diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -2629,6 +2629,8 @@
                 "    \"vout\": n,                    (numeric) the vout value\n"
                 "    \"scriptPubKey\" : \"script\",    (string) the script "
                 "key\n"
+                "    \"desc\" : \"descriptor\",        (string) A specialized "
+                "descriptor for the matched scriptPubKey\n"
                 "    \"amount\" : x.xxx,             (numeric) The total "
                 "amount in " +
                 CURRENCY_UNIT +
@@ -2675,6 +2677,7 @@
                 "Scan already in progress, use action \"abort\" or \"status\"");
         }
         std::set<CScript> needles;
+        std::map<CScript, std::string> descriptors;
         Amount total_in = Amount::zero();
 
         // loop through the scan objects
@@ -2725,7 +2728,12 @@
                             "Cannot derive script without private keys: '%s'",
                             desc_str));
                 }
-                needles.insert(scripts.begin(), scripts.end());
+                for (const auto &script : scripts) {
+                    std::string inferred =
+                        InferDescriptor(script, provider)->ToString();
+                    needles.emplace(script);
+                    descriptors.emplace(std::move(script), std::move(inferred));
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -2760,6 +2768,7 @@
             unspent.pushKV("vout", int32_t(outpoint.GetN()));
             unspent.pushKV("scriptPubKey", HexStr(txo.scriptPubKey.begin(),
                                                   txo.scriptPubKey.end()));
+            unspent.pushKV("desc", descriptors[txo.scriptPubKey]);
             unspent.pushKV("amount", ValueFromAmount(txo.nValue));
             unspent.pushKV("height", int32_t(coin.GetHeight()));
 
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py b/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_scantxoutset.py
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 from test_framework.util import assert_equal
 
 
+def descriptors(out):
+    return sorted(u['desc'] for u in out['unspents'])
+
+
 class ScantxoutsetTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
         self.num_nodes = 1
@@ -140,6 +144,25 @@
         assert_equal(self.nodes[0].scantxoutset("start", [
                      {"desc": "combo(tpubD6NzVbkrYhZ4WaWSyoBvQwbpLkojyoTZPRsgXELWz3Popb3qkjcJyJUGLnL4qHHoQvao8ESaAstxYSnhyswJ76uZPStJRJCTKvosUCJZL5B/1/1/*)", "range": 1500}])['total_amount'], Decimal("28.672"))
 
+        # 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)",
+                      "pkh([0c5f9a1e/0'/0'/1]033e6f25d76c00bedb3a8993c7d5739ee806397f0529b1b31dda31ef890f19a60c)"])
+        assert_equal(
+            descriptors(
+                self.nodes[0].scantxoutset(
+                    "start",
+                    ["combo(tprv8ZgxMBicQKsPd7Uf69XL1XwhmjHopUGep8GuEiJDZmbQz6o58LninorQAfcKZWARbtRtfnLcJ5MQ2AtHcQJCCRUcMRvmDUjyEmNUWwx8UbK/1/1/0)"])),
+            ["pkh([0c5f9a1e/1/1/0]03e1c5b6e650966971d7e71ef2674f80222752740fc1dfd63bbbd220d2da9bd0fb)"])
+        assert_equal(descriptors(self.nodes[0].scantxoutset("start",
+                                                            [{"desc": "combo(tpubD6NzVbkrYhZ4WaWSyoBvQwbpLkojyoTZPRsgXELWz3Popb3qkjcJyJUGLnL4qHHoQvao8ESaAstxYSnhyswJ76uZPStJRJCTKvosUCJZL5B/1/1/*)",
+                                                              "range": 1500}])),
+                     ['pkh([0c5f9a1e/1/1/0]03e1c5b6e650966971d7e71ef2674f80222752740fc1dfd63bbbd220d2da9bd0fb)',
+                      'pkh([0c5f9a1e/1/1/1500]03832901c250025da2aebae2bfb38d5c703a57ab66ad477f9c578bfbcd78abca6f)',
+                      'pkh([0c5f9a1e/1/1/1]030d820fc9e8211c4169be8530efbc632775d8286167afd178caaf1089b77daba7)'])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     ScantxoutsetTest().main()