diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
index 15cac145957..efeee455306 100755
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ testScripts=(
     'mempool_spendcoinbase.py'
     'mempool_coinbase_spends.py'
     'httpbasics.py'
+    'zapwallettxes.py'
 #    'forknotify.py'
 );
 if [ "x${ENABLE_BITCOIND}${ENABLE_UTILS}${ENABLE_WALLET}" = "x111" ]; then
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ if [ "x${ENABLE_BITCOIND}${ENABLE_UTILS}${ENABLE_WALLET}" = "x111" ]; then
     do
         if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" == "${testScripts[$i]}" ] || [ "$1.py" == "${testScripts[$i]}" ]
         then
-            echo -e "running testscript \033[1m${testScripts[$i]}...\033[0m"
+            echo -e "Running testscript \033[1m${testScripts[$i]}...\033[0m"
             ${BUILDDIR}/qa/rpc-tests/${testScripts[$i]} --srcdir "${BUILDDIR}/src"
         fi
     done
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.py b/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a773575906f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+from test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from util import *
+
+
+class ZapWalletTXesTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
+
+    def setup_chain(self):
+        print("Initializing test directory "+self.options.tmpdir)
+        initialize_chain_clean(self.options.tmpdir, 3)
+
+    def setup_network(self, split=False):
+        self.nodes = start_nodes(3, self.options.tmpdir)
+        connect_nodes_bi(self.nodes,0,1)
+        connect_nodes_bi(self.nodes,1,2)
+        connect_nodes_bi(self.nodes,0,2)
+        self.is_network_split=False
+        self.sync_all()
+
+    def run_test (self):
+        print "Mining blocks..."
+        self.nodes[0].setgenerate(True, 1)
+        self.sync_all()
+        self.nodes[1].setgenerate(True, 101)
+        self.sync_all()
+        
+        assert_equal(self.nodes[0].getbalance(), 50)
+        
+        txid0 = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[2].getnewaddress(), 11)
+        txid1 = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[2].getnewaddress(), 10)
+        self.sync_all()
+        self.nodes[0].setgenerate(True, 1)
+        self.sync_all()
+        
+        txid2 = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[2].getnewaddress(), 11)
+        txid3 = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[2].getnewaddress(), 10)
+        
+        tx0 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid0)
+        assert_equal(tx0['txid'], txid0) #tx0 must be available (confirmed)
+        
+        tx1 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid1)
+        assert_equal(tx1['txid'], txid1) #tx1 must be available (confirmed)
+        
+        tx2 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid2)
+        assert_equal(tx2['txid'], txid2) #tx2 must be available (unconfirmed)
+        
+        tx3 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid3)
+        assert_equal(tx3['txid'], txid3) #tx3 must be available (unconfirmed)
+        
+        #restart bitcoind
+        self.nodes[0].stop()
+        bitcoind_processes[0].wait()
+        self.nodes[0] = start_node(0,self.options.tmpdir)
+        
+        tx3 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid3)
+        assert_equal(tx3['txid'], txid3) #tx must be available (unconfirmed)
+        
+        self.nodes[0].stop()
+        bitcoind_processes[0].wait()
+        
+        #restart bitcoind with zapwallettxes
+        self.nodes[0] = start_node(0,self.options.tmpdir, ["-zapwallettxes=1"])
+        
+        aException = False
+        try:
+            tx3 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid3)
+        except JSONRPCException,e:
+            print e
+            aException = True
+        
+        assert_equal(aException, True) #there must be a expection because the unconfirmed wallettx0 must be gone by now
+
+        tx0 = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txid0)
+        assert_equal(tx0['txid'], txid0) #tx0 (confirmed) must still be available because it was confirmed
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ZapWalletTXesTest ().main ()
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.sh b/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4312d84e944..00000000000
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/zapwallettxes.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (c) 2014 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 -zapwallettxes=<mode>
-
-if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
-        echo "Usage: $0 path_to_binaries"
-        echo "e.g. $0 ../../src"
-        echo "Env vars BITCOIND and BITCOINCLI may be used to specify the exact binaries used"
-        exit 1
-fi
-
-set -f
-
-BITCOIND=${BITCOIND:-${1}/bitcoind}
-CLI=${BITCOINCLI:-${1}/bitcoin-cli}
-
-DIR="${BASH_SOURCE%/*}"
-SENDANDWAIT="${DIR}/send.sh"
-if [[ ! -d "$DIR" ]]; then DIR="$PWD"; fi
-. "$DIR/util.sh"
-
-D=$(mktemp -d test.XXXXX)
-
-D1=${D}/node1
-CreateDataDir "$D1" port=11000 rpcport=11001
-B1ARGS="-datadir=$D1"
-$BITCOIND $B1ARGS &
-B1PID=$!
-
-D2=${D}/node2
-CreateDataDir "$D2" port=11010 rpcport=11011
-B2ARGS="-datadir=$D2"
-$BITCOIND $B2ARGS &
-B2PID=$!
