diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -523,6 +523,9 @@
             "unconfirmed transactions spending outputs from this transaction",
             {RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::STR_HEX, "transactionid",
                        "child transaction id"}}},
+        RPCResult{RPCResult::Type::BOOL, "unbroadcast",
+                  "Whether this transaction is currently unbroadcast (initial "
+                  "broadcast not yet confirmed)"},
     };
 }
 
@@ -572,6 +575,7 @@
     }
 
     info.pushKV("spentby", spent);
+    info.pushKV("unbroadcast", pool.IsUnbroadcastTx(tx.GetId()));
 }
 
 UniValue MempoolToJSON(const CTxMemPool &pool, bool verbose) {
@@ -1725,7 +1729,7 @@
         ValueFromAmount(std::max(pool.GetMinFee(maxmempool), ::minRelayTxFee)
                             .GetFeePerK()));
     ret.pushKV("minrelaytxfee", ValueFromAmount(::minRelayTxFee.GetFeePerK()));
-
+    ret.pushKV("unbroadcastcount", uint64_t{pool.GetUnbroadcastTxs().size()});
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1754,6 +1758,9 @@
                      "minrelaytxfee and minimum mempool fee"},
                 {RPCResult::Type::STR_AMOUNT, "minrelaytxfee",
                  "Current minimum relay fee for transactions"},
+                {RPCResult::Type::NUM, "unbroadcastcount",
+                 "Current number of transactions that haven't passed initial "
+                 "broadcast yet"},
             }},
         RPCExamples{HelpExampleCli("getmempoolinfo", "") +
                     HelpExampleRpc("getmempoolinfo", "")},
diff --git a/src/txmempool.h b/src/txmempool.h
--- a/src/txmempool.h
+++ b/src/txmempool.h
@@ -798,6 +798,12 @@
         return m_unbroadcast_txids;
     }
 
+    // Returns if a txid is in the unbroadcast set
+    bool IsUnbroadcastTx(const TxId &txid) const {
+        LOCK(cs);
+        return (m_unbroadcast_txids.count(txid) != 0);
+    }
+
 private:
     /**
      * UpdateForDescendants is used by UpdateTransactionsFromBlock to update the
diff --git a/test/functional/mempool_packages.py b/test/functional/mempool_packages.py
--- a/test/functional/mempool_packages.py
+++ b/test/functional/mempool_packages.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 from test_framework.messages import COIN
+from test_framework.mininode import P2PTxInvStore
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import (
     assert_equal,
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@
 
     def run_test(self):
         # Mine some blocks and have them mature.
+        # keep track of invs
+        self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PTxInvStore())
         self.nodes[0].generate(101)
         utxo = self.nodes[0].listunspent(10)
         txid = utxo[0]['txid']
@@ -67,6 +70,12 @@
             value = sent_value
             chain.append(txid)
 
+        # Wait until mempool transactions have passed initial broadcast
+        # (sent inv and received getdata)
+        # Otherwise, getrawmempool may be inconsistent with getmempoolentry if
+        # unbroadcast changes in between
+        self.nodes[0].p2p.wait_for_broadcast(chain)
+
         # Check mempool has MAX_ANCESTORS transactions in it, and descendant and ancestor
         # count and fees should look correct
         mempool = self.nodes[0].getrawmempool(True)
@@ -226,6 +235,11 @@
         for tx in chain[:MAX_ANCESTORS_CUSTOM]:
             assert tx in mempool1
         # TODO: more detailed check of node1's mempool (fees etc.)
+        # check transaction unbroadcast info (should be false if in both
+        # mempools)
+        mempool = self.nodes[0].getrawmempool(True)
+        for tx in mempool:
+            assert_equal(mempool[tx]['unbroadcast'], False)
 
         # TODO: test ancestor size limits
 
diff --git a/test/functional/mempool_unbroadcast.py b/test/functional/mempool_unbroadcast.py
--- a/test/functional/mempool_unbroadcast.py
+++ b/test/functional/mempool_unbroadcast.py
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@
         txFS = node.signrawtransactionwithwallet(txF["hex"])
         rpc_tx_hsh = node.sendrawtransaction(txFS["hex"])
 
+        # check transactions are in unbroadcast using rpc
+        mempoolinfo = self.nodes[0].getmempoolinfo()
+        assert_equal(mempoolinfo['unbroadcastcount'], 2)
+        mempool = self.nodes[0].getrawmempool(True)
+        for tx in mempool:
+            assert_equal(mempool[tx]['unbroadcast'], True)
+
         # check that second node doesn't have these two txns
         mempool = self.nodes[1].getrawmempool()
         assert rpc_tx_hsh not in mempool
@@ -73,6 +80,11 @@
         assert rpc_tx_hsh in mempool
         assert wallet_tx_hsh in mempool
 
+        # check that transactions are no longer in first node's unbroadcast set
+        mempool = self.nodes[0].getrawmempool(True)
+        for tx in mempool:
+            assert_equal(mempool[tx]['unbroadcast'], False)
+
         self.log.info(
             "Add another connection & ensure transactions aren't broadcast again")
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py b/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@
         self.tx_invs_received = defaultdict(int)
 
     def on_inv(self, message):
+        # Send getdata in response.
+        super().on_inv(message)
         # Store how many times invs have been received for each tx.
         for i in message.inv:
             if i.type == MSG_TX:
@@ -763,3 +765,13 @@
     def get_invs(self):
         with mininode_lock:
             return list(self.tx_invs_received.keys())
+
+    def wait_for_broadcast(self, txns, timeout=60):
+        """Waits for the txns (list of txids) to complete initial broadcast.
+        The mempool should mark unbroadcast=False for these transactions.
+        """
+        # Wait until invs have been received (and getdatas sent) for each txid.
+        self.wait_until(lambda: set(self.get_invs()) == set(
+            [int(tx, 16) for tx in txns]), timeout)
+        # Flush messages and wait for the getdatas to be processed
+        self.sync_with_ping()