diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index f9384a09a..828919895 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 	test/data/tx394b54bb.hex \
 	test/data/txcreate1.hex \
 	test/data/txcreate2.hex \
+	test/data/txcreatedata1.hex \
+	test/data/txcreatedata2.hex \
 	test/data/txcreatesign.hex
 
 JSON_TEST_FILES = \
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
index e389d51a7..97a073174 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static bool AppInitRawTx(int argc, char* argv[])
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("locktime=N", _("Set TX lock time to N"));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("nversion=N", _("Set TX version to N"));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("outaddr=VALUE:ADDRESS", _("Add address-based output to TX"));
+        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("outdata=[VALUE:]DATA", _("Add data-based output to TX"));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("outscript=VALUE:SCRIPT", _("Add raw script output to TX"));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("sign=SIGHASH-FLAGS", _("Add zero or more signatures to transaction") + ". " +
             _("This command requires JSON registers:") +
@@ -231,6 +232,35 @@ static void MutateTxAddOutAddr(CMutableTransaction& tx, const string& strInput)
     tx.vout.push_back(txout);
 }
 
+static void MutateTxAddOutData(CMutableTransaction& tx, const string& strInput)
+{
+    CAmount value = 0;
+
+    // separate [VALUE:]DATA in string
+    size_t pos = strInput.find(':');
+
+    if (pos==0)
+        throw runtime_error("TX output value not specified");
+
+    if (pos != string::npos) {
+        // extract and validate VALUE
+        string strValue = strInput.substr(0, pos);
+        if (!ParseMoney(strValue, value))
+            throw runtime_error("invalid TX output value");
+    }
+
+    // extract and validate DATA
+    string strData = strInput.substr(pos + 1, string::npos);
+
+    if (!IsHex(strData))
+        throw runtime_error("invalid TX output data");
+
+    std::vector<unsigned char> data = ParseHex(strData);
+
+    CTxOut txout(value, CScript() << OP_RETURN << data);
+    tx.vout.push_back(txout);
+}
+
 static void MutateTxAddOutScript(CMutableTransaction& tx, const string& strInput)
 {
     // separate VALUE:SCRIPT in string
@@ -470,6 +500,8 @@ static void MutateTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const string& command,
         MutateTxDelOutput(tx, commandVal);
     else if (command == "outaddr")
         MutateTxAddOutAddr(tx, commandVal);
+    else if (command == "outdata")
+        MutateTxAddOutData(tx, commandVal);
     else if (command == "outscript")
         MutateTxAddOutScript(tx, commandVal);
 
diff --git a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
index a3246b41f..9eeca5b7d 100644
--- a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
@@ -318,8 +318,9 @@ UniValue createrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
 {
     if (fHelp || params.size() != 2)
         throw runtime_error(
-            "createrawtransaction [{\"txid\":\"id\",\"vout\":n},...] {\"address\":amount,...}\n"
-            "\nCreate a transaction spending the given inputs and sending to the given addresses.\n"
+            "createrawtransaction [{\"txid\":\"id\",\"vout\":n},...] {\"address\":amount,\"data\":\"hex\",...}\n"
+            "\nCreate a transaction spending the given inputs and creating new outputs.\n"
+            "Outputs can be addresses or data.\n"
             "Returns hex-encoded raw transaction.\n"
             "Note that the transaction's inputs are not signed, and\n"
             "it is not stored in the wallet or transmitted to the network.\n"
@@ -328,23 +329,25 @@ UniValue createrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "1. \"transactions\"        (string, required) A json array of json objects\n"
             "     [\n"
             "       {\n"
-            "         \"txid\":\"id\",  (string, required) The transaction id\n"
+            "         \"txid\":\"id\",    (string, required) The transaction id\n"
             "         \"vout\":n        (numeric, required) The output number\n"
             "       }\n"
             "       ,...\n"
             "     ]\n"
-            "2. \"addresses\"           (string, required) a json object with addresses as keys and amounts as values\n"
+            "2. \"outputs\"             (string, required) a json object with outputs\n"
             "    {\n"
             "      \"address\": x.xxx   (numeric, required) The key is the bitcoin address, the value is the " + CURRENCY_UNIT + " amount\n"
-            "      ,...\n"
+            "      \"data\": \"hex\",     (string, required) The key is \"data\", the value is hex encoded data\n"
+            "      ...\n"
             "    }\n"
-
             "\nResult:\n"
             "\"transaction\"            (string) hex string of the transaction\n"
 
