diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index e8e8e6d4a..e269019db 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -714,16 +714,12 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
         nMaxConnections = nFD - MIN_CORE_FILEDESCRIPTORS;
 
     // if using block pruning, then disable txindex
-    // also disable the wallet (for now, until SPV support is implemented in wallet)
     if (GetArg("-prune", 0)) {
         if (GetBoolArg("-txindex", false))
             return InitError(_("Prune mode is incompatible with -txindex."));
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-        if (!GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", false)) {
-            if (SoftSetBoolArg("-disablewallet", true))
-                LogPrintf("%s : parameter interaction: -prune -> setting -disablewallet=1\n", __func__);
-            else
-                return InitError(_("Can't run with a wallet in prune mode."));
+        if (GetBoolArg("-rescan", false)) {
+            return InitError(_("Rescans are not possible in pruned mode. You will need to use -reindex which will download the whole blockchain again."));
         }
 #endif
     }
@@ -1310,6 +1306,19 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
         }
         if (chainActive.Tip() && chainActive.Tip() != pindexRescan)
         {
+            //We can't rescan beyond non-pruned blocks, stop and throw an error
+            //this might happen if a user uses a old wallet within a pruned node
+            // or if he ran -disablewallet for a longer time, then decided to re-enable
+            if (fPruneMode)
+            {
+                CBlockIndex *block = chainActive.Tip();
+                while (block && block->pprev && (block->pprev->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA) && block->pprev->nTx > 0 && pindexRescan != block)
+                    block = block->pprev;
+
+                if (pindexRescan != block)
+                    return InitError(_("Prune: last wallet synchronisation goes beyond pruned data. You need to -reindex (download the whole blockchain again in case of pruned node)"));
+            }
+
             uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Rescanning..."));
             LogPrintf("Rescanning last %i blocks (from block %i)...\n", chainActive.Height() - pindexRescan->nHeight, pindexRescan->nHeight);
             nStart = GetTimeMillis();
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index b682a42e2..5f800474a 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ UniValue importprivkey(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             + HelpExampleRpc("importprivkey", "\"mykey\", \"testing\", false")
         );
 
+    if (fPruneMode)
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Importing keys is disabled in pruned mode");
+
     LOCK2(cs_main, pwalletMain->cs_wallet);
 
     EnsureWalletIsUnlocked();
@@ -166,6 +169,9 @@ UniValue importaddress(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             + HelpExampleRpc("importaddress", "\"myaddress\", \"testing\", false")
         );
 
+    if (fPruneMode)
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Importing addresses is disabled in pruned mode");
+
     LOCK2(cs_main, pwalletMain->cs_wallet);
 
     CScript script;
@@ -236,6 +242,9 @@ UniValue importwallet(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             + HelpExampleRpc("importwallet", "\"test\"")
         );
 
+    if (fPruneMode)
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Importing wallets is disabled in pruned mode");
+
     LOCK2(cs_main, pwalletMain->cs_wallet);
 
     EnsureWalletIsUnlocked();