diff --git a/ipc/tests/socket.rs b/devtools/src/test_socket.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from ipc/tests/socket.rs
rename to devtools/src/test_socket.rs
diff --git a/ipc/tests/Cargo.toml b/ipc/tests/Cargo.toml
index a4d07ae57..1d2bc35b4 100644
--- a/ipc/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ipc/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ path = "run.rs"
 "ethcore-ipc" = { path = "../rpc" }
 bincode = "*"
 serde = "0.7.0"
+ethcore-devtools = { path = "../../devtools" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 syntex = "0.30.0"
diff --git a/ipc/tests/examples.rs b/ipc/tests/examples.rs
index 5a6fc69bf..280e25d08 100644
--- a/ipc/tests/examples.rs
+++ b/ipc/tests/examples.rs
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
-	use super::super::socket::*;
 	use super::super::service::*;
 	use ipc::*;
+	use devtools::*;
 
 	#[test]
 	fn call_service() {
diff --git a/ipc/tests/run.rs b/ipc/tests/run.rs
index 187b52d9d..7aac809ed 100644
--- a/ipc/tests/run.rs
+++ b/ipc/tests/run.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 extern crate bincode;
 extern crate ethcore_ipc as ipc;
 extern crate serde;
+extern crate ethcore_devtools as devtools;
 
-pub mod socket;
 pub mod service;
 mod examples;