diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 4101173091c..1fb40ae7a15 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -537,6 +537,22 @@ public:
 
         return found_result;
     }
+
+    /* Special test for -testnet and -regtest args, because we
+     * don't want to be confused by craziness like "[regtest] testnet=1"
+     */
+    static inline bool GetNetBoolArg(const ArgsManager &am, const std::string& net_arg)
+    {
+        std::pair<bool,std::string> found_result(false,std::string());
+        found_result = GetArgHelper(am.m_override_args, net_arg, true);
+        if (!found_result.first) {
+            found_result = GetArgHelper(am.m_config_args, net_arg, true);
+            if (!found_result.first) {
+                return false; // not set
+            }
+        }
+        return InterpretBool(found_result.second); // is set, so evaluate
+    }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -950,8 +966,8 @@ void ArgsManager::ReadConfigFile(const std::string& confPath)
 
 std::string ArgsManager::GetChainName() const
 {
-    bool fRegTest = GetBoolArg("-regtest", false);
-    bool fTestNet = GetBoolArg("-testnet", false);
+    bool fRegTest = ArgsManagerHelper::GetNetBoolArg(*this, "-regtest");
+    bool fTestNet = ArgsManagerHelper::GetNetBoolArg(*this, "-testnet");
 
     if (fTestNet && fRegTest)
         throw std::runtime_error("Invalid combination of -regtest and -testnet.");