diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28160dd6e..ff9545fe9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Dependencies
  
 ```
 #The following packages are needed:
-sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libcurl-gnutls libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqt4-dev libqrencode-dev libdb++-dev ntp ntpdate
+sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libcurl-gnutls-dev libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqt4-dev libqrencode-dev libdb++-dev ntp ntpdate
 ```
  
 Komodo
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 909750010..0671c6ae6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -2803,6 +2803,8 @@ fprintf(stderr,"wallet change %.8f (%.8f - %.8f) interest %.8f interest2 %.8f to
                 }
 
                 CAmount nFeeNeeded = GetMinimumFee(nBytes, nTxConfirmTarget, mempool);
+                if ( nFeeNeeded < 5000 )
+                    nFeeNeeded = 5000;
 
                 // If we made it here and we aren't even able to meet the relay fee on the next pass, give up
                 // because we must be at the maximum allowed fee.