diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/rawtransactions.py b/qa/rpc-tests/rawtransactions.py
index 0c5ae32fb..c53c72ec9 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/rawtransactions.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/rawtransactions.py
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ class RawTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         gottx = self.nodes[0].getrawtransaction(tx, 1)
         assert_equal(gottx['txid'], tx)
         assert 'in_active_chain' not in gottx
+        # We should have hex for the transaction from the getblock and getrawtransaction calls.
+        blk = self.nodes[0].getblock(block1, 2)
+        assert_equal(gottx['hex'], blk['tx'][1]['hex'])
         # We should not get the tx if we provide an unrelated block
         assert_raises(JSONRPCException, self.nodes[0].getrawtransaction, tx, 1, block2)
         # An invalid block hash should raise errors
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 05b9e914c..9b6802357 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ void TxToJSON(const CTransaction& tx, const uint256 hashBlock, UniValue& entry)
         entry.pushKV("expiryheight", (int64_t)tx.nExpiryHeight);
     }
 
+    entry.pushKV("hex", EncodeHexTx(tx));
+
     KeyIO keyIO(Params());
     UniValue vin(UniValue::VARR);
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxIn& txin, tx.vin) {