             "\nExamples\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("createrawtransaction", "\"[{\\\"txid\\\":\\\"myid\\\",\\\"vout\\\":0}]\" \"{\\\"address\\\":0.01}\"")
+            + HelpExampleCli("createrawtransaction", "\"[{\\\"txid\\\":\\\"myid\\\",\\\"vout\\\":0}]\" \"{\\\"data\\\":\\\"00010203\\\"}\"")
             + HelpExampleRpc("createrawtransaction", "\"[{\\\"txid\\\":\\\"myid\\\",\\\"vout\\\":0}]\", \"{\\\"address\\\":0.01}\"")
+            + HelpExampleRpc("createrawtransaction", "\"[{\\\"txid\\\":\\\"myid\\\",\\\"vout\\\":0}]\", \"{\\\"data\\\":\\\"00010203\\\"}\"")
         );
 
     LOCK(cs_main);
@@ -375,19 +378,27 @@ UniValue createrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     set<CBitcoinAddress> setAddress;
     vector<string> addrList = sendTo.getKeys();
     BOOST_FOREACH(const string& name_, addrList) {
-        CBitcoinAddress address(name_);
-        if (!address.IsValid())
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, string("Invalid Bitcoin address: ")+name_);
 
-        if (setAddress.count(address))
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, string("Invalid parameter, duplicated address: ")+name_);
-        setAddress.insert(address);
+        if (name_ == "data") {
+            std::vector<unsigned char> data = ParseHexV(sendTo[name_].getValStr(),"Data");
+
+            CTxOut out(0, CScript() << OP_RETURN << data);
+            rawTx.vout.push_back(out);
+        } else {
+            CBitcoinAddress address(name_);
+            if (!address.IsValid())
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, string("Invalid Bitcoin address: ")+name_);
 
-        CScript scriptPubKey = GetScriptForDestination(address.Get());
-        CAmount nAmount = AmountFromValue(sendTo[name_]);
+            if (setAddress.count(address))
+                throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, string("Invalid parameter, duplicated address: ")+name_);
+            setAddress.insert(address);
 
-        CTxOut out(nAmount, scriptPubKey);
-        rawTx.vout.push_back(out);
+            CScript scriptPubKey = GetScriptForDestination(address.Get());
+            CAmount nAmount = AmountFromValue(sendTo[name_]);
+
+            CTxOut out(nAmount, scriptPubKey);
+            rawTx.vout.push_back(out);
+        }
     }
 
