diff --git a/lib/transaction/transaction.js b/lib/transaction/transaction.js
index d643ad787..06215f4dc 100644
--- a/lib/transaction/transaction.js
+++ b/lib/transaction/transaction.js
@@ -350,10 +350,14 @@ Transaction.prototype.toObject = function toObject() {
   return obj;
 };
 
-Transaction.prototype.fromObject = function(transaction) {
+Transaction.prototype.fromObject = function(arg) {
+  /* jshint maxstatements: 20 */
   var self = this;
-  if (transaction instanceof Transaction) {
+  var transaction;
+  if (arg instanceof Transaction) {
     transaction = transaction.toObject();
+  } else {
+    transaction = arg;
   }
   _.each(transaction.inputs, function(input) {
     if (!input.output || !input.output.script) {
@@ -387,18 +391,20 @@ Transaction.prototype.fromObject = function(transaction) {
   }
   this.nLockTime = transaction.nLockTime;
   this.version = transaction.version;
-  this._checkConsistency();
+  this._checkConsistency(arg);
   return this;
 };
 
-Transaction.prototype._checkConsistency = function() {
+Transaction.prototype._checkConsistency = function(arg) {
   if (!_.isUndefined(this._changeIndex)) {
     $.checkState(this._changeScript);
     $.checkState(this.outputs[this._changeIndex]);
     $.checkState(this.outputs[this._changeIndex].script.toString() ===
       this._changeScript.toString());
   }
-  // TODO: add other checks
+  if (arg && arg.hash) {
+    $.checkState(arg.hash === this.hash, 'Hash in object does not match transaction hash');
+  }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/transaction/transaction.js b/test/transaction/transaction.js
index 07c52f28e..133ccb014 100644
--- a/test/transaction/transaction.js
+++ b/test/transaction/transaction.js
@@ -763,6 +763,15 @@ describe('Transaction', function() {
       .should.throw('Unsupported input script type: OP_1 OP_ADD OP_2 OP_EQUAL');
   });
 
+  it('will error if object hash does not match transaction hash', function() {
+    var tx = new Transaction(tx_1_hex);
+    var txObj = tx.toObject();
+    txObj.hash = 'a477af6b2667c29670467e4e0728b685ee07b240235771862318e29ddbe58458';
+    (function() {
+      var tx2 = new Transaction(txObj);
+    }).should.throw('Hash in object does not match transaction hash');
+  });
+
   describe('inputAmount + outputAmount', function() {
     it('returns correct values for simple transaction', function() {
       var transaction = new Transaction()