diff --git a/src/test/coins_tests.cpp b/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
index 48e3c8ed8e..129ce04e0b 100644
--- a/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/coins_tests.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 #include "coins.h"
 #include "random.h"
+#include "script/standard.h"
 #include "uint256.h"
+#include "utilstrencodings.h"
 #include "test/test_bitcoin.h"
 #include "main.h"
 #include "consensus/validation.h"
@@ -345,4 +347,73 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(updatecoins_simulation_test)
     BOOST_CHECK(spent_a_duplicate_coinbase);
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ccoins_serialization)
+{
+    // Good example
+    CDataStream ss1(ParseHex("0104835800816115944e077fe7c803cfa57f29b36bf87c1d358bb85e"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CCoins cc1;
+    ss1 >> cc1;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.nVersion, 1);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.fCoinBase, false);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.nHeight, 203998);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.vout.size(), 2);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.IsAvailable(0), false);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.IsAvailable(1), true);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc1.vout[1].nValue, 60000000000ULL);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(cc1.vout[1].scriptPubKey), HexStr(GetScriptForDestination(CKeyID(uint160(ParseHex("816115944e077fe7c803cfa57f29b36bf87c1d35"))))));
+
+    // Good example
+    CDataStream ss2(ParseHex("0109044086ef97d5790061b01caab50f1b8e9c50a5057eb43c2d9563a4eebbd123008c988f1a4a4de2161e0f50aac7f17e7f9555caa486af3b"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CCoins cc2;
+    ss2 >> cc2;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.nVersion, 1);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.fCoinBase, true);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.nHeight, 120891);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.vout.size(), 17);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 17; i++) {
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.IsAvailable(i), i == 4 || i == 16);
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.vout[4].nValue, 234925952);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(cc2.vout[4].scriptPubKey), HexStr(GetScriptForDestination(CKeyID(uint160(ParseHex("61b01caab50f1b8e9c50a5057eb43c2d9563a4ee"))))));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc2.vout[16].nValue, 110397);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(cc2.vout[16].scriptPubKey), HexStr(GetScriptForDestination(CKeyID(uint160(ParseHex("8c988f1a4a4de2161e0f50aac7f17e7f9555caa4"))))));
+
+    // Smallest possible example
+    CDataStream ssx(SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(ssx.begin(), ssx.end()), "");
+
+    CDataStream ss3(ParseHex("0002000600"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    CCoins cc3;
+    ss3 >> cc3;
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.nVersion, 0);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.fCoinBase, false);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.nHeight, 0);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.vout.size(), 1);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.IsAvailable(0), true);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.vout[0].nValue, 0);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cc3.vout[0].scriptPubKey.size(), 0);
+
+    // scriptPubKey that ends beyond the end of the stream
+    CDataStream ss4(ParseHex("0002000800"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    try {
+        CCoins cc4;
+        ss4 >> cc4;
+        BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(false, "We should have thrown");
+    } catch (const std::ios_base::failure& e) {
+    }
+
+    // Very large scriptPubKey (3*10^9 bytes) past the end of the stream
+    CDataStream tmp(SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    uint64_t x = 3000000000ULL;
+    tmp << VARINT(x);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(HexStr(tmp.begin(), tmp.end()), "8a95c0bb00");
+    CDataStream ss5(ParseHex("0002008a95c0bb0000"), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+    try {
+        CCoins cc5;
+        ss5 >> cc5;
+        BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(false, "We should have thrown");
+    } catch (const std::ios_base::failure& e) {
+    }
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()