diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 352fa32b5b0..6dcaff06964 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
 
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         config.read_file(open(self.options.configfile))
+        self.config = config
         self.options.bitcoind = os.getenv("BITCOIND", default=config["environment"]["BUILDDIR"] + '/src/bitcoind' + config["environment"]["EXEEXT"])
         self.options.bitcoincli = os.getenv("BITCOINCLI", default=config["environment"]["BUILDDIR"] + '/src/bitcoin-cli' + config["environment"]["EXEEXT"])
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 8c6f6706e76..5c92370b857 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS = [
     'interface_bitcoin_cli.py',
     'mempool_resurrect.py',
     'wallet_txn_doublespend.py --mineblock',
+    'tool_wallet.py',
     'wallet_txn_clone.py',
     'wallet_txn_clone.py --segwit',
     'rpc_getchaintips.py',
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ class TestResult():
 def check_script_prefixes():
     """Check that test scripts start with one of the allowed name prefixes."""
 
-    good_prefixes_re = re.compile("(example|feature|interface|mempool|mining|p2p|rpc|wallet)_")
+    good_prefixes_re = re.compile("(example|feature|interface|mempool|mining|p2p|rpc|wallet|tool)_")
     bad_script_names = [script for script in ALL_SCRIPTS if good_prefixes_re.match(script) is None]
 
     if bad_script_names:
diff --git a/test/functional/tool_wallet.py b/test/functional/tool_wallet.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..fbcf21e7298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/tool_wallet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2018 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-wallet."""
+import subprocess
+import textwrap
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import assert_equal
+
+class ToolWalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+    def set_test_params(self):
+        self.num_nodes = 1
+        self.setup_clean_chain = True
+
+    def skip_test_if_missing_module(self):
+        self.skip_if_no_wallet()
+
+    def bitcoin_wallet_process(self, *args):
+        binary = self.config["environment"]["BUILDDIR"] + '/src/bitcoin-wallet' + self.config["environment"]["EXEEXT"]
+        args = ['-datadir={}'.format(self.nodes[0].datadir), '-regtest'] + list(args)
+        return subprocess.Popen([binary] + args, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+
+    def assert_raises_tool_error(self, error, *args):
+        p = self.bitcoin_wallet_process(*args)
+        stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+        assert_equal(p.poll(), 1)
+        assert_equal(stdout, '')
+        assert_equal(stderr.strip(), error)
+
+    def assert_tool_output(self, output, *args):
+        p = self.bitcoin_wallet_process(*args)
+        stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+        assert_equal(p.poll(), 0)
+        assert_equal(stderr, '')
+        assert_equal(stdout, output)
+
+    def run_test(self):
+
+        self.assert_raises_tool_error('Invalid command: foo', 'foo')
+        # `bitcoin-wallet help` is an error. Use `bitcoin-wallet -help`
+        self.assert_raises_tool_error('Invalid command: help', 'help')
+        self.assert_raises_tool_error('Error: two methods provided (info and create). Only one method should be provided.', 'info', 'create')
+        self.assert_raises_tool_error('Error parsing command line arguments: Invalid parameter -foo', '-foo')
+        self.assert_raises_tool_error('Error loading wallet.dat. Is wallet being used by other process?', '-wallet=wallet.dat', 'info')
+        self.assert_raises_tool_error('Error: no wallet file at nonexistent.dat', '-wallet=nonexistent.dat', 'info')
+
+        # stop the node to close the wallet to call info command
+        self.stop_node(0)
+
+        out = textwrap.dedent('''\
+            Wallet info
+            ===========
+            Encrypted: no
+            HD (hd seed available): yes
+            Keypool Size: 2
+            Transactions: 0
+            Address Book: 3
+        ''')
+        self.assert_tool_output(out, '-wallet=wallet.dat', 'info')
+
+        # mutate the wallet to check the info command output changes accordingly
+        self.start_node(0)
+        self.nodes[0].generate(1)
+        self.stop_node(0)
+
+        out = textwrap.dedent('''\
+            Wallet info
+            ===========
+            Encrypted: no
+            HD (hd seed available): yes
+            Keypool Size: 2
+            Transactions: 1
+            Address Book: 3
+        ''')
+        self.assert_tool_output(out, '-wallet=wallet.dat', 'info')
+
+        out = textwrap.dedent('''\
+            Topping up keypool...
+            Wallet info
+            ===========
+            Encrypted: no
+            HD (hd seed available): yes
+            Keypool Size: 2000
+            Transactions: 0
+            Address Book: 0
+        ''')
+        self.assert_tool_output(out, '-wallet=foo', 'create')
+
+        self.start_node(0, ['-wallet=foo'])
+        out = self.nodes[0].getwalletinfo()
+        self.stop_node(0)
+
+        assert_equal(0, out['txcount'])
+        assert_equal(1000, out['keypoolsize'])
+        assert_equal(1000, out['keypoolsize_hd_internal'])
+        assert_equal(True, 'hdseedid' in out)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ToolWalletTest().main()