diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a8d938a..25f48aa 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,9 +163,7 @@ set_tests_properties(test_kernel_shell
     PROPERTIES
     ENVIRONMENT "JUPYTER_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 
-# TODO: enable this again when the ipc client 
-# is implemented
-if (FALSE)
+if (UNIX)
 
     # Test_kernel_ipc
     # ===============
@@ -183,10 +181,12 @@ if (FALSE)
     # ===============
 
     set(TEST_CLIENT_IPC_SOURCES
+        xipc_client.cpp
+        xipc_client.hpp
         client_ipc.cpp)
 
     add_executable(test_client_ipc ${TEST_CLIENT_IPC_SOURCES})
     target_link_libraries(test_client_ipc PRIVATE ${xeus-zmq_TARGET} Threads::Threads)
     target_compile_features(test_client_ipc PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
-endif (FALSE)
+endif (UNIX)
diff --git a/test/client_ipc.cpp b/test/client_ipc.cpp
index 763e0b0..4f74dfb 100644
--- a/test/client_ipc.cpp
+++ b/test/client_ipc.cpp
@@ -6,34 +6,35 @@
 * The full license is in the file LICENSE, distributed with this software. *
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-// TODO: this client should be reimplemented with
-// the new client framework. Notice that it was not
-// tested in the CI but was here for trying to reproduce
-// some issue with IPC.
-
-/*#include <iostream>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #include "zmq_addon.hpp"
 #include "nlohmann/json.hpp"
 #include "xeus/xguid.hpp"
 #include "xeus/xmessage.hpp"
-#include "xeus-zmq/xauthentication.hpp"
-#include "xeus-zmq/xmiddleware.hpp"
-#include "xeus-zmq/xzmq_serializer.hpp"
+#include "xeus/xkernel_configuration.hpp"
+#include "xeus-zmq/xzmq_context.hpp"
+#include "xipc_client.hpp"
 
 namespace nl = nlohmann;
 
 int main(int, char**)
 {
-    zmq::context_t context;
-    zmq::socket_t cli(context, zmq::socket_type::dealer);
-    xeus::xguid socket_id = xeus::new_xguid();
-    //cli.set(ZMQ_IDENTITY, socket_id.c_str(), socket_id.size());
-    cli.set(zmq::sockopt::linger, xeus::get_socket_linger());
-    cli.connect(xeus::get_end_point("ipc", "localhost", "shell"));
+    auto context_ptr = xeus::make_zmq_context();
+    xeus::xconfiguration config;
+    config.m_transport = "ipc";
+    config.m_ip = "localhost";
+    config.m_control_port = "control";
+    config.m_shell_port = "shell";
+    config.m_stdin_port = "stdin";
+    config.m_iopub_port = "iopub";
+    config.m_hb_port = "heartbeat";
+    config.m_signature_scheme = "none";
+    config.m_key = "";
 
-    auto auth = xeus::make_xauthentication("none", "");
+    xeus::xipc_client ipc_client(*context_ptr, config);
 
+    xeus::xguid socket_id = xeus::new_xguid();
     nl::json header = xeus::make_header("execute_request", "tester", "DAEDZFAEDE12");
     std::string code = "std::cout << \"this is a test\" << std::endl;";
     nl::json req = {
@@ -48,15 +49,19 @@ int main(int, char**)
         nl::json::object(),
         xeus::buffer_sequence()
     );
-    auto wire_msg = xeus::xzmq_serializer::serialize(std::move(msg), *auth);
-    wire_msg.send(cli);
 
-    zmq::multipart_t resp_msg;
-    resp_msg.recv(cli);
+    ipc_client.send_on_shell(std::move(msg));
 
-    auto resp = xeus::xzmq_serializer::deserialize(resp_msg, *auth);
-    std::cout << resp.content().dump(4) << std::endl;
+    auto response = ipc_client.check_shell_answer();
+    if (response.has_value())
+    {
+        std::cout << response->content().dump(4) << std::endl;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        std::cout << "No response received" << std::endl;
+    }
 
     return 0;
-}*/
+}
 
diff --git a/test/xipc_client.cpp b/test/xipc_client.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6521a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/xipc_client.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+* Copyright (c) 2016, Johan Mabille and Sylvain Corlay                     *
+*                                                                          *
+* Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.                 *
+*                                                                          *
+* The full license is in the file LICENSE, distributed with this software. *
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "xipc_client.hpp"
+
+namespace xeus
+{
+
+    xipc_client::xipc_client(xcontext& context, const xconfiguration& config)
+        : p_client(make_xclient_zmq(context, config))
+    {
+    }
+
+    void xipc_client::send_on_shell(xmessage msg)
+    {
+        p_client->send_on_shell(std::move(msg));
+    }
+
+    std::optional<xmessage> xipc_client::check_shell_answer()
+    {
+        return p_client->check_shell_answer();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/xipc_client.hpp b/test/xipc_client.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62779f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/xipc_client.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+* Copyright (c) 2016, Johan Mabille and Sylvain Corlay                     *
+*                                                                          *
+* Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.                 *
+*                                                                          *
+* The full license is in the file LICENSE, distributed with this software. *
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef XEUS_IPC_CLIENT_HPP
+#define XEUS_IPC_CLIENT_HPP
+
+#include "xeus-zmq/xclient_zmq.hpp"
+
+namespace xeus
+{
+    class xipc_client
+    {
+    public:
+        using client_ptr = std::unique_ptr<xclient_zmq>;
+
+        xipc_client(xcontext& context, const xconfiguration& config);
+
+        void send_on_shell(xmessage msg);
+        std::optional<xmessage> check_shell_answer();
+
+    private:
+        client_ptr p_client;
+    };
+}
+
+#endif