diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index c73a8d48cfa6d..7e8e5e07d08c4 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ UniValue scantxoutset(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                             {"", RPCArg::Type::OBJ, RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED, "An object with output descriptor and metadata",
                                 {
                                     {"desc", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "An output descriptor"},
-                                    {"range", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ "1000", "Up to what child index HD chains should be explored"},
+                                    {"range", RPCArg::Type::RANGE, /* default */ "1000", "The range of HD chain indexes to explore (either end or [begin,end])"},
                                 },
                             },
                         },
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ UniValue scantxoutset(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         // loop through the scan objects
         for (const UniValue& scanobject : request.params[1].get_array().getValues()) {
             std::string desc_str;
-            int range = 1000;
+            std::pair<int64_t, int64_t> range = {0, 1000};
             if (scanobject.isStr()) {
                 desc_str = scanobject.get_str();
             } else if (scanobject.isObject()) {
@@ -2225,8 +2225,8 @@ UniValue scantxoutset(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
                 desc_str = desc_uni.get_str();
                 UniValue range_uni = find_value(scanobject, "range");
                 if (!range_uni.isNull()) {
-                    range = range_uni.get_int();
-                    if (range < 0 || range > 1000000) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "range out of range");
+                    range = ParseRange(range_uni);
+                    if (range.first < 0 || (range.second >> 31) != 0 || range.second >= range.first + 1000000) throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "range out of range");
                 }
             } else {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Scan object needs to be either a string or an object");
@@ -2237,8 +2237,11 @@ UniValue scantxoutset(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             if (!desc) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, strprintf("Invalid descriptor '%s'", desc_str));
             }
-            if (!desc->IsRange()) range = 0;
-            for (int i = 0; i <= range; ++i) {
+            if (!desc->IsRange()) {
+                range.first = 0;
+                range.second = 0;
+            }
+            for (int i = range.first; i <= range.second; ++i) {
                 std::vector<CScript> scripts;
                 if (!desc->Expand(i, provider, scripts, provider)) {
                     throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, strprintf("Cannot derive script without private keys: '%s'", desc_str));
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py b/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
index 29074c6af3f0b..18258f5df375f 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def run_test(self):
         assert_equal(self.nodes[0].scantxoutset("start", [ {"desc": "combo(tprv8ZgxMBicQKsPd7Uf69XL1XwhmjHopUGep8GuEiJDZmbQz6o58LninorQAfcKZWARbtRtfnLcJ5MQ2AtHcQJCCRUcMRvmDUjyEmNUWwx8UbK/1/1/*)", "range": 1500}])['total_amount'], Decimal("28.672"))
         assert_equal(self.nodes[0].scantxoutset("start", [ {"desc": "combo(tpubD6NzVbkrYhZ4WaWSyoBvQwbpLkojyoTZPRsgXELWz3Popb3qkjcJyJUGLnL4qHHoQvao8ESaAstxYSnhyswJ76uZPStJRJCTKvosUCJZL5B/1/1/*)", "range": 1499}])['total_amount'], Decimal("12.288"))
         assert_equal(self.nodes[0].scantxoutset("start", [ {"desc": "combo(tpubD6NzVbkrYhZ4WaWSyoBvQwbpLkojyoTZPRsgXELWz3Popb3qkjcJyJUGLnL4qHHoQvao8ESaAstxYSnhyswJ76uZPStJRJCTKvosUCJZL5B/1/1/*)", "range": 1500}])['total_amount'], Decimal("28.672"))
+        assert_equal(self.nodes[0].scantxoutset("start", [ {"desc": "combo(tpubD6NzVbkrYhZ4WaWSyoBvQwbpLkojyoTZPRsgXELWz3Popb3qkjcJyJUGLnL4qHHoQvao8ESaAstxYSnhyswJ76uZPStJRJCTKvosUCJZL5B/1/1/*)", "range": [1500,1500]}])['total_amount'], Decimal("16.384"))
 
         # Test the reported descriptors for a few matches
         assert_equal(descriptors(self.nodes[0].scantxoutset("start", [ {"desc": "combo(tprv8ZgxMBicQKsPd7Uf69XL1XwhmjHopUGep8GuEiJDZmbQz6o58LninorQAfcKZWARbtRtfnLcJ5MQ2AtHcQJCCRUcMRvmDUjyEmNUWwx8UbK/0h/0'/*)", "range": 1499}])), ["pkh([0c5f9a1e/0'/0'/0]026dbd8b2315f296d36e6b6920b1579ca75569464875c7ebe869b536a7d9503c8c)#dzxw429x", "pkh([0c5f9a1e/0'/0'/1]033e6f25d76c00bedb3a8993c7d5739ee806397f0529b1b31dda31ef890f19a60c)#43rvceed"])