diff --git a/test/functional/wallet-accounts.py b/test/functional/wallet-accounts.py
--- a/test/functional/wallet-accounts.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet-accounts.py
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 # Copyright (c) 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.
+"""Test account RPCs.
+
+RPCs tested are:
+    - getaccountaddress
+    - getaddressesbyaccount
+    - listaddressgroupings
+    - setaccount
+    - sendfrom (with account arguments)
+    - move (with account arguments)
+"""
 
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import assert_equal
@@ -18,10 +28,51 @@
         # Check that there's no UTXO on any of the nodes
         assert_equal(len(node.listunspent()), 0)
 
+        # Note each time we call generate, all generated coins go into
+        # the same address, so we call twice to get two addresses w/50 each
+        node.generate(1)
         node.generate(101)
+        assert_equal(node.getbalance(), 100)
+
+        # there should be 2 address groups
+        # each with 1 address with a balance of 50 Bitcoins
+        address_groups = node.listaddressgroupings()
+        assert_equal(len(address_groups), 2)
+        # the addresses aren't linked now, but will be after we send to the
+        # common address
+        linked_addresses = set()
+        for address_group in address_groups:
+            assert_equal(len(address_group), 1)
+            assert_equal(len(address_group[0]), 2)
+            assert_equal(address_group[0][1], 50)
+            linked_addresses.add(address_group[0][0])
+
+        # send 50 from each address to a third address not in this wallet
+        # There's some fee that will come back to us when the miner reward
+        # matures.
+        common_address = "msf4WtN1YQKXvNtvdFYt9JBnUD2FB41kjr"
+        txid = node.sendmany(
+            fromaccount="",
+            amounts={common_address: 100},
+            subtractfeefrom=[common_address],
+            minconf=1,
+        )
+        tx_details = node.gettransaction(txid)
+        fee = -tx_details['details'][0]['fee']
+        # there should be 1 address group, with the previously
+        # unlinked addresses now linked (they both have 0 balance)
+        address_groups = node.listaddressgroupings()
+        assert_equal(len(address_groups), 1)
+        assert_equal(len(address_groups[0]), 2)
+        assert_equal(set([a[0] for a in address_groups[0]]), linked_addresses)
+        assert_equal([a[1] for a in address_groups[0]], [0, 0])
 
-        assert_equal(node.getbalance(), 50)
+        node.generate(1)
 
+        # we want to reset so that the "" account has what's expected.
+        # otherwise we're off by exactly the fee amount as that's mined
+        # and matures in the next 100 blocks
+        node.sendfrom("", common_address, fee)
         accounts = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
         amount_to_send = 1.0
         account_addresses = dict()