diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index 88df45fd5..ad7e574ad 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -1188,6 +1188,7 @@ Array RPCConvertValues(const std::string &strMethod, const std::vector<std::stri
     if (strMethod == "createrawtransaction"   && n > 1) ConvertTo<Object>(params[1]);
     if (strMethod == "signrawtransaction"     && n > 1) ConvertTo<Array>(params[1], true);
     if (strMethod == "signrawtransaction"     && n > 2) ConvertTo<Array>(params[2], true);
+    if (strMethod == "sendrawtransaction"     && n > 1) ConvertTo<bool>(params[1], true);
     if (strMethod == "gettxout"               && n > 1) ConvertTo<boost::int64_t>(params[1]);
     if (strMethod == "gettxout"               && n > 2) ConvertTo<bool>(params[2]);
     if (strMethod == "lockunspent"            && n > 0) ConvertTo<bool>(params[0]);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c9e92966c..9865bafd3 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ void CTxMemPool::pruneSpent(const uint256 &hashTx, CCoins &coins)
 }
 
 bool CTxMemPool::accept(CValidationState &state, CTransaction &tx, bool fCheckInputs, bool fLimitFree,
-                        bool* pfMissingInputs)
+                        bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectInsaneFee)
 {
     if (pfMissingInputs)
         *pfMissingInputs = false;
@@ -784,6 +784,11 @@ bool CTxMemPool::accept(CValidationState &state, CTransaction &tx, bool fCheckIn
             dFreeCount += nSize;
         }
 
+        if (fRejectInsaneFee && nFees > CTransaction::nMinRelayTxFee * 10000)
+            return error("CTxMemPool::accept() : insane fees %s, %"PRI64d" > %"PRI64d,
+                         hash.ToString().c_str(),
+                         nFees, CTransaction::nMinRelayTxFee * 10000);
+
         // Check against previous transactions
         // This is done last to help prevent CPU exhaustion denial-of-service attacks.
         if (!tx.CheckInputs(state, view, true, SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH | SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC))
@@ -812,10 +817,10 @@ bool CTxMemPool::accept(CValidationState &state, CTransaction &tx, bool fCheckIn
     return true;
 }
 
-bool CTransaction::AcceptToMemoryPool(CValidationState &state, bool fCheckInputs, bool fLimitFree, bool* pfMissingInputs)
+bool CTransaction::AcceptToMemoryPool(CValidationState &state, bool fCheckInputs, bool fLimitFree, bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectInsaneFee)
 {
     try {
-        return mempool.accept(state, *this, fCheckInputs, fLimitFree, pfMissingInputs);
+        return mempool.accept(state, *this, fCheckInputs, fLimitFree, pfMissingInputs, fRejectInsaneFee);
     } catch(std::runtime_error &e) {
         return state.Abort(_("System error: ") + e.what());
     }
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index ec305ae9e..81e71955b 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ void UpdateCoins(const CTransaction& tx, CValidationState &state, CCoinsViewCach
     bool CheckTransaction(CValidationState &state) const;
 
     // Try to accept this transaction into the memory pool
-    bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CValidationState &state, bool fCheckInputs=true, bool fLimitFree = true, bool* pfMissingInputs=NULL);
+    bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CValidationState &state, bool fCheckInputs=true, bool fLimitFree = true, bool* pfMissingInputs=NULL, bool fRejectInsaneFee = false);
 
 protected:
     static const CTxOut &GetOutputFor(const CTxIn& input, CCoinsViewCache& mapInputs);
@@ -2099,7 +2099,7 @@ public:
     std::map<uint256, CTransaction> mapTx;
     std::map<COutPoint, CInPoint> mapNextTx;
 
-    bool accept(CValidationState &state, CTransaction &tx, bool fCheckInputs, bool fLimitFree, bool* pfMissingInputs);
+    bool accept(CValidationState &state, CTransaction &tx, bool fCheckInputs, bool fLimitFree, bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectInsaneFee = false);
     bool addUnchecked(const uint256& hash, const CTransaction &tx);
     bool remove(const CTransaction &tx, bool fRecursive = false);
     bool removeConflicts(const CTransaction &tx);
diff --git a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
index f4166bb9e..6c199219d 100644
--- a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
@@ -529,9 +529,9 @@ Value signrawtransaction(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
 
 Value sendrawtransaction(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
 {
-    if (fHelp || params.size() < 1 || params.size() > 1)
+    if (fHelp || params.size() < 1 || params.size() > 2)
         throw runtime_error(
-            "sendrawtransaction <hex string>\n"
+            "sendrawtransaction <hex string> [allowhighfees=false]\n"
             "Submits raw transaction (serialized, hex-encoded) to local node and network.");
 
     // parse hex string from parameter
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ Value sendrawtransaction(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
     CDataStream ssData(txData, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
     CTransaction tx;
 
+    bool fOverrideFees = false;
+    if (params.size() > 1)
+        fOverrideFees = params[1].get_bool();
+
     // deserialize binary data stream
     try {
         ssData >> tx;
@@ -556,7 +560,7 @@ Value sendrawtransaction(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
         if (!fHave) {
             // push to local node
             CValidationState state;
-            if (!tx.AcceptToMemoryPool(state, true, false))
+            if (!tx.AcceptToMemoryPool(state, true, false, NULL, !fOverrideFees))
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR, "TX rejected"); // TODO: report validation state
         }
     }