diff --git a/lib/dgram.js b/lib/dgram.js
index e6e88b1a9a5ed6..e6cc169dc644fe 100644
--- a/lib/dgram.js
+++ b/lib/dgram.js
@@ -263,16 +263,20 @@ function sliceBuffer(buffer, offset, length) {
 }
 
 
-function fixBuffer(buffer) {
-  for (var i = 0, l = buffer.length; i < l; i++) {
-    var buf = buffer[i];
+function fixBufferList(list) {
+  const newlist = new Array(list.length);
+
+  for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) {
+    var buf = list[i];
     if (typeof buf === 'string')
-      buffer[i] = Buffer.from(buf);
+      newlist[i] = Buffer.from(buf);
     else if (!(buf instanceof Buffer))
-      return false;
+      return null;
+    else
+      newlist[i] = buf;
   }
 
-  return true;
+  return newlist;
 }
 
 
@@ -306,7 +310,8 @@ Socket.prototype.send = function(buffer,
                                  port,
                                  address,
                                  callback) {
-  var self = this;
+  const self = this;
+  let list;
 
   if (address || (port && typeof port !== 'function')) {
     buffer = sliceBuffer(buffer, offset, length);
@@ -318,13 +323,13 @@ Socket.prototype.send = function(buffer,
 
   if (!Array.isArray(buffer)) {
     if (typeof buffer === 'string') {
-      buffer = [ Buffer.from(buffer) ];
+      list = [ Buffer.from(buffer) ];
     } else if (!(buffer instanceof Buffer)) {
       throw new TypeError('First argument must be a buffer or a string');
     } else {
-      buffer = [ buffer ];
+      list = [ buffer ];
     }
-  } else if (!fixBuffer(buffer)) {
+  } else if (!(list = fixBufferList(buffer))) {
     throw new TypeError('Buffer list arguments must be buffers or strings');
   }
 
@@ -342,20 +347,23 @@ Socket.prototype.send = function(buffer,
   if (self._bindState == BIND_STATE_UNBOUND)
     self.bind({port: 0, exclusive: true}, null);
 
+  if (list.length === 0)
+    list.push(Buffer.allocUnsafe(0));
+
   // If the socket hasn't been bound yet, push the outbound packet onto the
   // send queue and send after binding is complete.
   if (self._bindState != BIND_STATE_BOUND) {
-    enqueue(self, [buffer, port, address, callback]);
+    enqueue(self, [list, port, address, callback]);
     return;
   }
 
   self._handle.lookup(address, function afterDns(ex, ip) {
-    doSend(ex, self, ip, buffer, address, port, callback);
+    doSend(ex, self, ip, list, address, port, callback);
   });
 };
 
 
-function doSend(ex, self, ip, buffer, address, port, callback) {
+function doSend(ex, self, ip, list, address, port, callback) {
   if (ex) {
     if (typeof callback === 'function') {
       callback(ex);
@@ -369,7 +377,7 @@ function doSend(ex, self, ip, buffer, address, port, callback) {
   }
 
   var req = new SendWrap();
-  req.buffer = buffer;  // Keep reference alive.
+  req.list = list;  // Keep reference alive.
   req.address = address;
   req.port = port;
   if (callback) {
@@ -377,8 +385,8 @@ function doSend(ex, self, ip, buffer, address, port, callback) {
     req.oncomplete = afterSend;
   }
   var err = self._handle.send(req,
-                              buffer,
-                              buffer.length,
+                              list,
+                              list.length,
                               port,
                               ip,
                               !!callback);
diff --git a/src/udp_wrap.cc b/src/udp_wrap.cc
index be141a672cd3ab..bd7aa418bd89cf 100644
--- a/src/udp_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/udp_wrap.cc
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void UDPWrap::DoSend(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args, int family) {
                           args.Holder(),
                           args.GetReturnValue().Set(UV_EBADF));
 
-  // send(req, buffer, port, address, hasCallback)
+  // send(req, list, port, address, hasCallback)
   CHECK(args[0]->IsObject());
   CHECK(args[1]->IsArray());
   CHECK(args[2]->IsUint32());
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
index f9883527b244c1..b44393898331ed 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-buffer-length.js
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
 
-var dgram = require('dgram');
-var client, timer, buf, len, offset;
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
 
+const dgram = require('dgram');
+const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
 
