diff --git a/examples/coap/Cargo.toml b/examples/coap/Cargo.toml
index a5d0fad16..a5b2962cc 100644
--- a/examples/coap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/coap/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ embedded-nal-async = "0.7"
 # actually patched with https://github.com/smoltcp-rs/smoltcp/pull/904 but
 # patch.crates-io takes care of that
 smoltcp = { version = "0.11", default-features = false }
+embedded-nal-coap = "0.1.0-alpha.2"
+coap-request = "0.2.0-alpha.2"
+coap-message = "0.3.1"
+embassy-futures = "0.1.1"
+coap-message-demos = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
+coap-request-implementations = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false, features = [ "small_rng" ] }
 
 [features]
 default = [ "proto-ipv4" ] # shame
diff --git a/examples/coap/src/main.rs b/examples/coap/src/main.rs
index 24ac3dac3..6ac352e11 100644
--- a/examples/coap/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/coap/src/main.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,43 @@
 
 use riot_rs::{debug::println, embassy::network};
 
+use embassy_net::udp::{PacketMetadata, UdpSocket};
+
+// Moving work from https://github.com/embassy-rs/embassy/pull/2519 in here for the time being
+mod udp_nal;
+
 #[riot_rs::task(autostart)]
-async fn udp_echo() {
+async fn coap_run() {
     let stack = network::network_stack().await.unwrap();
 
+    // FIXME trim to CoAP requirements
+    let mut rx_meta = [PacketMetadata::EMPTY; 16];
+    let mut rx_buffer = [0; 4096];
+    let mut tx_meta = [PacketMetadata::EMPTY; 16];
+    let mut tx_buffer = [0; 4096];
+    let mut buf = [0; 4096];
+
+    let mut socket = UdpSocket::new(
+        stack,
+        &mut rx_meta,
+        &mut rx_buffer,
+        &mut tx_meta,
+        &mut tx_buffer,
+    );
+
     println!("Starting up CoAP server");
 
-    todo!("Work with {stack:p}");
+    // Can't that even bind to the Any address??
+    // let local_any = "0.0.0.0:5683".parse().unwrap(); // shame
+    let local_any = "10.42.0.61:5683".parse().unwrap(); // shame
+    let mut unconnected = udp_nal::UnconnectedUdp::bind_multiple(socket, local_any)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    // NAL time
+    use embedded_nal_async::UnconnectedUdp;
+
+    run(unconnected).await;
 }
 
 // FIXME: So far, this is necessary boiler plate; see ../README.md#networking for details
@@ -25,3 +55,81 @@ fn network_config() -> embassy_net::Config {
         gateway: Some(Ipv4Address::new(10, 42, 0, 1)),
     })
 }
+
+// Rest is from coap-message-demos/examples/std_embedded_nal_coap.rs
+
+/// This function works on *any* UdpFullStack, including embedded ones -- only main() is what makes
+/// this use POSIX sockets. (It does make use of a std based RNG, but that could be passed in just
+/// as well for no_std operation).
+async fn run<S>(mut sock: S)
+where
+    S: embedded_nal_async::UnconnectedUdp,
+{
+    let log = None;
+
+    let mut handler = coap_message_demos::full_application_tree(log);
+
+    println!("Server is ready.");
+
+    let coap = embedded_nal_coap::CoAPShared::<3>::new();
+    let (client, server) = coap.split();
+
+    // going with an embassy_futures join instead of an async_std::task::spawn b/c CoAPShared is not
+    // Sync, and async_std expects to work in multiple threads
+    embassy_futures::join::join(
+        async {
+            let mut rand = rand::rngs::SmallRng::seed_from_u64(4);
+            use rand::SeedableRng;
+            server
+                .run(
+                    &mut sock,
+                    &mut handler,
+                    &mut rand,
+                )
+                .await
+                .expect("UDP error")
+        },
+        run_client_operations(client),
+    )
+    .await;
+}
+
+/// In parallel to server operation, this function performs some operations as a client.
+///
+/// This doubles as an experimentation ground for the client side of embedded_nal_coap and
+/// coap-request in general.
+async fn run_client_operations<const N: usize>(
+    client: embedded_nal_coap::CoAPRuntimeClient<'_, N>,
+) {
+    use coap_message::Code;
+
+    // shame
+    let demoserver = "10.42.0.1:1234".parse().unwrap();
+
+    use coap_request::Stack;
+    println!("Sending GET to {}...", demoserver);
+    let response = client
+        .to(demoserver)
+        .request(
+            coap_request_implementations::Code::get()
+                .with_path("/other/separate")
+                .processing_response_payload_through(|p| {
+                    println!("Got payload {:?}", p);
+                }),
+        )
+        .await;
+    println!("Response {:?}", response);
+
+    let req = coap_request_implementations::Code::post().with_path("/uppercase");
+
+    println!("Sending POST...");
+    let mut response = client.to(demoserver);
+    let response = response.request(
+        req.with_request_payload_slice(b"Set time to 1955-11-05")
+            .processing_response_payload_through(|p| {
+                println!("Uppercase is {}", core::str::from_utf8(p).unwrap())
+            }),
+    );
+    let response = response.await;
+    println!("Response {:?}", response);
+}