diff --git a/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp b/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
index 2278c695a..e6c19d1bb 100644
--- a/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/paymentserver.cpp
@@ -298,13 +298,7 @@ bool PaymentServer::ipcSendCommandLine()
     return fResult;
 }
 
-PaymentServer::PaymentServer(QObject* parent, bool startLocalServer) :
-    QObject(parent),
-    saveURIs(true),
-    uriServer(0),
-    netManager(0),
-    optionsModel(0)
-{
+void PaymentServer::initializeServer(QObject* parent, QString ipcServerName, bool startLocalServer) {
     // Verify that the version of the library that we linked against is
     // compatible with the version of the headers we compiled against.
     GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERIFY_VERSION;
@@ -315,13 +309,11 @@ PaymentServer::PaymentServer(QObject* parent, bool startLocalServer) :
     if (parent)
         parent->installEventFilter(this);
 
-    QString name = ipcServerName();
-
     if (startLocalServer)
     {
         uriServer = new QLocalServer(this);
 
-        if (!uriServer->listen(name)) {
+        if (!uriServer->listen(ipcServerName)) {
             // constructor is called early in init, so don't use "Q_EMIT message()" here
             QMessageBox::critical(0, tr("Payment request error"),
                 tr("Cannot start dogecoin: click-to-pay handler"));
@@ -333,6 +325,27 @@ PaymentServer::PaymentServer(QObject* parent, bool startLocalServer) :
     }
 }
 
+PaymentServer::PaymentServer(QObject* parent, bool startLocalServer) :
+    QObject(parent),
+    saveURIs(true),
+    uriServer(0),
+    netManager(0),
+    optionsModel(0)
+{
+    this->initializeServer(parent, ipcServerName(), startLocalServer);
+}
+
+
+PaymentServer::PaymentServer(QObject* parent, QString ipcServerName, bool startLocalServer) :
+    QObject(parent),
+    saveURIs(true),
+    uriServer(0),
+    netManager(0),
+    optionsModel(0)
+{
+    this->initializeServer(parent, ipcServerName, startLocalServer);
+}
+
 PaymentServer::~PaymentServer()
 {
     google::protobuf::ShutdownProtobufLibrary();
diff --git a/src/qt/paymentserver.h b/src/qt/paymentserver.h
index 7c6d4507f..b230bea81 100644
--- a/src/qt/paymentserver.h
+++ b/src/qt/paymentserver.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
 
     // parent should be QApplication object
     PaymentServer(QObject* parent, bool startLocalServer = true);
+    PaymentServer(QObject* parent, QString ipcServerName, bool startLocalServer = true);
     ~PaymentServer();
 
     // Load root certificate authorities. Pass NULL (default)
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@ private:
     void initNetManager();
 
     bool saveURIs;                      // true during startup
+
+    void initializeServer(QObject* parent, QString ipcServerName, bool startLocalServer);
     QLocalServer* uriServer;
 
     QNetworkAccessManager* netManager;  // Used to fetch payment requests
diff --git a/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.cpp b/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.cpp
index 484fd571e..7d2e64619 100644
--- a/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/test/paymentservertests.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void PaymentServerTests::paymentServerTests()
 {
     SelectParams(CBaseChainParams::MAIN);
     OptionsModel optionsModel;
-    PaymentServer* server = new PaymentServer(NULL, false);
+    PaymentServer* server = new PaymentServer(NULL, QString("testIPCServer"), false);
     X509_STORE* caStore = X509_STORE_new();
     X509_STORE_add_cert(caStore, parse_b64der_cert(caCert1_BASE64));
     PaymentServer::LoadRootCAs(caStore);