-client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
-
-buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(256);
-offset = 20;
-
-len = buf.length - offset;
+const timer = setTimeout(function() {
+  throw new Error('Timeout');
+}, common.platformTimeout(200));
 
+const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(256);
+const offset = 20;
+const len = buf.length - offset;
 
-client.send(buf, offset, len, common.PORT, '127.0.0.1', function(err, bytes) {
+const messageSent = common.mustCall(function messageSent(err, bytes) {
   assert.notEqual(bytes, buf.length);
   assert.equal(bytes, buf.length - offset);
   clearTimeout(timer);
   client.close();
 });
 
-timer = setTimeout(function() {
-  throw new Error('Timeout');
-}, 200);
+client.send(buf, offset, len, common.PORT, '127.0.0.1', messageSent);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-multi-buffer.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-multi-buffer.js
index c2a1a53e007ff5..8e4870fbcbcbde 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-multi-buffer.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-callback-multi-buffer.js
@@ -10,23 +10,22 @@ const timer = setTimeout(function() {
   throw new Error('Timeout');
 }, common.platformTimeout(200));
 
-const onMessage = common.mustCall(function(err, bytes) {
+const messageSent = common.mustCall(function messageSent(err, bytes) {
   assert.equal(bytes, buf1.length + buf2.length);
   clearTimeout(timer);
-  client.close();
 });
 
 const buf1 = Buffer.alloc(256, 'x');
 const buf2 = Buffer.alloc(256, 'y');
 
 client.on('listening', function() {
-  client.send([buf1, buf2], common.PORT, common.localhostIPv4, onMessage);
+  client.send([buf1, buf2], common.PORT, common.localhostIPv4, messageSent);
 });
 
-client.on('message', function(buf, info) {
+client.on('message', common.mustCall(function onMessage(buf, info) {
   const expected = Buffer.concat([buf1, buf2]);
   assert.ok(buf.equals(expected), 'message was received correctly');
   client.close();
-});
+}));
 
 client.bind(common.PORT);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-empty-array.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-empty-array.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..efe61dad10b978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-empty-array.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const dgram = require('dgram');
+
+if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+  common.skip('because of 17894467 Apple bug');
+  return;
+}
+
+const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
+
+const timer = setTimeout(function() {
+  throw new Error('Timeout');
+}, common.platformTimeout(200));
+
+client.on('message', common.mustCall(function onMessage(buf, info) {
+  const expected = Buffer.alloc(0);
+  assert.ok(buf.equals(expected), 'message was received correctly');
+  clearTimeout(timer);
+  client.close();
+}));
+
+client.on('listening', function() {
+  client.send([], common.PORT, common.localhostIPv4);
+});
+
+client.bind(common.PORT);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-empty-buffer.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-empty-buffer.js
index f6845360d006e3..45edc135dc445a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-empty-buffer.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-empty-buffer.js
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
 
 client.bind(common.PORT);
 
-client.on('message', function(buffer, bytes) {
+client.on('message', common.mustCall(function onMessage(buffer, bytes) {
   clearTimeout(timer);
   client.close();
-});
+}));
 
 const buf = Buffer.alloc(0);
 client.send(buf, 0, 0, common.PORT, '127.0.0.1', function(err, len) { });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-multi-buffer-copy.js b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-multi-buffer-copy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6ece56e02a9925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dgram-send-multi-buffer-copy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const dgram = require('dgram');
+
+const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
+
+const timer = setTimeout(function() {
+  throw new Error('Timeout');
+}, common.platformTimeout(200));
+
+const onMessage = common.mustCall(function(err, bytes) {
+  assert.equal(bytes, buf1.length + buf2.length);
+  clearTimeout(timer);
+});
+
+const buf1 = Buffer.alloc(256, 'x');
+const buf2 = Buffer.alloc(256, 'y');
+
+client.on('listening', function() {
+  const toSend = [buf1, buf2];
+  client.send(toSend, common.PORT, common.localhostIPv4, onMessage);
+  toSend.splice(0, 2);
+});
+
+client.on('message', common.mustCall(function onMessage(buf, info) {
+  const expected = Buffer.concat([buf1, buf2]);
+  assert.ok(buf.equals(expected), 'message was received correctly');
+  client.close();
+}));
+
+client.bind(common.PORT);