diff --git a/src/qt/receiverequestdialog.h b/src/qt/receiverequestdialog.h
--- a/src/qt/receiverequestdialog.h
+++ b/src/qt/receiverequestdialog.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QPainter>
+#include <QString>
 
 class OptionsModel;
 class Config;
@@ -69,4 +70,7 @@
     const Config *cfg;
 };
 
+// exported for unittesting
+QString ToCurrentEncoding(const QString &addr, const Config &);
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_QT_RECEIVEREQUESTDIALOG_H
diff --git a/src/qt/receiverequestdialog.cpp b/src/qt/receiverequestdialog.cpp
--- a/src/qt/receiverequestdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/receiverequestdialog.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2011-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "bitcoinunits.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "dstencode.h"
 #include "guiconstants.h"
 #include "guiutil.h"
 #include "optionsmodel.h"
@@ -104,8 +106,25 @@
     update();
 }
 
+// Addresses are stored in the database with the encoding that the client was
+// configured with at the time of creation.
+//
+// This converts to clients current configuration.
+QString ToCurrentEncoding(const QString &addr, const Config &cfg) {
+    if (!IsValidDestinationString(addr.toStdString(), cfg.GetChainParams())) {
+        // We have something sketchy as input. Do not try to convert. 
+        return addr;
+    }
+    CTxDestination dst =
+        DecodeDestination(addr.toStdString(), cfg.GetChainParams());
+    return QString::fromStdString(
+        EncodeDestination(dst, cfg.GetChainParams(), cfg));
+}
+
 void ReceiveRequestDialog::setInfo(const SendCoinsRecipient &_info) {
     this->info = _info;
+    // Display addresses with currently configured encoding.
+    this->info.address = ToCurrentEncoding(this->info.address, *cfg);
     update();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qt/test/guiutiltests.h b/src/qt/test/guiutiltests.h
--- a/src/qt/test/guiutiltests.h
+++ b/src/qt/test/guiutiltests.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void dummyAddressTest();
+    void toCurrentEncodingTest();
 };
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_QT_TEST_GUIUTILTESTS_H
diff --git a/src/qt/test/guiutiltests.cpp b/src/qt/test/guiutiltests.cpp
--- a/src/qt/test/guiutiltests.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/test/guiutiltests.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "dstencode.h"
 #include "guiutil.h"
+#include "receiverequestdialog.h"
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@
     UtilCfgDummy() : useCashAddr(false) {}
     void SetCashAddrEncoding(bool b) override { useCashAddr = b; }
     bool UseCashAddrEncoding() const override { return useCashAddr; }
+    const CChainParams &GetChainParams() const override {
+        return Params(CBaseChainParams::MAIN);
+    }
 
 private:
     bool useCashAddr;
@@ -37,3 +41,22 @@
     QVERIFY(!IsValidDestinationString(dummyaddr, params));
     QVERIFY(!dummyaddr.empty());
 }
+
+void GUIUtilTests::toCurrentEncodingTest() {
+    UtilCfgDummy config;
+
+    // garbage in, garbage out
+    QVERIFY(ToCurrentEncoding("garbage", config) == "garbage");
+
+    QString cashaddr_pubkey =
+        "bitcoincash:qpm2qsznhks23z7629mms6s4cwef74vcwvy22gdx6a";
+    QString base58_pubkey = "1BpEi6DfDAUFd7GtittLSdBeYJvcoaVggu";
+
+    config.SetCashAddrEncoding(true);
+    QVERIFY(ToCurrentEncoding(cashaddr_pubkey, config) == cashaddr_pubkey);
+    QVERIFY(ToCurrentEncoding(base58_pubkey, config) == cashaddr_pubkey);
+
+    config.SetCashAddrEncoding(false);
+    QVERIFY(ToCurrentEncoding(cashaddr_pubkey, config) == base58_pubkey);
+    QVERIFY(ToCurrentEncoding(base58_pubkey, config) == base58_pubkey);
+}