diff --git a/btcjson/walletsvrcmds.go b/btcjson/walletsvrcmds.go
index 6697555172..3f7f85fd9b 100644
--- a/btcjson/walletsvrcmds.go
+++ b/btcjson/walletsvrcmds.go
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ func NewGetBalanceCmd(account *string, minConf *int) *GetBalanceCmd {
 
 // GetNewAddressCmd defines the getnewaddress JSON-RPC command.
 type GetNewAddressCmd struct {
-	Account *string
+	Account     *string
+	AddressType *string
 }
 
 // NewGetNewAddressCmd returns a new instance which can be used to issue a
@@ -174,9 +175,10 @@ type GetNewAddressCmd struct {
 //
 // The parameters which are pointers indicate they are optional.  Passing nil
 // for optional parameters will use the default value.
-func NewGetNewAddressCmd(account *string) *GetNewAddressCmd {
+func NewGetNewAddressCmd(account, addressType *string) *GetNewAddressCmd {
 	return &GetNewAddressCmd{
-		Account: account,
+		Account:     account,
+		AddressType: addressType,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/btcjson/walletsvrcmds_test.go b/btcjson/walletsvrcmds_test.go
index efc08cc945..6d18903769 100644
--- a/btcjson/walletsvrcmds_test.go
+++ b/btcjson/walletsvrcmds_test.go
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func TestWalletSvrCmds(t *testing.T) {
 				return btcjson.NewCmd("getnewaddress")
 			},
 			staticCmd: func() interface{} {
-				return btcjson.NewGetNewAddressCmd(nil)
+				return btcjson.NewGetNewAddressCmd(nil, nil)
 			},
 			marshalled: `{"jsonrpc":"1.0","method":"getnewaddress","params":[],"id":1}`,
 			unmarshalled: &btcjson.GetNewAddressCmd{
@@ -241,13 +241,27 @@ func TestWalletSvrCmds(t *testing.T) {
 				return btcjson.NewCmd("getnewaddress", "acct")
 			},
 			staticCmd: func() interface{} {
-				return btcjson.NewGetNewAddressCmd(btcjson.String("acct"))
+				return btcjson.NewGetNewAddressCmd(btcjson.String("acct"), nil)
 			},
 			marshalled: `{"jsonrpc":"1.0","method":"getnewaddress","params":["acct"],"id":1}`,
 			unmarshalled: &btcjson.GetNewAddressCmd{
 				Account: btcjson.String("acct"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "getnewaddress optional addressType",
+			newCmd: func() (interface{}, error) {
+				return btcjson.NewCmd("getnewaddress", "acct", "bech32")
+			},
+			staticCmd: func() interface{} {
+				return btcjson.NewGetNewAddressCmd(btcjson.String("acct"), btcjson.String("bech32"))
+			},
+			marshalled: `{"jsonrpc":"1.0","method":"getnewaddress","params":["acct","bech32"],"id":1}`,
+			unmarshalled: &btcjson.GetNewAddressCmd{
+				Account:     btcjson.String("acct"),
+				AddressType: btcjson.String("bech32"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "getrawchangeaddress",
 			newCmd: func() (interface{}, error) {
diff --git a/rpcclient/wallet.go b/rpcclient/wallet.go
index 27546f5de0..8b539e5a91 100644
--- a/rpcclient/wallet.go
+++ b/rpcclient/wallet.go
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ func (r FutureGetNewAddressResult) Receive() (btcutil.Address, error) {
 //
 // See GetNewAddress for the blocking version and more details.
 func (c *Client) GetNewAddressAsync(account string) FutureGetNewAddressResult {
-	cmd := btcjson.NewGetNewAddressCmd(&account)
+	cmd := btcjson.NewGetNewAddressCmd(&account, nil)
 	return c.sendCmd(cmd)
 }
 
@@ -903,6 +903,21 @@ func (c *Client) GetNewAddress(account string) (btcutil.Address, error) {
 	return c.GetNewAddressAsync(account).Receive()
 }
 
+// GetNewAddressWithTypeAsync returns an instance of a type that can be used to get the
+// result of the RPC at some future time by invoking the Receive function on the
+// returned instance.
+//
+// See GetNewAddressWithType for the blocking version and more details.
+func (c *Client) GetNewAddressWithTypeAsync(account, addressType string) FutureGetNewAddressResult {
+	cmd := btcjson.NewGetNewAddressCmd(&account, &addressType)
+	return c.sendCmd(cmd)
+}
+
+// GetNewAddressWithType returns a new address with specified type.
+func (c *Client) GetNewAddressWithType(account, addressType string) (btcutil.Address, error) {
+	return c.GetNewAddressWithTypeAsync(account, addressType).Receive()
+}
+
 // FutureGetRawChangeAddressResult is a future promise to deliver the result of
 // a GetRawChangeAddressAsync RPC invocation (or an applicable error).
 type FutureGetRawChangeAddressResult chan *response