-
-function CleanUp {
-$CLI $B2ARGS stop > /dev/null 2>&1
-wait $B2PID
-$CLI $B1ARGS stop > /dev/null 2>&1
-wait $B1PID
-
-rm -rf $D
-}
-
-# 110 blocks, 10 mature == 500 XBT
-$CLI $B1ARGS setgenerate true 110
-$CLI $B2ARGS setgenerate true 110
-
-CheckBalance "$B1ARGS" 500
-CheckBalance "$B2ARGS" 500
-
-# Send 10 XBT
-TXID1_DEFAULT=$($CLI $B1ARGS sendtoaddress "mrhz5ZgSF3C1BSdyCKt3gEdhKoRL5BNfJV" 10)
-TXID2_DEFAULT=$($CLI $B2ARGS sendtoaddress "mrhz5ZgSF3C1BSdyCKt3gEdhKoRL5BNfJV" 10)
-
-CheckBalance $B1ARGS 490
-CheckBalance $B2ARGS 490
-
-# Move 10 XBT to testaccount
-TMP=$($CLI $B1ARGS move "" "testaccount" 10)
-TMP=$($CLI $B2ARGS move "" "testaccount" 10)
-
-CheckBalance $B1ARGS 10 "testaccount"
-CheckBalance $B2ARGS 10 "testaccount"
-
-# Send 1 XBT from testaccount
-TXID1_TESTACCOUNT=$($CLI $B1ARGS sendfrom "testaccount" "mrhz5ZgSF3C1BSdyCKt3gEdhKoRL5BNfJV" 1)
-TXID2_TESTACCOUNT=$($CLI $B2ARGS sendfrom "testaccount" "mrhz5ZgSF3C1BSdyCKt3gEdhKoRL5BNfJV" 1)
-
-CheckBalance $B1ARGS 9 "testaccount"
-CheckBalance $B2ARGS 9 "testaccount"
-
-CheckBalance $B1ARGS 489
-CheckBalance $B2ARGS 489
-
-# Confirm transactions
-$CLI $B1ARGS setgenerate true 1
-$CLI $B2ARGS setgenerate true 1
-
-# Create unconfirmed transaction
-TXID1_UNCONFIRMED=$($CLI $B1ARGS sendtoaddress "mrhz5ZgSF3C1BSdyCKt3gEdhKoRL5BNfJV" 1)
-TXID2_UNCONFIRMED=$($CLI $B2ARGS sendtoaddress "mrhz5ZgSF3C1BSdyCKt3gEdhKoRL5BNfJV" 1)
-
-# check balance (we created another 50 and spent 1 in the meantime)
-CheckBalance $B1ARGS 538
-CheckBalance $B2ARGS 538
-
-# Safety check, if unconfirmed transactions are there
-$CLI $B1ARGS gettransaction $TXID1_UNCONFIRMED > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
-    echoerr "gettransaction1_1: $TXID1_UNCONFIRMED failed"
-    CleanUp
-    exit 1
-fi
-$CLI $B2ARGS gettransaction $TXID2_UNCONFIRMED > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
-    echoerr "gettransaction2_1: $TXID2_UNCONFIRMED failed"
-    CleanUp
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# stop nodes
-$CLI $B2ARGS stop > /dev/null 2>&1
-wait $B2PID
-$CLI $B1ARGS stop > /dev/null 2>&1
-wait $B1PID
-
-# restart nodes with -zapwallettxes
-$BITCOIND -zapwallettxes=1 $B1ARGS &
-B1PID=$!
-$BITCOIND -zapwallettxes=2 $B2ARGS &
-B2PID=$!
-
-# check if confirmed transactions are there
-$CLI $B1ARGS gettransaction $TXID1_DEFAULT > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
-    echoerr "check confirmed transaction 1: $TXID1_DEFAULT failed"
-    CleanUp
-    exit 1
-fi
-$CLI $B2ARGS gettransaction $TXID2_DEFAULT > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
-    echoerr "check confirmed transaction 2: $TXID2_DEFAULT failed"
-    CleanUp
-    exit 1
-fi
-$CLI $B1ARGS gettransaction $TXID1_TESTACCOUNT > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
-    echoerr "check confirmed transaction 3: $TXID1_TESTACCOUNT failed"
-    CleanUp
-    exit 1
-fi
-$CLI $B2ARGS gettransaction $TXID2_TESTACCOUNT > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then
-    echoerr "check confirmed transaction 4: $TXID2_TESTACCOUNT failed"
-    CleanUp
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# check if unconfirmed transaction is gone
-$CLI $B1ARGS gettransaction $TXID1_UNCONFIRMED > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then
-    echoerr "check unconfirmed transaction 1: $TXID1_UNCONFIRMED failed"
-    CleanUp
-    exit 1
-fi
-$CLI $B2ARGS gettransaction $TXID2_UNCONFIRMED > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then
-    echoerr "check unconfirmed transaction 2: $TXID2_UNCONFIRMED failed"
-    CleanUp
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# check zapwallet mode 1, testaccount balance must be 9 (keeping transaction metadata)
-CheckBalance $B1ARGS 9 "testaccount"
-
-# check zapwallet mode 2, testaccount balance must be 10 (dropping transaction metadata)
-CheckBalance $B2ARGS 10 "testaccount"
-
-echo "Tests successful, cleaning up"
-CleanUp
-exit 0