diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 3f5d1d48f..cc0a4ed62 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1707,15 +1707,33 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     // Start the thread that notifies listeners of transactions that have been
     // recently added to the mempool, or have been added to or removed from the
     // chain. We perform this before step 10 (import blocks) so that the
-    // original value of chainActive.Tip(), which corresponds with the wallet's
-    // view of the chaintip, is passed to ThreadNotifyWallets before the chain
-    // tip changes again.
+    // original value of chainActive.Tip() can be passed to ThreadNotifyWallets
+    // before the chain tip changes again.
     {
         CBlockIndex *pindexLastTip;
         {
             LOCK(cs_main);
             pindexLastTip = chainActive.Tip();
         }
+
+        // However, if a wallet is enabled, we actually want to start notifying
+        // from the block which corresponds with the wallet's view of the chain
+        // tip. In particular, we want to handle the case where the node shuts
+        // down uncleanly, and on restart the chain's tip is potentially up to
+        // an hour of chain sync older than the wallet's tip. We assume here
+        // that there is only a single wallet connected to the validation
+        // interface, which is currently true.
+#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
+        if (pwalletMain)
+        {
+            LOCK2(cs_main, pwalletMain->cs_wallet);
+            const auto walletBestBlock = pwalletMain->GetBestBlock();
+            if (walletBestBlock != nullptr) {
+                pindexLastTip = walletBestBlock;
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+
         boost::function<void()> threadnotifywallets = boost::bind(&ThreadNotifyWallets, pindexLastTip);
         threadGroup.create_thread(
             boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()>>, "txnotify", threadnotifywallets)
diff --git a/src/validationinterface.cpp b/src/validationinterface.cpp
index 61c9d7f5a..0668626c4 100644
--- a/src/validationinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/validationinterface.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,31 @@ void ThreadNotifyWallets(CBlockIndex *pindexLastTip)
         MilliSleep(50);
     }
 
+    // We cannot progress with wallet notification until the chain tip is no
+    // more than 100 blocks behind pindexLastTip. This can occur if the node
+    // shuts down abruptly without being able to write out chainActive; the
+    // node writes chain data out roughly hourly, while the wallet writes it
+    // every 10 minutes. We need to wait for ThreadImport to catch up.
+    while (true) {
+        boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
+
+        {
+            LOCK(cs_main);
+
+            const CBlockIndex *pindexFork = chainActive.FindFork(pindexLastTip);
+            // We know we have the genesis block.
+            assert(pindexFork != nullptr);
+
+            if (pindexLastTip->nHeight < pindexFork->nHeight ||
+                pindexLastTip->nHeight - pindexFork->nHeight < 100)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        MilliSleep(50);
+    }
+
     while (true) {
         // Run the notifier on an integer second in the steady clock.
         auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch();
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 10e4d9979..d75b9a073 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -1501,6 +1501,27 @@ void CWallet::SetBestChain(const CBlockLocator& loc)
     SetBestChainINTERNAL(walletdb, loc);
 }
 
+CBlockIndex* CWallet::GetBestBlock()
+{
+    AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
+    AssertLockHeld(cs_wallet);
+
+    CWalletDB walletdb(strWalletFile);
+    CBlockLocator locator;
+    if (walletdb.ReadBestBlock(locator)) {
+        if (!locator.vHave.empty()) {
+            BlockMap::iterator mi = mapBlockIndex.find(locator.vHave[0]);
+            if (mi != mapBlockIndex.end()) {
+                return (*mi).second;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // The wallet's best block is not known to the node. This can occur when a
+    // wallet file is transplanted between disparate nodes.
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
 std::set<std::pair<libzcash::SproutPaymentAddress, uint256>> CWallet::GetSproutNullifiers(
         const std::set<libzcash::SproutPaymentAddress>& addresses) {
     std::set<std::pair<libzcash::SproutPaymentAddress, uint256>> nullifierSet;
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 4864d3364..1f689b39b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -1805,6 +1805,12 @@ public:
     void AddPendingSaplingMigrationTx(const CTransaction& tx);
     /** Saves witness caches and best block locator to disk. */
     void SetBestChain(const CBlockLocator& loc);
+    /**
+     * Returns the block index corresponding to the wallet's best block, or
+     * nullptr if the wallet's best block is not known to this node (e.g. if the
+     * wallet was transplanted from another node).
+     */
+    CBlockIndex* GetBestBlock();
 
     std::set<std::pair<libzcash::SproutPaymentAddress, uint256>> GetSproutNullifiers(
             const std::set<libzcash::SproutPaymentAddress>& addresses);