diff --git a/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp b/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
index feb8afa6f..485ecaed7 100644
--- a/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/univalue_tests.cpp
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_object)
 }
 
 static const char *json1 =
-"[1.10000000,{\"key1\":\"str\",\"key2\":800,\"key3\":{\"name\":\"martian\"}}]";
+"[1.10000000,{\"key1\":\"str\\u0000\",\"key2\":800,\"key3\":{\"name\":\"martian\"}}]";
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_readwrite)
 {
@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(univalue_readwrite)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj.size(), 3);
 
     BOOST_CHECK(obj["key1"].isStr());
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["key1"].getValStr(), "str");
+    std::string correctValue("str");
+    correctValue.push_back('\0');
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["key1"].getValStr(), correctValue);
     BOOST_CHECK(obj["key2"].isNum());
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(obj["key2"].getValStr(), "800");
     BOOST_CHECK(obj["key3"].isObject());