diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1505,7 +1505,9 @@
         gArgs.GetArg("-maxmempool", DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE) * 1000000;
     ret.pushKV("maxmempool", (int64_t)maxmempool);
     ret.pushKV("mempoolminfee",
-               ValueFromAmount(g_mempool.GetMinFee(maxmempool).GetFeePerK()));
+               ValueFromAmount(
+                   std::max(g_mempool.GetMinFee(maxmempool), ::minRelayTxFee)
+                       .GetFeePerK()));
 
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_basic.py b/test/functional/wallet_basic.py
--- a/test/functional/wallet_basic.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_basic.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
         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)