diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
index 8cddb8b0990485..8287eb0e7278e6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ static UniValue ProcessDescriptorImport(CWallet& wallet, const UniValue& data, c
         }
 
         // Active descriptors must be ranged
-        if (active && !parsed_desc->IsRange()) {
+        if (active && !parsed_desc->IsRange() && parsed_desc->GetOutputType() != OutputType::SILENT_PAYMENT) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Active descriptors must be ranged");
         }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_miniscript.py b/test/functional/wallet_miniscript.py
index 67e128390200ca..428571475862ad 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_miniscript.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_miniscript.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     f"tr(4d54bb9928a0683b7e383de72943b214b0716f58aa54c7ba6bcea2328bc9c768,{{{{{P2WSH_MINISCRIPTS[0]},{P2WSH_MINISCRIPTS[1]}}},{P2WSH_MINISCRIPTS[2].replace('multi', 'multi_a')}}})",
     # A Taproot with all above scripts in its tree.
     f"tr(4d54bb9928a0683b7e383de72943b214b0716f58aa54c7ba6bcea2328bc9c768,{{{{{P2WSH_MINISCRIPTS[0]},{P2WSH_MINISCRIPTS[1]}}},{{{P2WSH_MINISCRIPTS[2].replace('multi', 'multi_a')},{P2WSH_MINISCRIPTS[3]}}}}})",
+    f"sp({TPRVS[0]},{TPUBS[0]})",
 ]
 
 DESCS_PRIV = [
@@ -217,36 +218,48 @@ def skip_test_if_missing_module(self):
     def watchonly_test(self, desc):
         self.log.info(f"Importing descriptor '{desc}'")
         desc = descsum_create(f"{desc}")
-        assert self.ms_wo_wallet.importdescriptors(
-            [
-                {
-                    "desc": desc,
-                    "active": True,
-                    "range": 2,
-                    "next_index": 0,
-                    "timestamp": "now",
-                }
-            ]
-        )[0]["success"]
+        range = None if desc.startswith("sp(") else 2
+        wallet = self.ms_sp_wallet if desc.startswith("sp(") else self.ms_wo_wallet
+
+        import_desc_data = {
+            "desc": desc,
+            "active": True,
+            "next_index": 0,
+            "timestamp": "now",
+        }
+        if range is not None:
+            import_desc_data["range"] = range
+        assert wallet.importdescriptors([import_desc_data])[0]["success"]
 
         self.log.info("Testing we derive new addresses for it")
-        addr_type = "bech32m" if desc.startswith("tr(") else "bech32"
-        assert_equal(
-            self.ms_wo_wallet.getnewaddress(address_type=addr_type),
-            self.funder.deriveaddresses(desc, 0)[0],
-        )
-        assert_equal(
-            self.ms_wo_wallet.getnewaddress(address_type=addr_type),
-            self.funder.deriveaddresses(desc, 1)[1],
-        )
+        addr_type = "bech32"
+        if desc.startswith("tr("):
+            addr_type = "bech32m"
+        elif desc.startswith("sp("):
+            addr_type = "silent-payment"
+
+        if range is not None:
+            assert_equal(
+                wallet.getnewaddress(address_type=addr_type),
+                self.funder.deriveaddresses(desc, 0)[0],
+            )
+            assert_equal(
+                wallet.getnewaddress(address_type=addr_type),
+                self.funder.deriveaddresses(desc, 1)[1],
+            )
+        else:
+            assert_equal(
+                wallet.getnewaddress(address_type=addr_type),
+                self.funder.deriveaddresses(desc)[0],
+            )
 
         self.log.info("Testing we detect funds sent to one of them")
-        addr = self.ms_wo_wallet.getnewaddress()
+        addr = wallet.getnewaddress()
         txid = self.funder.sendtoaddress(addr, 0.01)
         self.wait_until(
-            lambda: len(self.ms_wo_wallet.listunspent(minconf=0, addresses=[addr])) == 1
+            lambda: len(wallet.listunspent(minconf=0, addresses=[addr])) == 1
         )
-        utxo = self.ms_wo_wallet.listunspent(minconf=0, addresses=[addr])[0]
+        utxo = wallet.listunspent(minconf=0, addresses=[addr])[0]
         assert utxo["txid"] == txid and utxo["solvable"]
 
     def signing_test(
@@ -329,7 +342,11 @@ def run_test(self):
             wallet_name="ms_wo", descriptors=True, disable_private_keys=True
         )
         self.ms_wo_wallet = self.nodes[0].get_wallet_rpc("ms_wo")
-        self.nodes[0].createwallet(wallet_name="ms_sig", descriptors=True)
+        self.nodes[0].createwallet(
+            wallet_name="ms_sp_wallet", descriptors=True, silent_payment=True
+        )
+        self.ms_sp_wallet = self.nodes[0].get_wallet_rpc("ms_sp_wallet")
+        self.nodes[0].createwallet(wallet_name="ms_sig", descriptors=True, silent_payment=True)
         self.ms_sig_wallet = self.nodes[0].get_wallet_rpc("ms_sig")
 
         # Sanity check we wouldn't let an insane Miniscript descriptor in