diff --git a/test/functional/bitcoin_cli.py b/test/functional/bitcoin_cli.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..103320209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/bitcoin_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+"""Test bitcoin-cli"""
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import assert_equal
+
+class TestBitcoinCli(BitcoinTestFramework):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.setup_clean_chain = True
+        self.num_nodes = 1
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        """Main test logic"""
+
+        self.log.info("Compare responses from getinfo RPC and `bitcoin-cli getinfo`")
+        cli_get_info = self.nodes[0].cli.getinfo()
+        rpc_get_info = self.nodes[0].getinfo()
+
+        assert_equal(cli_get_info, rpc_get_info)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    TestBitcoinCli().main()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 01236b607..fae4f66d7 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS= [
     # vv Tests less than 30s vv
     'keypool-topup.py',
     'zmq_test.py',
+    'bitcoin_cli.py',
     'mempool_resurrect_test.py',
     'txn_doublespend.py --mineblock',
     'txn_clone.py',