diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     TIME_GENESIS_BLOCK,
 )
 from test_framework.messages import (
+    CBlockHeader,
+    FromHex,
     msg_block,
 )
 from test_framework.p2p import P2PInterface
@@ -316,6 +318,14 @@
         assert isinstance(int(header['versionHex'], 16), int)
         assert isinstance(header['difficulty'], Decimal)
 
+        # Test with verbose=False, which should return the header as hex.
+        header_hex = node.getblockheader(blockhash=besthash, verbose=False)
+        assert_is_hex_string(header_hex)
+
+        header = FromHex(CBlockHeader(), header_hex)
+        header.calc_sha256()
+        assert_equal(header.hash, besthash)
+
     def _test_getdifficulty(self):
         difficulty = self.nodes[0].getdifficulty()
         # 1 hash in 2 should be valid, so difficulty should be 1/2**31