diff --git a/src/coincontrol.h b/src/coincontrol.h
index 6129397bc8f5d..e33adc4d2b00c 100644
--- a/src/coincontrol.h
+++ b/src/coincontrol.h
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ class CCoinControl
     bool fAllowWatchOnly;
     //! Minimum absolute fee (not per kilobyte)
     CAmount nMinimumTotalFee;
-    //! Feerate to use (0 = estimate fee with payTxFee fallback)
+    //! Override estimated feerate
+    bool fOverrideFeeRate;
+    //! Feerate to use if overrideFeeRate is true
     CFeeRate nFeeRate;
 
     CCoinControl()
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ class CCoinControl
         setSelected.clear();
         nMinimumTotalFee = 0;
         nFeeRate = CFeeRate(0);
+        fOverrideFeeRate = false;
     }
 
     bool HasSelected() const
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index b14d748b3917e..933cd1e80752d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2486,6 +2486,7 @@ UniValue fundrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     bool includeWatching = false;
     bool lockUnspents = false;
     CFeeRate feeRate = CFeeRate(0);
+    bool overrideEstimatedFeerate = false;
 
     if (params.size() > 1) {
       if (params[1].type() == UniValue::VBOOL) {
@@ -2518,7 +2519,10 @@ UniValue fundrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             lockUnspents = options["lockUnspents"].get_bool();
 
         if (options.exists("feeRate"))
+        {
             feeRate = CFeeRate(options["feeRate"].get_real());
+            overrideEstimatedFeerate = true;
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -2537,7 +2541,7 @@ UniValue fundrawtransaction(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     CAmount nFeeOut;
     string strFailReason;
 
-    if(!pwalletMain->FundTransaction(tx, nFeeOut, feeRate, changePosition, strFailReason, includeWatching, lockUnspents, changeAddress))
+    if(!pwalletMain->FundTransaction(tx, nFeeOut, overrideEstimatedFeerate, feeRate, changePosition, strFailReason, includeWatching, lockUnspents, changeAddress))
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, strFailReason);
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 6b5e3ca7f5994..96c5c416aa863 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ bool CWallet::SelectCoins(const vector<COutput>& vAvailableCoins, const CAmount&
     return res;
 }
 
-bool CWallet::FundTransaction(CMutableTransaction& tx, CAmount& nFeeRet, const CFeeRate& specificFeeRate, int& nChangePosInOut, std::string& strFailReason, bool includeWatching, bool lockUnspents, const CTxDestination& destChange)
+bool CWallet::FundTransaction(CMutableTransaction& tx, CAmount& nFeeRet, bool overrideEstimatedFeeRate, const CFeeRate& specificFeeRate, int& nChangePosInOut, std::string& strFailReason, bool includeWatching, bool lockUnspents, const CTxDestination& destChange)
 {
     vector<CRecipient> vecSend;
 
@@ -1933,6 +1933,7 @@ bool CWallet::FundTransaction(CMutableTransaction& tx, CAmount& nFeeRet, const C
     coinControl.destChange = destChange;
     coinControl.fAllowOtherInputs = true;
     coinControl.fAllowWatchOnly = includeWatching;
+    coinControl.fOverrideFeeRate = overrideEstimatedFeeRate;
     coinControl.nFeeRate = specificFeeRate;
 
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxIn& txin, tx.vin)
@@ -2244,7 +2245,7 @@ bool CWallet::CreateTransaction(const vector<CRecipient>& vecSend, CWalletTx& wt
                 if (coinControl && nFeeNeeded > 0 && coinControl->nMinimumTotalFee > nFeeNeeded) {
                     nFeeNeeded = coinControl->nMinimumTotalFee;
                 }
-                if (coinControl && coinControl->nFeeRate > CFeeRate(0))
+                if (coinControl && coinControl->fOverrideFeeRate)
                     nFeeNeeded = coinControl->nFeeRate.GetFee(nBytes);
 
                 // If we made it here and we aren't even able to meet the relay fee on the next pass, give up
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 7b5168975ce11..7a9e306f6fe0a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ class CWallet : public CCryptoKeyStore, public CValidationInterface
      * Insert additional inputs into the transaction by
      * calling CreateTransaction();
      */
-    bool FundTransaction(CMutableTransaction& tx, CAmount& nFeeRet, const CFeeRate& specificFeeRate, int& nChangePosInOut, std::string& strFailReason, bool includeWatching, bool lockUnspents, const CTxDestination& destChange = CNoDestination());
+    bool FundTransaction(CMutableTransaction& tx, CAmount& nFeeRet, bool overrideEstimatedFeeRate, const CFeeRate& specificFeeRate, int& nChangePosInOut, std::string& strFailReason, bool includeWatching, bool lockUnspents, const CTxDestination& destChange = CNoDestination());
 
     /**
      * Create a new transaction paying the recipients with a set of coins