diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
index 9094ec732..776b8c5c0 100755
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -1307,6 +1307,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
       error_resp.message = "Internal error: can't produce valid response.";
       return false;
     }
+    res.miner_tx_hash = epee::string_tools::pod_to_hex(cryptonote::get_transaction_hash(blk.miner_tx));
     for (size_t n = 0; n < blk.tx_hashes.size(); ++n)
     {
       res.tx_hashes.push_back(epee::string_tools::pod_to_hex(blk.tx_hashes[n]));
diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
index 57799bb81..d3b4db64f 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
 // advance which version they will stop working with
 // Don't go over 32767 for any of these
 #define CORE_RPC_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CORE_RPC_VERSION_MINOR 15
+#define CORE_RPC_VERSION_MINOR 16
 #define MAKE_CORE_RPC_VERSION(major,minor) (((major)<<16)|(minor))
 #define CORE_RPC_VERSION MAKE_CORE_RPC_VERSION(CORE_RPC_VERSION_MAJOR, CORE_RPC_VERSION_MINOR)
 
@@ -1219,12 +1219,14 @@ namespace cryptonote
     {
       std::string status;
       block_header_response block_header;
+      std::string miner_tx_hash;
       std::vector<std::string> tx_hashes;
       std::string blob;
       std::string json;
       
       BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
         KV_SERIALIZE(block_header)
+        KV_SERIALIZE(miner_tx_hash)
         KV_SERIALIZE(tx_hashes)
         KV_SERIALIZE(status)
         KV_SERIALIZE(blob)