diff --git a/test/functional/feature_includeconf.py b/test/functional/feature_includeconf.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d3f1be6c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/feature_includeconf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+"""Tests the includeconf argument
+
+Verify that:
+
+1. adding includeconf to the configuration file causes the includeconf
+   file to be loaded in the correct order.
+2. includeconf cannot be used as a command line argument.
+3. includeconf cannot be used recursively (ie includeconf can only
+   be used from the base config file).
+4. multiple includeconf arguments can be specified in the main config
+   file.
+"""
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework, assert_equal
+
+class IncludeConfTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+    def set_test_params(self):
+        self.setup_clean_chain = False
+        self.num_nodes = 1
+
+    def setup_chain(self):
+        super().setup_chain()
+        # Create additional config files
+        # - tmpdir/node0/relative.conf
+        with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "relative.conf"), "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
+            f.write("uacomment=relative\n")
+        # - tmpdir/node0/relative2.conf
+        with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "relative2.conf"), "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
+            f.write("uacomment=relative2\n")
+        with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "bitcoin.conf"), "a", encoding='utf8') as f:
+            f.write("uacomment=main\nincludeconf=relative.conf\n")
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        self.log.info("-includeconf works from config file. subversion should end with 'main; relative)/'")
+
+        subversion = self.nodes[0].getnetworkinfo()["subversion"]
+        assert subversion.endswith("main; relative)/")
+
+        self.log.info("-includeconf cannot be used as command-line arg. subversion should still end with 'main; relative)/'")
+        self.stop_node(0)
+        with tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=2**16) as log_stderr:
+            self.start_node(0, extra_args=["-includeconf=relative2.conf"], stderr=log_stderr)
+
+            subversion = self.nodes[0].getnetworkinfo()["subversion"]
+            assert subversion.endswith("main; relative)/")
+            log_stderr.seek(0)
+            stderr = log_stderr.read().decode('utf-8').strip()
+            assert_equal(stderr, 'warning: -includeconf cannot be used from commandline; ignoring -includeconf=relative2.conf')
+
+        self.log.info("-includeconf cannot be used recursively. subversion should end with 'main; relative)/'")
+        with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "relative.conf"), "a", encoding="utf8") as f:
+            f.write("includeconf=relative2.conf\n")
+
+        self.restart_node(0)
+
+        subversion = self.nodes[0].getnetworkinfo()["subversion"]
+        assert subversion.endswith("main; relative)/")
+
+        self.log.info("multiple -includeconf args can be used from the base config file. subversion should end with 'main; relative; relative2)/'")
+        with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "relative.conf"), "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
+            f.write("uacomment=relative\n")
+
+        with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "bitcoin.conf"), "a", encoding='utf8') as f:
+            f.write("includeconf=relative2.conf\n")
+
+        self.restart_node(0)
+
+        subversion = self.nodes[0].getnetworkinfo()["subversion"]
+        assert subversion.endswith("main; relative; relative2)/")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    IncludeConfTest().main()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 5e86e7ce6..8a82db222 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ BASE_SCRIPTS = [
     'p2p_fingerprint.py',
     'feature_uacomment.py',
     'p2p_unrequested_blocks.py',
+    'feature_includeconf.py',
     'feature_logging.py',
     'p2p_node_network_limited.py',
     'feature_blocksdir.py',