diff --git a/src/deploymentinfo.h b/src/deploymentinfo.h
index 10029b0e30a..3178ea74288 100644
--- a/src/deploymentinfo.h
+++ b/src/deploymentinfo.h
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 #include <consensus/params.h>
 
 #include <array>
+#include <cassert>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 struct VBDeploymentInfo {
     /** Deployment name */
diff --git a/src/script/interpreter.cpp b/src/script/interpreter.cpp
index 07fda48c493..85cb76873f5 100644
--- a/src/script/interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/script/interpreter.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <crypto/sha256.h>
 #include <pubkey.h>
 #include <script/script.h>
+#include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <uint256.h>
 
 typedef std::vector<unsigned char> valtype;
@@ -2161,3 +2162,48 @@ size_t CountWitnessSigOps(const CScript& scriptSig, const CScript& scriptPubKey,
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+#define FLAG_NAME(flag) {std::string(#flag), SCRIPT_VERIFY_##flag}
+const std::map<std::string, uint32_t> g_verify_flag_names{
+    FLAG_NAME(P2SH),
+    FLAG_NAME(STRICTENC),
+    FLAG_NAME(DERSIG),
+    FLAG_NAME(LOW_S),
+    FLAG_NAME(SIGPUSHONLY),
+    FLAG_NAME(MINIMALDATA),
+    FLAG_NAME(NULLDUMMY),
+    FLAG_NAME(DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_NOPS),
+    FLAG_NAME(CLEANSTACK),
+    FLAG_NAME(MINIMALIF),
+    FLAG_NAME(NULLFAIL),
+    FLAG_NAME(CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY),
+    FLAG_NAME(CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY),
+    FLAG_NAME(WITNESS),
+    FLAG_NAME(DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_WITNESS_PROGRAM),
+    FLAG_NAME(WITNESS_PUBKEYTYPE),
+    FLAG_NAME(CONST_SCRIPTCODE),
+    FLAG_NAME(TAPROOT),
+    FLAG_NAME(DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_PUBKEYTYPE),
+    FLAG_NAME(DISCOURAGE_OP_SUCCESS),
+    FLAG_NAME(DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_TAPROOT_VERSION),
+};
+#undef FLAG_NAME
+
+std::vector<std::string> GetScriptFlagNames(uint32_t flags)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> res;
+    if (flags == SCRIPT_VERIFY_NONE) {
+        return res;
+    }
+    uint32_t leftover = flags;
+    for (const auto& [name, flag] : g_verify_flag_names) {
+        if ((flags & flag) != 0) {
+            res.push_back(name);
+            leftover &= ~flag;
+        }
+    }
+    if (leftover != 0) {
+        res.push_back(strprintf("0x%08x", leftover));
+    }
+    return res;
+}
diff --git a/src/script/interpreter.h b/src/script/interpreter.h
index 2108e3992fc..1ce528ac480 100644
--- a/src/script/interpreter.h
+++ b/src/script/interpreter.h
@@ -371,4 +371,8 @@ size_t CountWitnessSigOps(const CScript& scriptSig, const CScript& scriptPubKey,
 
 int FindAndDelete(CScript& script, const CScript& b);
 
+extern const std::map<std::string, uint32_t> g_verify_flag_names;
+
+std::vector<std::string> GetScriptFlagNames(uint32_t flags);
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_SCRIPT_INTERPRETER_H
diff --git a/src/test/script_tests.cpp b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
index 5d7593020b4..ed68dc4953b 100644
--- a/src/test/script_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <core_io.h>
 #include <key.h>
 #include <rpc/util.h>
+#include <script/interpreter.h>
 #include <script/script.h>
 #include <script/script_error.h>
 #include <script/sigcache.h>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <test/util/transaction_utils.h>
 #include <util/fs.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
+#include <util/string.h>
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -41,7 +43,6 @@ using namespace util::hex_literals;
 static const unsigned int gFlags = SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC;
 
 unsigned int ParseScriptFlags(std::string strFlags);
-std::string FormatScriptFlags(unsigned int flags);
 
 struct ScriptErrorDesc
 {
@@ -95,6 +96,11 @@ static ScriptErrorDesc script_errors[]={
     {SCRIPT_ERR_SIG_FINDANDDELETE, "SIG_FINDANDDELETE"},
 };
 