     return EncodeHexTx(rawTx);
diff --git a/src/test/data/bitcoin-util-test.json b/src/test/data/bitcoin-util-test.json
index afd35af50..3bf80ca43 100644
--- a/src/test/data/bitcoin-util-test.json
+++ b/src/test/data/bitcoin-util-test.json
@@ -56,5 +56,35 @@
      "sign=ALL",
      "outaddr=0.001:193P6LtvS4nCnkDvM9uXn1gsSRqh4aDAz7"],
     "output_cmp": "txcreatesign.hex"
+  },
+  { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
+    "args":
+    ["-create",
+     "in=5897de6bd6027a475eadd57019d4e6872c396d0716c4875a5f1a6fcfdf385c1f:0",
+     "outdata=4:badhexdata"],
+    "return_code": 1
+  },
+  { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
+    "args":
+    ["-create",
+     "in=5897de6bd6027a475eadd57019d4e6872c396d0716c4875a5f1a6fcfdf385c1f:0",
+     "outdata=badhexdata"],
+    "return_code": 1
+  },
+  { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
+    "args":
+    ["-create",
+     "in=5897de6bd6027a475eadd57019d4e6872c396d0716c4875a5f1a6fcfdf385c1f:0",
+     "outaddr=0.18:13tuJJDR2RgArmgfv6JScSdreahzgc4T6o",
+     "outdata=4:54686973204f505f52455455524e207472616e73616374696f6e206f7574707574207761732063726561746564206279206d6f646966696564206372656174657261777472616e73616374696f6e2e"],
+    "output_cmp": "txcreatedata1.hex"
+  },
+  { "exec": "./bitcoin-tx",
+    "args":
+    ["-create",
+     "in=5897de6bd6027a475eadd57019d4e6872c396d0716c4875a5f1a6fcfdf385c1f:0",
+     "outaddr=0.18:13tuJJDR2RgArmgfv6JScSdreahzgc4T6o",
+     "outdata=54686973204f505f52455455524e207472616e73616374696f6e206f7574707574207761732063726561746564206279206d6f646966696564206372656174657261777472616e73616374696f6e2e"],
+    "output_cmp": "txcreatedata2.hex"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/src/test/data/txcreatedata1.hex b/src/test/data/txcreatedata1.hex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eccc7604e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/data/txcreatedata1.hex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+01000000011f5c38dfcf6f1a5f5a87c416076d392c87e6d41970d5ad5e477a02d66bde97580000000000ffffffff0280a81201000000001976a9141fc11f39be1729bf973a7ab6a615ca4729d6457488ac0084d71700000000526a4c4f54686973204f505f52455455524e207472616e73616374696f6e206f7574707574207761732063726561746564206279206d6f646966696564206372656174657261777472616e73616374696f6e2e00000000
diff --git a/src/test/data/txcreatedata2.hex b/src/test/data/txcreatedata2.hex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c7644c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/data/txcreatedata2.hex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+01000000011f5c38dfcf6f1a5f5a87c416076d392c87e6d41970d5ad5e477a02d66bde97580000000000ffffffff0280a81201000000001976a9141fc11f39be1729bf973a7ab6a615ca4729d6457488ac0000000000000000526a4c4f54686973204f505f52455455524e207472616e73616374696f6e206f7574707574207761732063726561746564206279206d6f646966696564206372656174657261777472616e73616374696f6e2e00000000
diff --git a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
index 7946b0285..a65572e6f 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,24 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_rawsign)
     BOOST_CHECK(find_value(r.get_obj(), "complete").get_bool() == true);
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_createraw_op_return)
+{
+    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC("createrawtransaction [{\"txid\":\"a3b807410df0b60fcb9736768df5823938b2f838694939ba45f3c0a1bff150ed\",\"vout\":0}] {\"data\":\"68656c6c6f776f726c64\"}"));
+
+    // Allow more than one data transaction output
+    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC("createrawtransaction [{\"txid\":\"a3b807410df0b60fcb9736768df5823938b2f838694939ba45f3c0a1bff150ed\",\"vout\":0}] {\"data\":\"68656c6c6f776f726c64\",\"data\":\"68656c6c6f776f726c64\"}"));
+
+    // Key not "data" (bad address)
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(CallRPC("createrawtransaction [{\"txid\":\"a3b807410df0b60fcb9736768df5823938b2f838694939ba45f3c0a1bff150ed\",\"vout\":0}] {\"somedata\":\"68656c6c6f776f726c64\"}"), runtime_error);
+
+    // Bad hex encoding of data output
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(CallRPC("createrawtransaction [{\"txid\":\"a3b807410df0b60fcb9736768df5823938b2f838694939ba45f3c0a1bff150ed\",\"vout\":0}] {\"data\":\"12345\"}"), runtime_error);
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(CallRPC("createrawtransaction [{\"txid\":\"a3b807410df0b60fcb9736768df5823938b2f838694939ba45f3c0a1bff150ed\",\"vout\":0}] {\"data\":\"12345g\"}"), runtime_error);
+
+    // Data 81 bytes long
+    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(CallRPC("createrawtransaction [{\"txid\":\"a3b807410df0b60fcb9736768df5823938b2f838694939ba45f3c0a1bff150ed\",\"vout\":0}] {\"data\":\"010203040506070809101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081\"}"));
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_format_monetary_values)
 {
     BOOST_CHECK(ValueFromAmount(0LL).write() == "0.00000000");