diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_getpeerinfo_banscore_deprecation.py b/test/functional/rpc_getpeerinfo_banscore_deprecation.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b830248e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_getpeerinfo_banscore_deprecation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2020 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 deprecation of getpeerinfo RPC banscore field."""
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+
+
+class GetpeerinfoBanscoreDeprecationTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+    def set_test_params(self):
+        self.num_nodes = 2
+        self.extra_args = [[], ["-deprecatedrpc=banscore"]]
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        self.log.info("Test getpeerinfo by default no longer returns a banscore field")
+        assert "banscore" not in self.nodes[0].getpeerinfo()[0].keys()
+
+        self.log.info("Test getpeerinfo returns banscore with -deprecatedrpc=banscore")
+        assert "banscore" in self.nodes[1].getpeerinfo()[0].keys()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    GetpeerinfoBanscoreDeprecationTest().main()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 2fa48006f..6deba9a9e 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS = [
     'feature_blocksdir.py',
     'feature_config_args.py',
     'rpc_getdescriptorinfo.py',
+    'rpc_getpeerinfo_banscore_deprecation.py',
     'rpc_help.py',
     'feature_help.py',
     'feature_shutdown.py',