diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c432bcd63..612f1ed83 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ uint64_t nPruneTarget = 0;
 bool fAlerts = DEFAULT_ALERTS;
 
 /** Fees smaller than this (in satoshi) are considered zero fee (for relaying and mining) */
-CFeeRate minRelayTxFee = CFeeRate(5000);
+CFeeRate minRelayTxFee = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE);
 
 CTxMemPool mempool(::minRelayTxFee);
 
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index aec92435c..64b844db0 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ static const int ALERT_PRIORITY_SAFE_MODE = 4000;
 static const unsigned int MAX_P2SH_SIGOPS = 15;
 /** The maximum number of sigops we're willing to relay/mine in a single tx */
 static const unsigned int MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIGOPS = MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS/5;
+/** Default for -minrelaytxfee, minimum relay fee for transactions */
+static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE = 1000;
 /** Default for -maxorphantx, maximum number of orphan transactions kept in memory */
 static const unsigned int DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS = 100;
 /** The maximum size of a blk?????.dat file (since 0.8) */