diff --git a/test/cluster/test_audit.py b/test/cluster/test_audit.py
index 37dc3b3eb5..48cca7b363 100644
--- a/test/cluster/test_audit.py
+++ b/test/cluster/test_audit.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import pytest
 from cassandra import AlreadyExists, AuthenticationFailed, ConsistencyLevel, InvalidRequest, Unauthorized, Unavailable, WriteFailure
 from cassandra.auth import PlainTextAuthProvider
 from cassandra.cluster import NoHostAvailable, Session, EXEC_PROFILE_DEFAULT
-from cassandra.query import SimpleStatement, named_tuple_factory
+from cassandra.query import BatchStatement, BatchType, SimpleStatement, named_tuple_factory
 
 from test.cluster.dtest.dtest_class import create_ks, wait_for
 from test.cluster.dtest.tools.assertions import assert_invalid
@@ -1609,6 +1609,55 @@ class CQLAuditTester(AuditTester):
             with self.assert_entries_were_added(session, expected_entries, merge_duplicate_rows=False):
                 session.execute(batch_query)
 
+    async def _test_batch_native_protocol(self, helper_class):
+        """
+        Native protocol BATCH message (as opposed to CQL text batch).
+
+        Reproducer for a bug where batches sent via the native
+        protocol BATCH message were not audited.  The driver's BatchStatement
+        sends a native-protocol BATCH (opcode 0x0D) which is handled by
+        process_batch_internal in transport/server.cc — a different code path
+        from a textual BEGIN BATCH … APPLY BATCH sent as a QUERY message.
+        """
+        with helper_class() as helper:
+            session = await self.prepare(helper=helper)
+
+            session.execute(
+                """
+                CREATE TABLE test_batch_native (
+                    pk int PRIMARY KEY,
+                    v text
+                )
+            """
+            )
+
+            # Unprepared native-protocol batch (SimpleStatement inside BatchStatement)
+            batch = BatchStatement(batch_type=BatchType.UNLOGGED)
+            batch.add(SimpleStatement("INSERT INTO test_batch_native (pk, v) VALUES (%s, %s)"), (1, "val1"))
+            batch.add(SimpleStatement("INSERT INTO test_batch_native (pk, v) VALUES (%s, %s)"), (2, "val2"))
+
+            expected_entries = [
+                AuditEntry(category="DML", statement="INSERT INTO test_batch_native (pk, v) VALUES (1, 'val1')", table="test_batch_native", ks="ks", user="anonymous", cl="ONE", error=False),
+                AuditEntry(category="DML", statement="INSERT INTO test_batch_native (pk, v) VALUES (2, 'val2')", table="test_batch_native", ks="ks", user="anonymous", cl="ONE", error=False),
+            ]
+
+            with self.assert_entries_were_added(session, expected_entries, merge_duplicate_rows=False):
+                session.execute(batch)
+
+            # Prepared native-protocol batch
+            prepared = session.prepare("INSERT INTO test_batch_native (pk, v) VALUES (?, ?)")
+            batch_prepared = BatchStatement(batch_type=BatchType.UNLOGGED)
+            batch_prepared.add(prepared, (3, "val3"))
+            batch_prepared.add(prepared, (4, "val4"))
+
+            expected_entries_prepared = [
+                AuditEntry(category="DML", statement="INSERT INTO test_batch_native (pk, v) VALUES (?, ?)", table="test_batch_native", ks="ks", user="anonymous", cl="ONE", error=False),
+                AuditEntry(category="DML", statement="INSERT INTO test_batch_native (pk, v) VALUES (?, ?)", table="test_batch_native", ks="ks", user="anonymous", cl="ONE", error=False),
+            ]
+
+            with self.assert_entries_were_added(session, expected_entries_prepared, merge_duplicate_rows=False):
+                session.execute(batch_prepared)
+
     async def _test_service_level_statements(self):
         """
         Test auditing service level statements - ones that use the ADMIN audit category.
@@ -1833,6 +1882,7 @@ async def test_audit_table_noauth(manager: ManagerClient):
     await t._test_negative_audit_records_query()
     await t._test_prepare(AuditBackendTable)
     await t._test_batch(AuditBackendTable)
+    await t._test_batch_native_protocol(AuditBackendTable)
 
 
 # AuditBackendTable, auth (cassandra), rf=1
@@ -1916,6 +1966,7 @@ async def test_audit_syslog_noauth(manager: ManagerClient):
     await t._test_audit_categories_part3(Syslog)
     await t._test_prepare(Syslog)
     await t._test_batch(Syslog)
+    await t._test_batch_native_protocol(Syslog)
 
 
 # AuditBackendSyslog, auth, rf=1
@@ -1944,6 +1995,7 @@ async def test_audit_composite_noauth(manager: ManagerClient):
     await t._test_audit_categories_part3(Composite)
     await t._test_prepare(Composite)
     await t._test_batch(Composite)
+    await t._test_batch_native_protocol(Composite)
 
 
 # AuditBackendComposite, auth, rf=1