diff --git a/wallet/wallet_test.go b/wallet/wallet_test.go
index 521756a4a1..3a94a9b64e 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet_test.go
+++ b/wallet/wallet_test.go
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/walletdb"
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet/wtxmgr"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil"
 )
 
 var (
-	TstSerializedTx, _ = hex.DecodeString("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")
-	TstTx, _           = btcutil.NewTxFromBytes(TstSerializedTx)
-	TstTxHash          = TstTx.Hash()
+	TstSerializedTx, _      = hex.DecodeString("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")
+	TstMinedSerializedTx, _ = hex.DecodeString("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")
+	TstTx, _                = btcutil.NewTxFromBytes(TstSerializedTx)
+	TstTxHash               = TstTx.Hash()
 )
 
 // TestLocateBirthdayBlock ensures we can properly map a block in the chain to a
@@ -205,3 +207,95 @@ func TestLabelTransaction(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestGetTransaction writes a tx to disk and then compares
+// the hash to the response from the GetTransaction function.
+func TestGetTransaction(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+
+		// Whether the transaction should be known to the wallet.
+		txKnown bool
+
+		// Whether the transaction is mined.
+		minedTx bool
+
+		// Block height.
+		blockHeight int32
+
+		// The error we expect to be returned.
+		expectedErr error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "existing transaction, not mined",
+			txKnown:     true,
+			minedTx:     false,
+			expectedErr: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "non-existing transaction",
+			txKnown:     false,
+			minedTx:     false,
+			expectedErr: ErrNoTx,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "existing confirmed transaction",
+			txKnown:     true,
+			minedTx:     true,
+			blockHeight: 100,
+			expectedErr: nil,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		test := test
+
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			w, cleanup := testWallet(t)
+			defer cleanup()
+
+			// If the transaction should be known to the store, we
+			// write txdetail to disk.
+			if test.txKnown {
+				rec, err := wtxmgr.NewTxRecord(
+					TstSerializedTx, time.Now(),
+				)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				// Write the tx record to disk.
+				err = walletdb.Update(w.db,
+					func(tx walletdb.ReadWriteTx) error {
+
+						ns := tx.ReadWriteBucket(
+							wtxmgrNamespaceKey,
+						)
+						if test.minedTx {
+							return w.TxStore.InsertTx(
+								ns,
+								rec,
+								&wtxmgr.BlockMeta{
+									Block: wtxmgr.Block{
+										Height: test.blockHeight,
+									},
+								},
+							)
+						}
+						return w.TxStore.InsertTx(ns, rec, nil)
+
+					})
+				require.NoError(t, err, "could not insert tx")
+			}
+
+			tx, err := w.GetTransaction(*TstTxHash)
+			if err != test.expectedErr {
+				t.Fatalf("expected: %v, got: %v", test.expectedErr, err)
+			}
+			if test.txKnown {
+				require.True(t, tx.Summary.Hash.IsEqual(TstTxHash))
+			}
+			if test.minedTx {
+				require.Equal(t, test.blockHeight, tx.Height)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}