diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 59618c494..5515b2f18 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   netbase.h \
   noui.h \
   policy/fees.h \
+  policy/policy.h \
   pow.h \
   primitives/block.h \
   primitives/transaction.h \
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
index 45990f6bd..9ad57d5c6 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "consensus/consensus.h"
 #include "core_io.h"
 #include "keystore.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h"
 #include "primitives/transaction.h"
 #include "script/script.h"
 #include "script/sign.h"
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index bcdd1f2f3..9478b8b55 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "main.h"
 #include "miner.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h"
 #include "rpcserver.h"
 #include "script/standard.h"
 #include "scheduler.h"
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6c4cfe75a..05130f308 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 #include "chainparams.h"
 #include "checkpoints.h"
 #include "checkqueue.h"
+#include "consensus/consensus.h"
 #include "consensus/validation.h"
 #include "init.h"
 #include "merkleblock.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h"
 #include "pow.h"
 #include "txdb.h"
 #include "txmempool.h"
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 4e2efaada..85a144642 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "chain.h"
 #include "chainparams.h"
 #include "coins.h"
-#include "consensus/consensus.h"
 #include "net.h"
 #include "primitives/block.h"
 #include "primitives/transaction.h"
@@ -47,19 +46,8 @@ class CValidationState;
 
 struct CNodeStateStats;
 
-/** Default for -blockmaxsize and -blockminsize, which control the range of sizes the mining code will create **/
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BLOCK_MAX_SIZE = 750000;
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_SIZE = 0;
-/** Default for -blockprioritysize, maximum space for zero/low-fee transactions **/
-static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_SIZE = 50000;
 /** Default for accepting alerts from the P2P network. */
 static const bool DEFAULT_ALERTS = true;
-/** The maximum size for transactions we're willing to relay/mine */
-static const unsigned int MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIZE = 100000;
-/** Maximum number of signature check operations in an IsStandard() P2SH script */
-static const unsigned int MAX_P2SH_SIGOPS = 15;
-/** The maximum number of sigops we're willing to relay/mine in a single tx */
-static const unsigned int MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIGOPS = MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS/5;
 /** Default for -maxorphantx, maximum number of orphan transactions kept in memory */
 static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS = 100;
 /** The maximum size of a blk?????.dat file (since 0.8) */
diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index f5919ca3a..fb859ca2b 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "main.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h"
 #include "pow.h"
 #include "primitives/transaction.h"
 #include "timedata.h"
diff --git a/src/policy/policy.h b/src/policy/policy.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48e192d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/policy/policy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_POLICY_H
+#define BITCOIN_POLICY_H
+
+#include "consensus/consensus.h"
+#include "script/interpreter.h"
+#include "script/standard.h"
+
+/** Default for -blockmaxsize and -blockminsize, which control the range of sizes the mining code will create **/
+static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BLOCK_MAX_SIZE = 750000;
+static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BLOCK_MIN_SIZE = 0;
+/** Default for -blockprioritysize, maximum space for zero/low-fee transactions **/
+static const unsigned int DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_SIZE = 50000;
+/** The maximum size for transactions we're willing to relay/mine */
+static const unsigned int MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIZE = 100000;
+/** Maximum number of signature check operations in an IsStandard() P2SH script */
+static const unsigned int MAX_P2SH_SIGOPS = 15;
+/** The maximum number of sigops we're willing to relay/mine in a single tx */
+static const unsigned int MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIGOPS = MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS/5;
+/**
+ * Standard script verification flags that standard transactions will comply
+ * with. However scripts violating these flags may still be present in valid
+ * blocks and we must accept those blocks.
+ */
+static const unsigned int STANDARD_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS = MANDATORY_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS |
+                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG |
+                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC |
+                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_MINIMALDATA |
+                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_NULLDUMMY |
+                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_NOPS |
+                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK |
+                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY;
+
+/** For convenience, standard but not mandatory verify flags. */
+static const unsigned int STANDARD_NOT_MANDATORY_VERIFY_FLAGS = STANDARD_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS & ~MANDATORY_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS;
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_POLICY_H
diff --git a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
index 20394fc2c..7d1db0b60 100644
--- a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "main.h"
 #include "merkleblock.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h"
 #include "primitives/transaction.h"
 #include "rpcserver.h"
 #include "script/script.h"
diff --git a/src/script/sign.cpp b/src/script/sign.cpp
index 4543ca303..8b43183b6 100644
--- a/src/script/sign.cpp
+++ b/src/script/sign.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 
 #include "script/sign.h"
 
-#include "primitives/transaction.h"
 #include "key.h"
 #include "keystore.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h"
+#include "primitives/transaction.h"
 #include "script/standard.h"
 #include "uint256.h"
 
diff --git a/src/script/standard.h b/src/script/standard.h
index 3b401dfe4..c4ad17dd8 100644
--- a/src/script/standard.h
+++ b/src/script/standard.h
@@ -39,23 +39,6 @@ extern unsigned nMaxDatacarrierBytes;
  */
 static const unsigned int MANDATORY_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS = SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH;
 
-/**
- * Standard script verification flags that standard transactions will comply
- * with. However scripts violating these flags may still be present in valid
- * blocks and we must accept those blocks.
- */
-static const unsigned int STANDARD_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS = MANDATORY_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS |
-                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG |
-                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC |
-                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_MINIMALDATA |
-                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_NULLDUMMY |
-                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_NOPS |
-                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK |
-                                                         SCRIPT_VERIFY_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY;
-
-/** For convenience, standard but not mandatory verify flags. */
-static const unsigned int STANDARD_NOT_MANDATORY_VERIFY_FLAGS = STANDARD_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS & ~MANDATORY_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS;
-
 enum txnouttype
 {
     TX_NONSTANDARD,
diff --git a/src/test/script_P2SH_tests.cpp b/src/test/script_P2SH_tests.cpp
index c8cfe2872..16c9a4a86 100644
--- a/src/test/script_P2SH_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/script_P2SH_tests.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "key.h"
 #include "keystore.h"
 #include "main.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h"
 #include "script/script.h"
 #include "script/script_error.h"
 #include "script/sign.h"
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index eee57900b..46037ef66 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "consensus/validation.h"
 #include "main.h"
 #include "net.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h"
 #include "script/script.h"
 #include "script/sign.h"
 #include "timedata.h"