diff --git a/test/functional/interface_http.py b/test/functional/interface_http.py
index dbdceb52d15..324a0883516 100755
--- a/test/functional/interface_http.py
+++ b/test/functional/interface_http.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import assert_equal, str_to_b64str
 
 import http.client
+import time
 import urllib.parse
 
 class HTTPBasicsTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
@@ -104,6 +105,52 @@ class HTTPBasicsTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
         out1 = conn.getresponse()
         assert_equal(out1.status, http.client.BAD_REQUEST)
 
+        self.log.info("Check -rpcservertimeout")
+        self.restart_node(2, extra_args=["-rpcservertimeout=1"])
+        # This is the amount of time the server will wait for a client to
+        # send a complete request. Test it by sending an incomplete but
+        # so-far otherwise well-formed HTTP request, and never finishing it.
+
+        # Copied from http_incomplete_test_() in regress_http.c in libevent.
+        # A complete request would have an additional "\r\n" at the end.
+        http_request = "GET /test1 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: somehost\r\n"
+
+        # Get the underlying socket from HTTP connection so we can send something unusual
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(urlNode2.hostname, urlNode2.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        sock = conn.sock
+        sock.sendall(http_request.encode("utf-8"))
+        # Wait for response, but expect a timeout disconnection after 1 second
+        start = time.time()
+        res = sock.recv(1024)
+        stop = time.time()
+        assert res == b""
+        assert stop - start >= 1
+        # definitely closed
+        try:
+            conn.request('GET', '/')
+            conn.getresponse()
+        except ConnectionResetError:
+            pass
+
+        # Sanity check
+        http_request = "GET /test2 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: somehost\r\n\r\n"
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(urlNode2.hostname, urlNode2.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        sock = conn.sock
+        sock.sendall(http_request.encode("utf-8"))
+        res = sock.recv(1024)
+        assert res.startswith(b"HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found")
+        # still open
+        conn.request('GET', '/')
+        conn.getresponse()
+
+        # Because we have set -rpcservertimeout so low, the persistent connection
+        # created by AuthServiceProxy for this node when the test framework
+        # started has likely closed. Force the test framework to use a fresh
+        # new connection for the next RPC otherwise the cleanup process
+        # calling `stop` will raise a connection error.
+        self.nodes[2]._set_conn()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     HTTPBasicsTest(__file__).main()