diff --git a/src/rpcserver.cpp b/src/rpcserver.cpp
index bcad06a0c..c5402e0df 100644
--- a/src/rpcserver.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcserver.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "sync.h"
 #include "ui_interface.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "utilmoneystr.h"
 #include "utilstrencodings.h"
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
 #include "wallet/wallet.h"
@@ -133,7 +132,12 @@ CAmount AmountFromValue(const UniValue& value)
 
 UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount& amount)
 {
-    return UniValue(UniValue::VREAL, FormatMoney(amount));
+    bool sign = amount < 0;
+    int64_t n_abs = (sign ? -amount : amount);
+    int64_t quotient = n_abs / COIN;
+    int64_t remainder = n_abs % COIN;
+    return UniValue(UniValue::VNUM,
+            strprintf("%s%d.%08d", sign ? "-" : "", quotient, remainder));
 }
 
 uint256 ParseHashV(const UniValue& v, string strName)
diff --git a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
index 25599beaf..7946b0285 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,29 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(rpc_format_monetary_values)
     BOOST_CHECK(ValueFromAmount(100000000LL).write() == "1.00000000");
     BOOST_CHECK(ValueFromAmount(2099999999999990LL).write() == "20999999.99999990");
     BOOST_CHECK(ValueFromAmount(2099999999999999LL).write() == "20999999.99999999");
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(0).write(), "0.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount((COIN/10000)*123456789).write(), "12345.67890000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(-COIN).write(), "-1.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(-COIN/10).write(), "-0.10000000");
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN*100000000).write(), "100000000.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN*10000000).write(), "10000000.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN*1000000).write(), "1000000.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN*100000).write(), "100000.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN*10000).write(), "10000.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN*1000).write(), "1000.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN*100).write(), "100.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN*10).write(), "10.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN).write(), "1.00000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN/10).write(), "0.10000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN/100).write(), "0.01000000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN/1000).write(), "0.00100000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN/10000).write(), "0.00010000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN/100000).write(), "0.00001000");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN/1000000).write(), "0.00000100");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN/10000000).write(), "0.00000010");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ValueFromAmount(COIN/100000000).write(), "0.00000001");
 }
 
 static UniValue ValueFromString(const std::string &str)