diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
index 2f1e24b78d..a064fb81e9 100755
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if [ "x${ENABLE_BITCOIND}${ENABLE_UTILS}${ENABLE_WALLET}" = "x111" ]; then
   ${BUILDDIR}/qa/rpc-tests/txn_doublespend.py --srcdir "${BUILDDIR}/src"
   ${BUILDDIR}/qa/rpc-tests/txn_doublespend.py --mineblock --srcdir "${BUILDDIR}/src"
   ${BUILDDIR}/qa/rpc-tests/getchaintips.py --srcdir "${BUILDDIR}/src"
+  ${BUILDDIR}/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py --srcdir "${BUILDDIR}/src"
   #${BUILDDIR}/qa/rpc-tests/forknotify.py --srcdir "${BUILDDIR}/src"
 else
   echo "No rpc tests to run. Wallet, utils, and bitcoind must all be enabled"
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py b/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ca09a5c6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/rest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# 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 REST interface
+#
+
+from test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from util import *
+import json
+
+try:
+    import http.client as httplib
+except ImportError:
+    import httplib
+try:
+    import urllib.parse as urlparse
+except ImportError:
+    import urlparse
+
+def http_get_call(host, port, path, response_object = 0):
+    conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(host, port)
+    conn.request('GET', path)
+    
+    if response_object:
+        return conn.getresponse()
+        
+    return conn.getresponse().read()
+
+
+class RESTTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
+    FORMAT_SEPARATOR = "/"
+    
+    def run_test(self):
+        url = urlparse.urlparse(self.nodes[0].url)
+        bb_hash = self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash()
+        
+        # check binary format
+        response = http_get_call(url.hostname, url.port, '/rest/block/'+bb_hash+self.FORMAT_SEPARATOR+"bin", True)
+        assert_equal(response.status, 200)
+        assert_greater_than(int(response.getheader('content-length')), 10)
+        
+        # check json format
+        json_string = http_get_call(url.hostname, url.port, '/rest/block/'+bb_hash+self.FORMAT_SEPARATOR+'json')
+        json_obj = json.loads(json_string)
+        assert_equal(json_obj['hash'], bb_hash)
+        
+        # do tx test
+        tx_hash = json_obj['tx'][0];
+        json_string = http_get_call(url.hostname, url.port, '/rest/tx/'+tx_hash+self.FORMAT_SEPARATOR+"json")
+        json_obj = json.loads(json_string)
+        assert_equal(json_obj['txid'], tx_hash)
+        
+        # check hex format response
+        hex_string = http_get_call(url.hostname, url.port, '/rest/tx/'+tx_hash+self.FORMAT_SEPARATOR+"hex", True)
+        assert_equal(response.status, 200)
+        assert_greater_than(int(response.getheader('content-length')), 10)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    RESTTest ().main ()
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diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/util.py b/qa/rpc-tests/util.py
index bed7fed8ca..6b66bfd8f6 100644
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/util.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/util.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def start_node(i, dirname, extra_args=None, rpchost=None):
     Start a bitcoind and return RPC connection to it
     """
     datadir = os.path.join(dirname, "node"+str(i))
-    args = [ os.getenv("BITCOIND", "bitcoind"), "-datadir="+datadir, "-keypool=1", "-discover=0" ]
+    args = [ os.getenv("BITCOIND", "bitcoind"), "-datadir="+datadir, "-keypool=1", "-discover=0", "-rest" ]
     if extra_args is not None: args.extend(extra_args)
     bitcoind_processes[i] = subprocess.Popen(args)
     devnull = open("/dev/null", "w+")
@@ -327,3 +327,7 @@ def random_transaction(nodes, amount, min_fee, fee_increment, fee_variants):
 def assert_equal(thing1, thing2):
     if thing1 != thing2:
         raise AssertionError("%s != %s"%(str(thing1),str(thing2)))
+
+def assert_greater_than(thing1, thing2):
+    if thing1 <= thing2:
+        raise AssertionError("%s <= %s"%(str(thing1),str(thing2)))
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