diff --git a/ethcore/private-tx/src/private_transactions.rs b/ethcore/private-tx/src/private_transactions.rs
index fcc6da514ed..e16d6ab911b 100644
--- a/ethcore/private-tx/src/private_transactions.rs
+++ b/ethcore/private-tx/src/private_transactions.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ impl Default for VerificationStore {
 					minimal_gas_price: 0.into(),
 					block_gas_limit: 8_000_000.into(),
 					tx_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
+					no_early_reject: false
 				},
 				pool::PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 			)
diff --git a/ethcore/src/miner/miner.rs b/ethcore/src/miner/miner.rs
index 16a20f8a007..6ef6876c043 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/miner/miner.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/miner/miner.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ impl Default for MinerOptions {
 				minimal_gas_price: DEFAULT_MINIMAL_GAS_PRICE.into(),
 				block_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
 				tx_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
+				no_early_reject: false,
 			},
 		}
 	}
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ impl Miner {
 				minimal_gas_price,
 				block_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
 				tx_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
+				no_early_reject: false,
 			},
 			reseal_min_period: Duration::from_secs(0),
 			..Default::default()
@@ -1303,6 +1305,7 @@ mod tests {
 					minimal_gas_price: 0.into(),
 					block_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
 					tx_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
+					no_early_reject: false,
 				},
 			},
 			GasPricer::new_fixed(0u64.into()),
diff --git a/miner/src/pool/queue.rs b/miner/src/pool/queue.rs
index 24a56c226a1..d1105210844 100644
--- a/miner/src/pool/queue.rs
+++ b/miner/src/pool/queue.rs
@@ -243,11 +243,15 @@ impl TransactionQueue {
 		let options = self.options.read().clone();
 
 		let transaction_to_replace = {
-			let pool = self.pool.read();
-			if pool.is_full() {
-				pool.worst_transaction().map(|worst| (pool.scoring().clone(), worst))
-			} else {
+			if options.no_early_reject {
 				None
+			} else {
+				let pool = self.pool.read();
+				if pool.is_full() {
+					pool.worst_transaction().map(|worst| (pool.scoring().clone(), worst))
+				} else {
+					None
+				}
 			}
 		};
 
diff --git a/miner/src/pool/tests/mod.rs b/miner/src/pool/tests/mod.rs
index b5cbaab6319..bb029f6147a 100644
--- a/miner/src/pool/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/miner/src/pool/tests/mod.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fn new_queue() -> TransactionQueue {
 			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
 			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		},
 		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 	)
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ fn should_return_correct_nonces_when_dropped_because_of_limit() {
 			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
 			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		},
 		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 	);
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ fn should_never_drop_local_transactions_from_different_senders() {
 			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
 			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		},
 		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 	);
@@ -479,6 +482,7 @@ fn should_prefer_current_transactions_when_hitting_the_limit() {
 			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
 			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		},
 		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 	);
@@ -891,6 +895,7 @@ fn should_include_local_transaction_to_a_full_pool() {
 			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
 			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		},
 		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 	);
@@ -922,6 +927,7 @@ fn should_avoid_verifying_transaction_already_in_pool() {
 			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
 			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		},
 		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 	);
@@ -956,6 +962,7 @@ fn should_avoid_reverifying_recently_rejected_transactions() {
 			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
 			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		},
 		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 	);
@@ -997,6 +1004,7 @@ fn should_reject_early_in_case_gas_price_is_less_than_min_effective() {
 			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
 			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		},
 		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
 	);
@@ -1021,3 +1029,42 @@ fn should_reject_early_in_case_gas_price_is_less_than_min_effective() {
 	// then
 	assert_eq!(txq.status().status.transaction_count, 1);
 }
+
+
+#[test]
+fn should_not_reject_early_in_case_gas_price_is_less_than_min_effective() {
+	// given
+	let txq = TransactionQueue::new(
+		txpool::Options {
+			max_count: 1,
+			max_per_sender: 2,
+			max_mem_usage: 50
+		},
+		verifier::Options {
+			minimal_gas_price: 1.into(),
+			block_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			tx_gas_limit: 1_000_000.into(),
+			no_early_reject: true,
+		},
+		PrioritizationStrategy::GasPriceOnly,
+	);
+	// when
+	let tx1 = Tx::gas_price(2).signed();
+	let client = TestClient::new().with_local(&tx1.sender());
+	let res = txq.import(client.clone(), vec![tx1.unverified()]);
+
+	// then
+	assert_eq!(res, vec![Ok(())]);
+	assert_eq!(txq.status().status.transaction_count, 1);
+	assert!(client.was_verification_triggered());
+
+	// when
+	let tx1 = Tx::gas_price(1).signed();
+	let client = TestClient::new().with_local(&tx1.sender());
+	let res = txq.import(client.clone(), vec![tx1.unverified()]);
+
+	// then
+	assert_eq!(res, vec![Ok(())]);
+	assert_eq!(txq.status().status.transaction_count, 2);
+	assert!(client.was_verification_triggered());
+}
diff --git a/miner/src/pool/verifier.rs b/miner/src/pool/verifier.rs
index 4703088ffb6..eaa13b3da1f 100644
--- a/miner/src/pool/verifier.rs
+++ b/miner/src/pool/verifier.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ pub struct Options {
 	pub block_gas_limit: U256,
 	/// Maximal gas limit for a single transaction.
 	pub tx_gas_limit: U256,
+	/// Skip checks for early rejection, to make sure that local transactions are always imported.
+	pub no_early_reject: bool,
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ impl Default for Options {
 			minimal_gas_price: 0.into(),
 			block_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
 			tx_gas_limit: U256::max_value(),
+			no_early_reject: false,
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ impl<C: Client> txpool::Verifier<Transaction> for Verifier<C, ::pool::scoring::N
 		//
 		// We're checking if the transaction is below configured minimal gas price
 		// or the effective minimal gas price in case the pool is full.
-		if  !tx.gas_price().is_zero() && !is_own {
+		if !tx.gas_price().is_zero() && !is_own {
 			if tx.gas_price() < &self.options.minimal_gas_price {
 				trace!(
 					target: "txqueue",
diff --git a/parity/cli/mod.rs b/parity/cli/mod.rs
index 460a78d9b18..a7f74881350 100644
--- a/parity/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/parity/cli/mod.rs
@@ -652,6 +652,10 @@ usage! {
 			"--tx-queue-no-unfamiliar-locals",
 			"Local transactions sent through JSON-RPC (HTTP, WebSockets, etc) will be treated as 'external' if the sending account is unknown.",
 
