diff --git a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
index 7e2cc15da..a18a2d2e2 100644
--- a/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
+++ b/app/scripts/controllers/transactions.js
@@ -161,9 +161,11 @@ module.exports = class TransactionController extends EventEmitter {
     this.emit(`${txMeta.id}:unapproved`, txMeta)
   }
 
-  async newUnapprovedTransaction (txParams) {
+  async newUnapprovedTransaction (txParams, opts = {}) {
     log.debug(`MetaMaskController newUnapprovedTransaction ${JSON.stringify(txParams)}`)
     const initialTxMeta = await this.addUnapprovedTransaction(txParams)
+    initialTxMeta.origin = opts.origin
+    this.txStateManager.updateTx(initialTxMeta, '#newUnapprovedTransaction - adding the origin')
     // listen for tx completion (success, fail)
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       this.txStateManager.once(`${initialTxMeta.id}:finished`, (finishedTxMeta) => {
diff --git a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
index 4422a5cf3..b96acc9da 100644
--- a/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
+++ b/app/scripts/metamask-controller.js
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
     this.defaultMaxListeners = 20
 
     this.sendUpdate = debounce(this.privateSendUpdate.bind(this), 200)
-    
     this.opts = opts
     const initState = opts.initState || {}
     this.recordFirstTimeInfo(initState)
@@ -242,6 +241,11 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
       static: {
         eth_syncing: false,
         web3_clientVersion: `MetaMask/v${version}`,
+        eth_sendTransaction: (payload, next, end) => {
+          const origin = payload.origin
+          const txParams = payload.params[0]
+          nodeify(this.txController.newUnapprovedTransaction, this.txController)(txParams, { origin }, end)
+        },
       },
       // account mgmt
       getAccounts: (cb) => {
@@ -256,7 +260,6 @@ module.exports = class MetamaskController extends EventEmitter {
         cb(null, result)
       },
       // tx signing
-      processTransaction: nodeify(async (txParams) => await this.txController.newUnapprovedTransaction(txParams), this),
       // old style msg signing
       processMessage: this.newUnsignedMessage.bind(this),
       // personal_sign msg signing
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 504f2f1d3..18d49971e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5747,7 +5747,7 @@
         "ethereumjs-vm": "2.3.2",
         "through2": "2.0.3",
         "treeify": "1.1.0",
-        "web3-provider-engine": "13.6.0"
+        "web3-provider-engine": "13.8.0"
       }
     },
     "ethereum-common": {
@@ -19306,9 +19306,9 @@
       }
     },
     "solc": {
-      "version": "0.4.20",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/solc/-/solc-0.4.20.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-LrP3Jp4FS3y8sduIR67y8Ss1riR3fggk5sMnx4OSCcU88Ro0e51+KVXyfH3NP6ghLo7COrLx/lGUaDDugCzdgA==",
+      "version": "0.4.21",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/solc/-/solc-0.4.21.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8lJmimVjOG9AJOQRWS2ph4rSctPMsPGZ4H360HLs5iI+euUlt7iAvUxSLeFZZzwk0kas4Qta7HmlMXNU3yYwhw==",
       "requires": {
         "fs-extra": "0.30.0",
         "memorystream": "0.3.1",
@@ -22309,9 +22309,9 @@
       }
     },
     "web3-provider-engine": {
-      "version": "13.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web3-provider-engine/-/web3-provider-engine-13.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iCsAlAeLWHxgx6EXuBm5GNg5VBqKtzmnrhEOfJBv8Cetukush7yOvo4RPjDZIynKxg9jfAlMmWqCk6wLxA6coQ==",
+      "version": "13.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web3-provider-engine/-/web3-provider-engine-13.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fZXhX5VWwWpoFfrfocslyg6P7cN3YWPG/ASaevNfeO80R+nzgoPUBXcWQekSGSsNDkeRTis4aMmpmofYf1TNtQ==",
       "requires": {
         "async": "2.6.0",
         "clone": "2.1.1",
@@ -22319,7 +22319,7 @@
         "eth-sig-util": "1.4.2",
         "ethereumjs-block": "1.7.0",
         "ethereumjs-tx": "1.3.3",
-        "ethereumjs-util": "5.1.4",
+        "ethereumjs-util": "5.1.5",
         "ethereumjs-vm": "2.3.2",
         "fetch-ponyfill": "4.1.0",
         "json-rpc-error": "2.0.0",
@@ -22328,16 +22328,16 @@
         "readable-stream": "2.3.3",
         "request": "2.83.0",
         "semaphore": "1.1.0",
-        "solc": "0.4.20",
+        "solc": "0.4.21",
         "tape": "4.8.0",
         "xhr": "2.4.1",
         "xtend": "4.0.1"
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "ethereumjs-util": {
-          "version": "5.1.4",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ethereumjs-util/-/ethereumjs-util-5.1.4.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-wbeTc5prEzIWFSQUcEsCAZbqubtJKy6yS+oZMY1cGG6GLYzLjm4YhC2RNrWIg8hRYnclWpnZmx2zkiufQkmd3w==",
+          "version": "5.1.5",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ethereumjs-util/-/ethereumjs-util-5.1.5.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-xPaSEATYJpMTCGowIt0oMZwFP4R1bxd6QsWgkcDvFL0JtXsr39p32WEcD14RscCjfP41YXZPCVWA4yAg0nrJmw==",
           "requires": {
             "bn.js": "4.11.8",
             "create-hash": "1.1.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24796b083..62d703c90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
     "vreme": "^3.0.2",
     "web3": "^0.20.1",
-    "web3-provider-engine": "^13.5.6",
+    "web3-provider-engine": "^13.8.0",
     "web3-stream-provider": "^3.0.1",
     "xtend": "^4.0.1"
   },