diff --git a/contrib/zmq/zmq_sub.py b/contrib/zmq/zmq_sub.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e33c179c35e7c..85f624d025029
--- a/contrib/zmq/zmq_sub.py
+++ b/contrib/zmq/zmq_sub.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import binascii
 
 port = 28332
-topic1 = "BLK"
-topic2 = "TXN"
+topic1 = "block"
+topic2 = "tx"
 topic_len = len(topic1)
 
 zmqContext = zmq.Context()
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ def handleTX(tx):
         msg_topic = str(msg[0])
         msg_data  = msg[1]
 
-        if msg_topic == "TXN":
+        if msg_topic == "tx":
             handleTX(msg_data)
-        elif msg_topic == "BLK":
+        elif msg_topic == "block":
             handleBLK(msg_data)
 
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
index 9b318650e9394..12c79542aafc5 100755
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ testScripts=(
     'merkle_blocks.py'
     'signrawtransactions.py'
     'walletbackup.py'
+    'zmq_test.py'
 );
 testScriptsExt=(
     'bipdersig-p2p.py'
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/zmq_test.py b/qa/rpc-tests/zmq_test.py
index 1ebf33eda5fc2..808bf2eb21fe0 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/zmq_test.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/zmq_test.py
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 # Test ZMQ interface
 #
 
-from test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
-from util import *
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import *
 import json
 import zmq
 import binascii
-from mininode import hash256
+from test_framework.mininode import hash256
 
 try:
     import http.client as httplib
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ def handleTX(self, tx):
     def setup_nodes(self):
         self.zmqContext = zmq.Context()
         self.zmqSubSocket = self.zmqContext.socket(zmq.SUB)
-        self.zmqSubSocket.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, "BLK")
-        self.zmqSubSocket.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, "TXN")
+        self.zmqSubSocket.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, "block")
+        self.zmqSubSocket.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, "tx")
         self.zmqSubSocket.connect("tcp://127.0.0.1:%i" % self.port)
 
         # Note: proxies are not used to connect to local nodes
         # this is because the proxy to use is based on CService.GetNetwork(), which return NET_UNROUTABLE for localhost
         return start_nodes(4, self.options.tmpdir, extra_args=[
-            ['-zmqpub=tcp://127.0.0.1:'+str(self.port)],
+            ['-zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:'+str(self.port), '-zmqpubhashtransaction=tcp://127.0.0.1:'+str(self.port)],
             [],
             [],
             []
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ def run_test(self):
 
         genhashes = self.nodes[0].generate(1);
 
+        print "goon"
         msg = self.zmqSubSocket.recv()
+        print "goon2"
         blkhash = self.handleBLK(msg[3:])
         assert_equal(genhashes[0], blkhash) #blockhash from generate must be equal to the hash received over zmq
 
@@ -77,8 +79,11 @@ def run_test(self):
         self.sync_all()
 
         #now we should receive a zmq msg because the tx was broadcastet
+        print "goon"
         msg = self.zmqSubSocket.recv()
+        print "ok"
         hashZMQ = self.handleTX(msg[3:])
+        print hashZMQ
         assert_equal(hashRPC, hashZMQ) #blockhash from generate must be equal to the hash received over zmq