diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_getblockfrompeer.py b/test/functional/rpc_getblockfrompeer.py
index 5eda2a2fd4..c1a8c79320 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_getblockfrompeer.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_getblockfrompeer.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from test_framework.authproxy import JSONRPCException
 from test_framework.messages import (
     CBlock,
     from_hex,
+    msg_block,
     msg_headers,
     NODE_WITNESS,
 )
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ class GetBlockFromPeerTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.log.info("Non-existent peer generates error, even if we already have the block")
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-1, "Block already downloaded", self.nodes[0].getblockfrompeer, short_tip, peer_0_peer_1_id + 1)
 
-        self.log.info("Do fetch blocks even if the node has not synced past it yet")
+        self.log.info("Do fetch blocks even if the node has not seen the header yet")
         # For this test we need node 1 in prune mode and as a side effect this also disconnects
         # the nodes which is also necessary for the rest of the test.
         self.restart_node(1, ["-prune=550"])
@@ -113,6 +114,27 @@ class GetBlockFromPeerTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         block_hex = self.nodes[0].getblock(blockhash=blockhash, verbosity=0)
         block = from_hex(CBlock(), block_hex)
 
+        # Connect a P2PInterface to the pruning node
+        p2p_i = P2PInterface()
+        node1_interface = self.nodes[1].add_p2p_connection(p2p_i)
+
+        node1_peers = self.nodes[1].getpeerinfo()
+        assert_equal(len(node1_peers), 1)
+        node1_interface_id = node1_peers[0]["id"]
+        assert_equal(self.nodes[1].getblockfrompeer(blockhash, node1_interface_id), {})
+        block.calc_sha256()
+        p2p_i.wait_for_getdata([block.sha256])
+        p2p_i.send_and_ping(msg_block(block))
+        assert_equal(block_hex, self.nodes[1].getblock(blockhash, 0))
+        self.nodes[1].disconnectnode(nodeid=node1_interface_id)
+
+        self.log.info("Do fetch blocks even if the node has not synced past it yet")
+
+        # Generate a block on the disconnected node that the pruning node is not connected to
+        blockhash = self.generate(self.nodes[0], 1, sync_fun=self.no_op)[0]
+        block_hex = self.nodes[0].getblock(blockhash=blockhash, verbosity=0)
+        block = from_hex(CBlock(), block_hex)
+
         # Connect a P2PInterface to the pruning node and have it submit only the header of the
         # block that the pruning node has not seen
         node1_interface = self.nodes[1].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface())