diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   test/bip32_tests.cpp \
   test/blockcheck_tests.cpp \
   test/blockencodings_tests.cpp \
+  test/blockindex_tests.cpp \
   test/blockstatus_tests.cpp \
   test/bloom_tests.cpp \
   test/bswap_tests.cpp \
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 	bip32_tests.cpp
 	blockcheck_tests.cpp
 	blockencodings_tests.cpp
+	blockindex_tests.cpp
 	blockstatus_tests.cpp
 	bloom_tests.cpp
 	bswap_tests.cpp
diff --git a/src/test/blockindex_tests.cpp b/src/test/blockindex_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/blockindex_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include "chain.h"
+#include "uint256.h"
+
+#include "test/test_bitcoin.h"
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(blockindex_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(get_block_header) {
+    const int32_t expectedVersion = 4;
+    const uint256 expectedMerkleRoot = uint256();
+    const uint32_t expectedBlockTime = 123;
+    const uint32_t expectedDifficultyBits = 234;
+    const uint32_t expectedNonce = 345;
+
+    CBlockHeader header;
+    header.nVersion = expectedVersion;
+    header.hashMerkleRoot = expectedMerkleRoot;
+    header.nTime = expectedBlockTime;
+    header.nBits = expectedDifficultyBits;
+    header.nNonce = expectedNonce;
+
+    CBlockIndex index = CBlockIndex(header);
+
+    CBlockHeader checkHeader = index.GetBlockHeader();
+    BOOST_CHECK(checkHeader.nVersion == expectedVersion);
+    BOOST_CHECK(checkHeader.hashMerkleRoot == expectedMerkleRoot);
+    BOOST_CHECK(checkHeader.nTime == expectedBlockTime);
+    BOOST_CHECK(checkHeader.nBits == expectedDifficultyBits);
+    BOOST_CHECK(checkHeader.nNonce == expectedNonce);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()