--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -2217,6 +2217,40 @@
                        (params.size() > 1) ? params[1].get_obj() : emptyobj);
 }
 
+Value sendrawtx(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
+{
+    if (fHelp || params.size() < 1 || params.size() > 1)
+        throw runtime_error(
+            "sendrawtx <hex string>\n"
+            "Submits raw transaction (serialized, hex-encoded) to local node and network.");
+
+    // parse hex string from parameter
+    vector<unsigned char> txData(ParseHex(params[0].get_str()));
+    CDataStream ssData(txData, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+    CTransaction tx;
+
+    // deserialize binary data stream
+    try {
+        ssData >> tx;
+    }
+    catch (std::exception &e) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(-22, "TX decode failed");
+    }
+
+    // push to local node
+    CTxDB txdb("r");
+    if (!tx.AcceptToMemoryPool(txdb))
+        throw JSONRPCError(-22, "TX rejected");
+
+    SyncWithWallets(tx, NULL, true);
+
+    // relay to network
+    CInv inv(MSG_TX, tx.GetHash());
+    RelayInventory(inv);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 
 
 
@@ -2280,6 +2314,7 @@
     { "listsinceblock",         &listsinceblock,         false },
     { "dumpprivkey",            &dumpprivkey,            false },
     { "importprivkey",          &importprivkey,          false },
+    { "sendrawtx",              &sendrawtx,              false },
 };
 
 CRPCTable::CRPCTable()

--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 }
 
 // make sure all wallets know about the given transaction, in the given block
-void static SyncWithWallets(const CTransaction& tx, const CBlock* pblock = NULL, bool fUpdate = false)
+void SyncWithWallets(const CTransaction& tx, const CBlock* pblock, bool fUpdate)
 {
     BOOST_FOREACH(CWallet* pwallet, setpwalletRegistered)
         pwallet->AddToWalletIfInvolvingMe(tx, pblock, fUpdate);

--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 
 void RegisterWallet(CWallet* pwalletIn);
 void UnregisterWallet(CWallet* pwalletIn);
+void SyncWithWallets(const CTransaction& tx, const CBlock* pblock = NULL, bool fUpdate = false);
 bool ProcessBlock(CNode* pfrom, CBlock* pblock);
 bool CheckDiskSpace(uint64 nAdditionalBytes=0);
 FILE* OpenBlockFile(unsigned int nFile, unsigned int nBlockPos, const char* pszMode="rb");