diff --git a/sctp_linux.go b/sctp_linux.go
index 778d3cf..53acf71 100644
--- a/sctp_linux.go
+++ b/sctp_linux.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (c *SCTPConn) SCTPWrite(b []byte, info *SndRcvInfo) (int, error) {
 		hdr.SetLen(syscall.CmsgSpace(len(cmsgBuf)))
 		cbuf = append(toBuf(hdr), cmsgBuf...)
 	}
-	return syscall.SendmsgN(c.fd(), b, cbuf, nil, 0)
+	return syscall.SendmsgN(c.fd(), b, cbuf, nil, syscall.MSG_DONTWAIT)
 }
 
 func parseSndRcvInfo(b []byte) (*SndRcvInfo, error) {
diff --git a/sctp_write_nonblock_test.go b/sctp_write_nonblock_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19ae0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sctp_write_nonblock_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+//go:build linux && !386
+// +build linux,!386
+
+// Copyright 2019 Wataru Ishida. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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 sctp
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func writePair(t *testing.T) (client, server *SCTPConn) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	addr, err := ResolveSCTPAddr("sctp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("resolve: %v", err)
+	}
+	ln, err := ListenSCTP("sctp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = ln.Close() })
+
+	type accepted struct {
+		conn *SCTPConn
+		err  error
+	}
+	ch := make(chan accepted, 1)
+	go func() {
+		c, err := ln.AcceptSCTP()
+		ch <- accepted{c, err}
+	}()
+
+	client, err = DialSCTP("sctp", nil, ln.Addr().(*SCTPAddr))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("dial: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = client.Close() })
+
+	a := <-ch
+	if a.err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("accept: %v", a.err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = a.conn.Close() })
+	return client, a.conn
+}
+
+// TestWriteDoesNotBlockOnFullSendQueue is the behaviour this change exists
+// for: with a peer that has stopped reading, a writer must get an error back
+// rather than parking in sendmsg indefinitely.
+func TestWriteDoesNotBlockOnFullSendQueue(t *testing.T) {
+	client, server := writePair(t)
+	_ = server // deliberately never read from
+
+	// Keep the send buffer small so the queue fills quickly.
+	if err := client.SetWriteBuffer(16 * 1024); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("SetWriteBuffer: %v (continuing)", err)
+	}
+
+	payload := make([]byte, 8192)
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ {
+			if _, err := client.SCTPWrite(payload, nil); err != nil {
+				done <- err
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		done <- nil
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Skip("send queue never filled; nothing to assert")
+		}
+		if !errors.Is(err, syscall.EAGAIN) && !errors.Is(err, syscall.EWOULDBLOCK) {
+			t.Logf("writer stopped with %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		t.Logf("writer correctly reported %v instead of blocking", err)
+	case <-time.After(15 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("SCTPWrite blocked on a full send queue instead of returning")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestWriteNeedsRetryEvenWithReadingPeer records the cost of the
+// non-blocking flag: EAGAIN is not limited to a peer that has stopped
+// reading. A writer that outruns a reading peer sees it too, so every caller
+// must now retry rather than treat a write as delivered.
+//
+// This is the compatibility note for the change. Before MSG_DONTWAIT such a
+// write blocked until there was room and callers could ignore the case; now a
+// plain write loop silently drops messages.
+func TestWriteNeedsRetryEvenWithReadingPeer(t *testing.T) {
+	client, server := writePair(t)
+
+	go func() {
+		buf := make([]byte, 8192)
+		for {
+			if _, _, err := server.SCTPRead(buf); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	payload := make([]byte, 1024)
+	const messages = 200
+	var again int
+	for i := 0; i < messages; i++ {
+		_, err := client.SCTPWrite(payload, nil)
+		if errors.Is(err, syscall.EAGAIN) || errors.Is(err, syscall.EWOULDBLOCK) {
+			again++
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("write %d: unexpected error %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+	t.Logf("%d of %d writes returned EAGAIN despite an actively reading peer",
+		again, messages)
+}
+
+// TestWriteWithRetrySendsEverything shows the retry loop callers now need.
+func TestWriteWithRetrySendsEverything(t *testing.T) {
+	client, server := writePair(t)
+
+	received := make(chan int, 1)
+	go func() {
+		buf := make([]byte, 8192)
+		total := 0
+		for {
+			n, _, err := server.SCTPRead(buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				received <- total
+				return
+			}
+			total += n
+		}
+	}()
+
+	payload := make([]byte, 1024)
+	const messages = 200
+	for i := 0; i < messages; i++ {
+		var err error
+		for attempt := 0; attempt < 1000; attempt++ {
+			_, err = client.SCTPWrite(payload, nil)
+			if errors.Is(err, syscall.EAGAIN) || errors.Is(err, syscall.EWOULDBLOCK) {
+				time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+				continue
+			}
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("write %d failed after retries: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+	t.Logf("%d messages delivered using a retry loop", messages)
+}