diff --git a/test/functional/resendwallettransactions.py b/test/functional/resendwallettransactions.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5059aa106e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/resendwallettransactions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2017 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 resendwallettransactions RPC."""
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import assert_equal, assert_raises_jsonrpc
+
+class ResendWalletTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.extra_args = [['--walletbroadcast=false']]
+        self.num_nodes = 1
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        # Should raise RPC_WALLET_ERROR (-4) if walletbroadcast is disabled.
+        assert_raises_jsonrpc(-4, "Error: Wallet transaction broadcasting is disabled with -walletbroadcast", self.nodes[0].resendwallettransactions)
+
+        # Should return an empty array if there aren't unconfirmed wallet transactions.
+        self.stop_node(0)
+        self.nodes[0] = self.start_node(0, self.options.tmpdir)
+        assert_equal(self.nodes[0].resendwallettransactions(), [])
+
+        # Should return an array with the unconfirmed wallet transaction.
+        txid = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[0].getnewaddress(), 1)
+        assert_equal(self.nodes[0].resendwallettransactions(), [txid])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ResendWalletTransactionsTest().main()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index dfd3b89895b..4623718fe72 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS= [
     'bipdersig-p2p.py',
     'bip65-cltv-p2p.py',
     'uptime.py',
+    'resendwallettransactions.py',
 ]
 
 EXTENDED_SCRIPTS = [