diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 634dc177b..cb6cef5bb 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1039,12 +1039,14 @@ bool CheckTransactionWithoutProofVerification(const CTransaction& tx, CValidatio
         }
     }
 
-    // Transactions can contain empty `vin` and `vout` so long as
-    // either `vjoinsplit` or `vShieldedSpend` are non-empty.
+    // Transactions containing empty `vin` must have either non-empty
+    // `vjoinsplit` or non-empty `vShieldedSpend`.
     if (tx.vin.empty() && tx.vjoinsplit.empty() && tx.vShieldedSpend.empty())
         return state.DoS(10, error("CheckTransaction(): vin empty"),
                          REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-vin-empty");
-    if (tx.vout.empty() && tx.vjoinsplit.empty() && tx.vShieldedSpend.empty())
+    // Transactions containing empty `vout` must have either non-empty
+    // `vjoinsplit` or non-empty `vShieldedOutput`.
+    if (tx.vout.empty() && tx.vjoinsplit.empty() && tx.vShieldedOutput.empty())
         return state.DoS(10, error("CheckTransaction(): vout empty"),
                          REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-vout-empty");
 
diff --git a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
index 8524e1bc2..30c69882a 100644
--- a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
@@ -408,6 +408,16 @@ void test_simple_sapling_invalidity(uint32_t consensusBranchId, CMutableTransact
         BOOST_CHECK(!CheckTransactionWithoutProofVerification(newTx, state));
         BOOST_CHECK(state.GetRejectReason() == "bad-txns-vin-empty");
     }
+    {
+        CMutableTransaction newTx(tx);
+        CValidationState state;
+
+        newTx.vShieldedSpend.push_back(SpendDescription());
+        newTx.vShieldedSpend[0].nullifier = GetRandHash();
+
+        BOOST_CHECK(!CheckTransactionWithoutProofVerification(newTx, state));
+        BOOST_CHECK(state.GetRejectReason() == "bad-txns-vout-empty");
+    }
     {
         // Ensure that nullifiers are never duplicated within a transaction.
         CMutableTransaction newTx(tx);
@@ -415,6 +425,9 @@ void test_simple_sapling_invalidity(uint32_t consensusBranchId, CMutableTransact
 
         newTx.vShieldedSpend.push_back(SpendDescription());
         newTx.vShieldedSpend[0].nullifier = GetRandHash();
+
+        newTx.vShieldedOutput.push_back(OutputDescription());
+
         newTx.vShieldedSpend.push_back(SpendDescription());
         newTx.vShieldedSpend[1].nullifier = newTx.vShieldedSpend[0].nullifier;