diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index bb6b7aa74083dd..0b019fd4e96487 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ UniValue mempoolInfoToJSON()
     ret.push_back(Pair("usage", (int64_t) mempool.DynamicMemoryUsage()));
     size_t maxmempool = gArgs.GetArg("-maxmempool", DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE) * 1000000;
     ret.push_back(Pair("maxmempool", (int64_t) maxmempool));
-    ret.push_back(Pair("mempoolminfee", ValueFromAmount(mempool.GetMinFee(maxmempool).GetFeePerK())));
+    ret.push_back(Pair("mempoolminfee", ValueFromAmount(std::max(mempool.GetMinFee(maxmempool), ::minRelayTxFee).GetFeePerK())));
     ret.push_back(Pair("instantsendlocks", (int64_t)llmq::quorumInstantSendManager->GetInstantSendLockCount()));
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet.py b/test/functional/wallet.py
index fb1c32ddb281d8..1cb8faed4da665 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ def run_test(self):
         assert_equal(len(self.nodes[1].listunspent()), 0)
         assert_equal(len(self.nodes[2].listunspent()), 0)
 
+        self.log.info("Check for mempoolminfee in getmempoolinfo")
+        assert_equal(self.nodes[0].getmempoolinfo()['mempoolminfee'], Decimal('0.00001000'))
+
         self.log.info("Mining blocks...")
 
         self.nodes[0].generate(1)