+static std::string FormatScriptFlags(uint32_t flags)
+{
+    return util::Join(GetScriptFlagNames(flags), ",");
+}
+
 static std::string FormatScriptError(ScriptError_t err)
 {
     for (const auto& se : script_errors)
@@ -1706,4 +1712,13 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(compute_tapleaf)
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ComputeTapleafHash(0xc2, std::span(script)), tlc2);
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(formatscriptflags)
+{
+    // quick check that FormatScriptFlags reports any unknown/unexpected bits
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatScriptFlags(SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH), "P2SH");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatScriptFlags(SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | (1u<<31)), "P2SH,0x80000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatScriptFlags(SCRIPT_VERIFY_TAPROOT | (1u<<27)), "TAPROOT,0x08000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatScriptFlags(1u<<26), "0x04000000");
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
diff --git a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
index c0443f3a0a4..e7b3ee7f3ff 100644
--- a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <policy/policy.h>
 #include <policy/settings.h>
 #include <primitives/transaction_identifier.h>
+#include <script/interpreter.h>
 #include <script/script.h>
 #include <script/script_error.h>
 #include <script/sigcache.h>
@@ -49,29 +50,7 @@ typedef std::vector<unsigned char> valtype;
 static CFeeRate g_dust{DUST_RELAY_TX_FEE};
 static bool g_bare_multi{DEFAULT_PERMIT_BAREMULTISIG};
 
-static std::map<std::string, unsigned int> mapFlagNames = {
-    {std::string("P2SH"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH},
-    {std::string("STRICTENC"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC},
-    {std::string("DERSIG"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG},
-    {std::string("LOW_S"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_LOW_S},
-    {std::string("SIGPUSHONLY"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_SIGPUSHONLY},
-    {std::string("MINIMALDATA"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_MINIMALDATA},
-    {std::string("NULLDUMMY"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_NULLDUMMY},
-    {std::string("DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_NOPS"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_NOPS},
-    {std::string("CLEANSTACK"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK},
-    {std::string("MINIMALIF"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_MINIMALIF},
-    {std::string("NULLFAIL"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_NULLFAIL},
-    {std::string("CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY},
-    {std::string("CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY},
-    {std::string("WITNESS"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS},
-    {std::string("DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_WITNESS_PROGRAM"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_WITNESS_PROGRAM},
-    {std::string("WITNESS_PUBKEYTYPE"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_WITNESS_PUBKEYTYPE},
-    {std::string("CONST_SCRIPTCODE"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_CONST_SCRIPTCODE},
-    {std::string("TAPROOT"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_TAPROOT},
-    {std::string("DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_PUBKEYTYPE"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_PUBKEYTYPE},
-    {std::string("DISCOURAGE_OP_SUCCESS"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_OP_SUCCESS},
-    {std::string("DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_TAPROOT_VERSION"), (unsigned int)SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_TAPROOT_VERSION},
-};
+static const std::map<std::string, unsigned int>& mapFlagNames = g_verify_flag_names;
 
 unsigned int ParseScriptFlags(std::string strFlags)
 {
@@ -81,9 +60,11 @@ unsigned int ParseScriptFlags(std::string strFlags)
     std::vector<std::string> words = SplitString(strFlags, ',');
     for (const std::string& word : words)
     {
-        if (!mapFlagNames.count(word))
+        if (!mapFlagNames.count(word)) {
             BOOST_ERROR("Bad test: unknown verification flag '" << word << "'");
-        flags |= mapFlagNames[word];
+            continue;
+        }
+        flags |= mapFlagNames.at(word);
     }
     return flags;
 }
@@ -98,22 +79,6 @@ bool CheckMapFlagNames()
     return standard_flags_missing == 0;
 }
 
-std::string FormatScriptFlags(unsigned int flags)
-{
-    if (flags == SCRIPT_VERIFY_NONE) {
-        return "";
-    }
-    std::string ret;
-    std::map<std::string, unsigned int>::const_iterator it = mapFlagNames.begin();
-    while (it != mapFlagNames.end()) {
-        if (flags & it->second) {
-            ret += it->first + ",";
-        }
-        it++;
-    }
-    return ret.substr(0, ret.size() - 1);
-}
-
 /*
 * Check that the input scripts of a transaction are valid/invalid as expected.
 */