diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index 4f159f9a1..eb144bd25 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -871,6 +871,10 @@ static bool IsKeyType(string strType)
 {
     return (strType == "key" || strType == "wkey" ||
             strType == "hdseed" || strType == "chdseed" ||
+            // The mnemonic entropy must survive a keys-only salvage: without it
+            // a recovered wallet keeps its seed (and stays fully spendable) but
+            // silently loses the ability to reprint its seed phrase.
+            strType == "mnementropy" || strType == "cmnementropy" ||
             strType == "zkey" || strType == "czkey" ||
             strType == "sapzkey" || strType == "csapzkey" ||
             strType == "vkey" ||
@@ -1345,6 +1349,24 @@ bool CWalletDB::EraseHDSeed(const uint256& seedFp)
     return Erase(std::make_pair(std::string("hdseed"), seedFp));
 }
 
+bool CWalletDB::WriteMnemonicEntropy(const uint256& entropyFp, const RawHDSeed& entropy)
+{
+    nWalletDBUpdated++;
+    return Write(std::make_pair(std::string("mnementropy"), entropyFp), entropy);
+}
+
+bool CWalletDB::WriteCryptedMnemonicEntropy(const uint256& entropyFp, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchCryptedSecret)
+{
+    nWalletDBUpdated++;
+    return Write(std::make_pair(std::string("cmnementropy"), entropyFp), vchCryptedSecret);
+}
+
+bool CWalletDB::EraseMnemonicEntropy(const uint256& entropyFp)
+{
+    nWalletDBUpdated++;
+    return Erase(std::make_pair(std::string("mnementropy"), entropyFp));
+}
+
 bool CWalletDB::WriteHDChain(const CHDChain& chain)
 {
     nWalletDBUpdated++;
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.h b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
index 6f08c6018..a219ec855 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.h
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ public:
     //! CWallet::EncryptWallet) copies whatever records still exist into the new
     //! file, so a leftover "hdseed" leaves the unencrypted seed on disk forever.
     bool EraseHDSeed(const uint256& seedFp);
+    //! BIP39 entropy for a phrase-recoverable wallet. Display-only: derivation
+    //! never reads it. Record names are deliberately distinct prefixes from
+    //! "hdseed"/"chdseed" so they cannot collide.
+    bool WriteMnemonicEntropy(const uint256& entropyFp, const RawHDSeed& entropy);
+    bool WriteCryptedMnemonicEntropy(const uint256& entropyFp, const std::vector<unsigned char>& vchCryptedSecret);
+    bool EraseMnemonicEntropy(const uint256& entropyFp);
     //! write the hdchain model (external chain child index counter)
     bool WriteHDChain(const CHDChain& chain);