diff --git a/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyTest.java b/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05e82708d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package org.asynchttpclient.netty;
+
+import io.netty.channel.epoll.Epoll;
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueue;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+public class NettyTest {
+    @Test
+    @EnabledOnOs(value = OS.LINUX)
+    public void epollIsAvailableOnLinux() {
+        assertTrue(Epoll.isAvailable());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @EnabledOnOs(value = OS.MAC)
+    public void kqueueIsAvailableOnMac() {
+        assertTrue(KQueue.isAvailable());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4aeb5388..1fcf89b5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -178,6 +178,14 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
+            <classifier>linux-aarch_64</classifier>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
@@ -186,6 +194,14 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-transport-native-kqueue</artifactId>
+            <classifier>osx-aarch_64</classifier>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty.incubator</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-incubator-transport-native-io_uring</artifactId>