diff --git a/src/test/data/bitcoin-util-test.json b/src/test/data/bitcoin-util-test.json
index 2a0a8f1a9..b61a4f7f8 100644
--- a/src/test/data/bitcoin-util-test.json
+++ b/src/test/data/bitcoin-util-test.json
@@ -76,6 +76,38 @@
     "output_cmp": "tt-locktime317000-out.json",
     "description": "Adds an nlocktime to a transaction (output in json)"
   },
+  { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
+    "args":
+    ["-create",
+     "outaddr=1"],
+    "return_code": 1,
+    "error_txt": "error: TX output missing or too many separators",
+    "description": "Malformed outaddr argument (no address specified). Expected to fail."
+  },
+  { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
+    "args":
+    ["-create",
+     "outaddr=1:13tuJJDR2RgArmgfv6JScSdreahzgc4T6o:garbage"],
+    "return_code": 1,
+    "error_txt": "error: TX output missing or too many separators",
+    "description": "Malformed outaddr argument (too many separators). Expected to fail."
+  },
+  { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
+    "args":
+    ["-create",
+     "outpubkey=0"],
+    "return_code": 1,
+    "error_txt": "error: TX output missing or too many separators",
+    "description": "Malformed outpubkey argument (no pubkey specified). Expected to fail."
+  },
+  { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
+    "args":
+    ["-create",
+     "outpubkey=0:02a5613bd857b7048924264d1e70e08fb2a7e6527d32b7ab1bb993ac59964ff397:W:non53nse"],
+    "return_code": 1,
+    "error_txt": "error: TX output missing or too many separators",
+    "description": "Malformed outpubkey argument (too many separators). Expected to fail."
+  },
   { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
     "args":
     ["-create",