diff --git a/test/config.ini.in b/test/config.ini.in
index 3bf79ef25d902..c431a381530b9 100644
--- a/test/config.ini.in
+++ b/test/config.ini.in
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ RPCAUTH=@abs_top_srcdir@/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
 @ENABLE_ZMQ_TRUE@ENABLE_ZMQ=true
 @ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER_TRUE@ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SIGNER=true
 @ENABLE_USDT_TRACEPOINTS_TRUE@ENABLE_USDT_TRACEPOINTS=true
+@WITH_MULTIPROCESS_TRUE@WITH_MULTIPROCESS=true
diff --git a/test/functional/interface_ipc_mining.py b/test/functional/interface_ipc_mining.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..b8ae5e4e977d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/interface_ipc_mining.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2024 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+"""Test bitcoin-cli"""
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import (
+    assert_equal,
+)
+
+import subprocess
+
+class TestBitcoinMine(BitcoinTestFramework):
+    def set_test_params(self):
+        self.setup_clean_chain = True
+        self.num_nodes = 1
+        # Always run multiprocess binaries
+        self.options.bitcoind = self.options.bitcoin_node
+        self.extra_args = [["-ipcbind=unix"]]
+
+    def skip_test_if_missing_module(self):
+        self.skip_if_no_multiprocess()
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        args = [self.options.bitcoin_mine, f"-datadir={self.nodes[0].datadir_path}"]
+        result = subprocess.run(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True, check=True)
+        assert_equal(result.stdout, "Connected to bitcoin-node\nTip hash is 0f9188f13cb7b2c71f2a335e3a4fc328bf5beb436012afca590b1a11466e2206.\n")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    TestBitcoinMine(__file__).main()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index bc8cd0e82cbc0..398ccc65ba55d 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ def parse_args(self, test_file):
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         config.read_file(open(self.options.configfile))
         self.config = config
+        self.set_binary_paths()
         if self.options.v1transport:
             self.options.v2transport=False
 
@@ -241,13 +242,16 @@ def set_binary_paths(self):
             "bitcoin-util": ("bitcoinutil", "BITCOINUTIL"),
             "bitcoin-wallet": ("bitcoinwallet", "BITCOINWALLET"),
         }
-        for binary, [attribute_name, env_variable_name] in binaries.items():
-            default_filename = os.path.join(
+        def binary_path(binary):
+            return os.path.join(
                 self.config["environment"]["BUILDDIR"],
                 "src",
                 binary + self.config["environment"]["EXEEXT"],
             )
-            setattr(self.options, attribute_name, os.getenv(env_variable_name, default=default_filename))
+        for binary, [attribute_name, env_variable_name] in binaries.items():
+            setattr(self.options, attribute_name, os.getenv(env_variable_name) or binary_path(binary))
+        self.options.bitcoin_mine = binary_path("bitcoin-mine")
+        self.options.bitcoin_node = binary_path("bitcoin-node")
 
     def setup(self):
         """Call this method to start up the test framework object with options set."""
@@ -258,8 +262,6 @@ def setup(self):
 
         config = self.config
 
-        self.set_binary_paths()
-
         os.environ['PATH'] = os.pathsep.join([
             os.path.join(config['environment']['BUILDDIR'], 'src'),
             os.path.join(config['environment']['BUILDDIR'], 'src', 'qt'), os.environ['PATH']
@@ -984,6 +986,11 @@ def skip_if_no_cli(self):
         if not self.is_cli_compiled():
             raise SkipTest("bitcoin-cli has not been compiled.")
 
+    def skip_if_no_multiprocess(self):
+        """Skip the running test if multiprocess binaries are not compiled."""
+        if not self.is_multiprocess_compiled():
+            raise SkipTest("multiprocess binaries have not been compiled.")
+
     def skip_if_no_previous_releases(self):
         """Skip the running test if previous releases are not available."""
         if not self.has_previous_releases():
@@ -1046,5 +1053,9 @@ def is_bdb_compiled(self):
         """Checks whether the wallet module was compiled with BDB support."""
         return self.config["components"].getboolean("USE_BDB")
 
+    def is_multiprocess_compiled(self):
+        """Checks whether multiprocess binaries are compiled."""
+        return self.config["components"].getboolean("WITH_MULTIPROCESS")
+
     def has_blockfile(self, node, filenum: str):
         return (node.blocks_path/ f"blk{filenum}.dat").is_file()
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 701d81b9d25eb..f59f62238b529 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@
     'rpc_getdescriptorinfo.py',
     'rpc_mempool_info.py',
     'rpc_help.py',
+    'interface_ipc_mining.py',
     'mempool_ephemeral_dust.py',
     'p2p_handshake.py',
     'p2p_handshake.py --v2transport',