+			FLAG flag_tx_queue_no_early_reject: (bool) = false, or |c: &Config| c.mining.as_ref()?.tx_queue_no_early_reject.clone(),
+			"--tx-queue-no-early-reject",
+			"Disables transaction queue optimization to early reject transactions below minimal effective gas price. This allows local transactions to always enter the pool, despite it being full, but requires additional ecrecover on every transaction.",
+
 			FLAG flag_refuse_service_transactions: (bool) = false, or |c: &Config| c.mining.as_ref()?.refuse_service_transactions.clone(),
 			"--refuse-service-transactions",
 			"Always refuse service transactions.",
@@ -1308,6 +1312,7 @@ struct Mining {
 	tx_queue_ban_count: Option<u16>,
 	tx_queue_ban_time: Option<u16>,
 	tx_queue_no_unfamiliar_locals: Option<bool>,
+	tx_queue_no_early_reject: Option<bool>,
 	remove_solved: Option<bool>,
 	notify_work: Option<Vec<String>>,
 	refuse_service_transactions: Option<bool>,
@@ -1726,6 +1731,7 @@ mod tests {
 			arg_gas_cap: "6283184".into(),
 			arg_extra_data: Some("Parity".into()),
 			flag_tx_queue_no_unfamiliar_locals: false,
+			flag_tx_queue_no_early_reject: false,
 			arg_tx_queue_size: 8192usize,
 			arg_tx_queue_per_sender: None,
 			arg_tx_queue_mem_limit: 4u32,
@@ -1996,6 +2002,7 @@ mod tests {
 				tx_queue_ban_count: None,
 				tx_queue_ban_time: None,
 				tx_queue_no_unfamiliar_locals: None,
+				tx_queue_no_early_reject: None,
 				tx_gas_limit: None,
 				tx_time_limit: None,
 				extra_data: None,
diff --git a/parity/cli/tests/config.full.toml b/parity/cli/tests/config.full.toml
index 0c1efb18404..3bd2eae3a5c 100644
--- a/parity/cli/tests/config.full.toml
+++ b/parity/cli/tests/config.full.toml
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ tx_queue_ban_time = 180 #s
 tx_gas_limit = "6283184"
 tx_time_limit = 100 #ms
 tx_queue_no_unfamiliar_locals = false
+tx_queue_no_early_reject = false
 extra_data = "Parity"
 remove_solved = false
 notify_work = ["http://localhost:3001"]
diff --git a/parity/configuration.rs b/parity/configuration.rs
index f904c169c0f..a6217acea5a 100644
--- a/parity/configuration.rs
+++ b/parity/configuration.rs
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ impl Configuration {
 				Some(ref d) => to_u256(d)?,
 				None => U256::max_value(),
 			},
+			no_early_reject: self.args.flag_tx_queue_no_early_reject,
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/tests/helpers/miner_service.rs b/rpc/src/v1/tests/helpers/miner_service.rs
index fa9f22b2479..bed4a59d5a2 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/tests/helpers/miner_service.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/tests/helpers/miner_service.rs
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ impl MinerService for TestMinerService {
 				minimal_gas_price: 0x1312d00.into(),
 				block_gas_limit: 5_000_000.into(),
 				tx_gas_limit: 5_000_000.into(),
+				no_early_reject: false,
 			},
 			status: txpool::LightStatus {
 				mem_usage: 1_000,