diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 293152a26b5f7..8cb664d30ffd4 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1394,6 +1394,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     fListen = GetBoolArg("-listen", DEFAULT_LISTEN);
     fDiscover = GetBoolArg("-discover", true);
     fNameLookup = GetBoolArg("-dns", DEFAULT_NAME_LOOKUP);
+    fRelayTxes = !GetBoolArg("-blocksonly", DEFAULT_BLOCKSONLY);
 
     bool fBound = false;
     if (fListen) {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 18a21eb47b812..85b9a75f61e77 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -5556,7 +5556,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
             return error("message inv size() = %u", vInv.size());
         }
 
-        bool fBlocksOnly = GetBoolArg("-blocksonly", DEFAULT_BLOCKSONLY);
+        bool fBlocksOnly = !fRelayTxes;
 
         // Allow whitelisted peers to send data other than blocks in blocks only mode if whitelistrelay is true
         if (pfrom->fWhitelisted && GetBoolArg("-whitelistrelay", DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY))
@@ -5746,7 +5746,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
     {
         // Stop processing the transaction early if
         // We are in blocks only mode and peer is either not whitelisted or whitelistrelay is off
-        if (GetBoolArg("-blocksonly", DEFAULT_BLOCKSONLY) && (!pfrom->fWhitelisted || !GetBoolArg("-whitelistrelay", DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY)))
+        if (!fRelayTxes && (!pfrom->fWhitelisted || !GetBoolArg("-whitelistrelay", DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY)))
         {
             LogPrint("net", "transaction sent in violation of protocol peer=%d\n", pfrom->id);
             return true;
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 06a2dadfce72b..6fe0dc721f34e 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ const static std::string NET_MESSAGE_COMMAND_OTHER = "*other*";
 //
 bool fDiscover = true;
 bool fListen = true;
+bool fRelayTxes = true;
 CCriticalSection cs_mapLocalHost;
 std::map<CNetAddr, LocalServiceInfo> mapLocalHost;
 static bool vfLimited[NET_MAX] = {};
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index e63381cbcf08d..f0ae9d9776ccf 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ CAddress GetLocalAddress(const CNetAddr *paddrPeer, ServiceFlags nLocalServices)
 
 extern bool fDiscover;
 extern bool fListen;
+extern bool fRelayTxes;
 
 extern std::map<CInv, CDataStream> mapRelay;
 extern std::deque<std::pair<int64_t, CInv> > vRelayExpiration;
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 9ae97872d4af1..7c9ad7bdb2264 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ UniValue getnetworkinfo(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "  \"subversion\": \"/Dash Core:x.x.x/\",     (string) the server subversion string\n"
             "  \"protocolversion\": xxxxx,              (numeric) the protocol version\n"
             "  \"localservices\": \"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\", (string) the services we offer to the network\n"
+            "  \"localrelay\": true|false,              (bool) true if transaction relay is requested from peers\n"
             "  \"timeoffset\": xxxxx,                   (numeric) the time offset\n"
             "  \"connections\": xxxxx,                  (numeric) the number of connections\n"
             "  \"networks\": [                          (array) information per network\n"
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@ UniValue getnetworkinfo(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     obj.push_back(Pair("protocolversion",PROTOCOL_VERSION));
     if(g_connman)
         obj.push_back(Pair("localservices", strprintf("%016x", g_connman->GetLocalServices())));
+    obj.push_back(Pair("localrelay",     fRelayTxes));
     obj.push_back(Pair("timeoffset",    GetTimeOffset()));
     if(g_connman)
         obj.push_back(Pair("connections",   (int)g_connman->GetNodeCount(CConnman::CONNECTIONS_ALL)));