler<MqttEndpoint> endpointHandler = ep -> {
+
+          System.out.println(String.format("processing CONNECT on %s context",
+                  Vertx.currentContext() == serverContext ? "server" : "utility"));
+
+          ctx.assertTrue(Vertx.currentContext() == serverContext);
+          ep.publishAutoAck(true);
+          ep.publishHandler(publishHandler);
+
+          utilityContext.runOnContext(invokeUtility -> {
+              System.out.println(String.format("sending CONNACK on %s context",
+                      Vertx.currentContext() == serverContext ? "server" : "utility"));
+              ctx.assertTrue(Vertx.currentContext() == utilityContext);
+              // we send the CONNACK while running on the utility context
+              ep.accept(false);
+          });
+      };
+
+      MqttServerConnection serverCon = new MqttServerConnection(con, new MqttServerOptions());
+      serverCon.init(endpointHandler, t -> {});
+      MqttEndpointImpl endpoint = new MqttEndpointImpl(
+              con,
+              "client-id",
+              new MqttAuth("client", "password"),
+              null,
+              true,
+              3,
+              "MQTT",
+              10);
+
+      // WHEN a client connects to the server
+      serverContext.runOnContext(connect -> {
+          // this will eventually result in the writeMessage() method
+          // being invoked on the connection
+          endpointHandler.handle(endpoint);
+      });
+      // and publishes its first message after it
+      // has received the server's CONNACK
+      connackSent.await();
+      System.out.println("received CONNACK from server, now publishing message...");
+      MqttPublishMessage msg = mock(MqttPublishMessage.class);
+      serverContext.runOnContext(publish -> {
+          System.out.println(String.format("receiving PUBLISH from client on %s context",
+                  Vertx.currentContext() == serverContext ? "server" : "utility"));
+          serverCon.handlePublish(msg);
+      });
+
+      // THEN the message gets processed
+      messageProcessed.await();
+      // and the connection is not closed
+      verify(con, never()).close();
+    }
+}