diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro
index ff09e382..0eeae865 100644
--- a/bitcoin-qt.pro
+++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ SOURCES += src/qt/qrcodedialog.cpp
 FORMS += src/qt/forms/qrcodedialog.ui
 }
 
+contains(BITCOIN_QT_TEST, 1) {
+SOURCES += src/qt/test/test_main.cpp \
+    src/qt/test/urltests.cpp
+HEADERS += src/qt/test/urltests.h
+DEPENDPATH += src/qt/test
+QT += testlib
+TARGET = bitcoin-qt_test
+DEFINES += BITCOIN_QT_TEST
+}
+
 CODECFORTR = UTF-8
 
 # for lrelease/lupdate
diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index b25216fe..8c4b0e6c 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ std::string _(const char* psz)
     return QCoreApplication::translate("bitcoin-core", psz).toStdString();
 }
 
+#ifndef BITCOIN_QT_TEST
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     // Do this early as we don't want to bother initializing if we are just calling IPC
@@ -257,3 +258,4 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     return 0;
 }
+#endif // BITCOIN_QT_TEST
diff --git a/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp b/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a08eafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <QTest>
+#include <QObject>
+
+#include "urltests.h"
+
+// This is all you need to run all the tests
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    URLTests test1;
+    QTest::qExec(&test1);
+}
diff --git a/src/qt/test/urltests.cpp b/src/qt/test/urltests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ecc8462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qt/test/urltests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "urltests.h"
+#include "../guiutil.h"
+#include "../walletmodel.h"
+
+#include <QUrl>
+
+/*
+struct SendCoinsRecipient
+{
+    QString address;
+    QString label;
+    qint64 amount;
+};
+*/
+
+void URLTests::urlTests()
+{
+    SendCoinsRecipient rv;
+    QUrl url;
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?req-dontexist="));
+    QVERIFY(!GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?dontexist="));
+    QVERIFY(GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+    QVERIFY(rv.address == QString("175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W"));
+    QVERIFY(rv.label == QString());
+    QVERIFY(rv.amount == 0);
+
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?label=Wikipedia Example Address"));
+    QVERIFY(GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+    QVERIFY(rv.address == QString("175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W"));
+    QVERIFY(rv.label == QString("Wikipedia Example Address"));
+    QVERIFY(rv.amount == 0);
+
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=0.001"));
+    QVERIFY(GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+    QVERIFY(rv.address == QString("175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W"));
+    QVERIFY(rv.label == QString());
+    QVERIFY(rv.amount == 100000);
+
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=1.001"));
+    QVERIFY(GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+    QVERIFY(rv.address == QString("175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W"));
+    QVERIFY(rv.label == QString());
+    QVERIFY(rv.amount == 100100000);
+
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=100&label=Wikipedia Example"));
+    QVERIFY(GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+    QVERIFY(rv.address == QString("175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W"));
+    QVERIFY(rv.amount == 10000000000);
+    QVERIFY(rv.label == QString("Wikipedia Example"));
+
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?message=Wikipedia Example Address"));
+    QVERIFY(GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+    QVERIFY(rv.address == QString("175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W"));
+    QVERIFY(rv.label == QString());
+    QVERIFY(rv.label == QString());
+
+    // We currently dont implement the message paramenter (ok, yea, we break spec...)
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?req-message=Wikipedia Example Address"));
+    QVERIFY(!GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=1,000&label=Wikipedia Example"));
+    QVERIFY(!GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+
+    url.setUrl(QString("bitcoin:175tWpb8K1S7NmH4Zx6rewF9WQrcZv245W?amount=1,000.0&label=Wikipedia Example"));
+    QVERIFY(!GUIUtil::parseBitcoinURL(&url, &rv));
+}
diff --git a/src/qt/test/urltests.h b/src/qt/test/urltests.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..393c5113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qt/test/urltests.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef URLTESTS_H
+#define URLTESTS_H
+
+#include <QTest>
+#include <QObject>
+
+class URLTests : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private slots:
+    void urlTests();
+};
+
+#endif // URLTESTS_H