diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index 6ef6a69a2..0c4e47a14 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ BITCOIN_TESTS =\
   test/streams_tests.cpp \
   test/test_bitcoin.cpp \
   test/test_bitcoin.h \
+  test/testutil.cpp \
+  test/testutil.h \
   test/timedata_tests.cpp \
   test/transaction_tests.cpp \
   test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp \
diff --git a/src/test/alert_tests.cpp b/src/test/alert_tests.cpp
index 0895ef332..87d35be41 100644
--- a/src/test/alert_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/alert_tests.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 #include "main.h" // For PartitionCheck
 #include "serialize.h"
 #include "streams.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include "utilstrencodings.h"
 
+#include "test/testutil.h"
 #include "test/test_bitcoin.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
diff --git a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
index 0416d0c92..39586d7bb 100644
--- a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@
 #include "txdb.h"
 #include "txmempool.h"
 #include "ui_interface.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
 #include "wallet/db.h"
 #include "wallet/wallet.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "test/testutil.h"
+
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
diff --git a/src/test/testutil.cpp b/src/test/testutil.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..304cffb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/testutil.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include "testutil.h"
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <shlobj.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+boost::filesystem::path GetTempPath() {
+#if BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION == 3
+    return boost::filesystem::temp_directory_path();
+#else
+    // TODO: remove when we don't support filesystem v2 anymore
+    boost::filesystem::path path;
+#ifdef WIN32
+    char pszPath[MAX_PATH] = "";
+
+    if (GetTempPathA(MAX_PATH, pszPath))
+        path = boost::filesystem::path(pszPath);
+#else
+    path = boost::filesystem::path("/tmp");
+#endif
+    if (path.empty() || !boost::filesystem::is_directory(path)) {
+        LogPrintf("GetTempPath(): failed to find temp path\n");
+        return boost::filesystem::path("");
+    }
+    return path;
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/test/testutil.h b/src/test/testutil.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5875dc50e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/testutil.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+/**
+ * Utility functions shared by unit tests
+ */
+#ifndef BITCOIN_TEST_TESTUTIL_H
+#define BITCOIN_TEST_TESTUTIL_H
+
+#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
+
+boost::filesystem::path GetTempPath();
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_TEST_TESTUTIL_H
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 492697e12..59f58f2c5 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -738,28 +738,6 @@ boost::filesystem::path GetSpecialFolderPath(int nFolder, bool fCreate)
 }
 #endif
 
-boost::filesystem::path GetTempPath() {
-#if BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION == 3
-    return boost::filesystem::temp_directory_path();
-#else
-    // TODO: remove when we don't support filesystem v2 anymore
-    boost::filesystem::path path;
-#ifdef WIN32
-    char pszPath[MAX_PATH] = "";
-
-    if (GetTempPathA(MAX_PATH, pszPath))
-        path = boost::filesystem::path(pszPath);
-#else
-    path = boost::filesystem::path("/tmp");
-#endif
-    if (path.empty() || !boost::filesystem::is_directory(path)) {
-        LogPrintf("GetTempPath(): failed to find temp path\n");
-        return boost::filesystem::path("");
-    }
-    return path;
-#endif
-}
-
 void runCommand(const std::string& strCommand)
 {
     int nErr = ::system(strCommand.c_str());
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 9da8fdf87..ac099f118 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ void ReadConfigFile(std::map<std::string, std::string>& mapSettingsRet, std::map
 #ifdef WIN32
 boost::filesystem::path GetSpecialFolderPath(int nFolder, bool fCreate = true);
 #endif
-boost::filesystem::path GetTempPath();
 void OpenDebugLog();
 void ShrinkDebugFile();
 void runCommand(const std::string& strCommand);