diff --git a/src/tests/samples.py b/src/tests/samples.py
index e33c5f50..42a14f58 100644
--- a/src/tests/samples.py
+++ b/src/tests/samples.py
@@ -73,3 +73,13 @@ sample_sig = unhexlify(
 sample_sig_sha1 = unhexlify(
     '30460221008ad234687d1bdc259932e28ea6ee091b88b0900d8134902aa8c2fd7f016b96e'
     'd022100dafb94e28322c2fa88878f9dcbf0c2d33270466ab3bbffaec3dca0a2d1ef9354')
+
+# [chan] bitmessage
+sample_wif_privsigningkey = unhexlify(
+    b'a2e8b841a531c1c558ee0680c396789c7a2ea3ac4795ae3f000caf9fe367d144')
+sample_wif_privencryptionkey = unhexlify(
+    b'114ec0e2dca24a826a0eed064b0405b0ac148abc3b1d52729697f4d7b873fdc6')
+sample_privsigningkey_wif = \
+    b'5K42shDERM5g7Kbi3JT5vsAWpXMqRhWZpX835M2pdSoqQQpJMYm'
+sample_privencryptionkey_wif = \
+    b'5HwugVWm31gnxtoYcvcK7oywH2ezYTh6Y4tzRxsndAeMi6NHqpA'
diff --git a/src/tests/test_addresses.py b/src/tests/test_addresses.py
index 8f9c283d..dd989562 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_addresses.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_addresses.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 import unittest
 from binascii import unhexlify
 
-from pybitmessage import addresses
+from pybitmessage import addresses, highlevelcrypto
 
 from .samples import (
     sample_address, sample_daddr3_512, sample_daddr4_512,
     sample_deterministic_addr4, sample_deterministic_addr3,
-    sample_deterministic_ripe, sample_ripe)
+    sample_deterministic_ripe, sample_ripe,
+    sample_privsigningkey_wif, sample_privencryptionkey_wif,
+    sample_wif_privsigningkey, sample_wif_privencryptionkey)
 
 sample_addr3 = sample_deterministic_addr3.split('-')[1]
 sample_addr4 = sample_deterministic_addr4.split('-')[1]
@@ -59,3 +61,26 @@ class TestAddresses(unittest.TestCase):
             sample_addr4, addresses.encodeBase58(sample_daddr4_512))
         self.assertEqual(
             sample_addr3, addresses.encodeBase58(sample_daddr3_512))
+
+    def test_wif(self):
+        """Decode WIFs of [chan] bitmessage and check the keys"""
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sample_wif_privsigningkey,
+            highlevelcrypto.decodeWalletImportFormat(
+                sample_privsigningkey_wif))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sample_wif_privencryptionkey,
+            highlevelcrypto.decodeWalletImportFormat(
+                sample_privencryptionkey_wif))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sample_privsigningkey_wif,
+            highlevelcrypto.encodeWalletImportFormat(
+                sample_wif_privsigningkey))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            sample_privencryptionkey_wif,
+            highlevelcrypto.encodeWalletImportFormat(
+                sample_wif_privencryptionkey))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            highlevelcrypto.decodeWalletImportFormat(
+                sample_privencryptionkey_wif[:-2])