diff --git a/src/core.h b/src/core.h
index 5eb953610d0a0..db6f5ab05c747 100644
--- a/src/core.h
+++ b/src/core.h
@@ -156,9 +156,11 @@ class CTxOut
         // to spend something, then we consider it dust.
         // A typical txout is 34 bytes big, and will
         // need a CTxIn of at least 148 bytes to spend,
-        // so dust is a txout less than 546 satoshis 
+        // so dust is a txout less than 546 satoshis
         // with default nMinRelayTxFee.
-        return ((nValue*1000)/(3*((int)GetSerializeSize(SER_DISK,0)+148)) < nMinRelayTxFee);
+        if (!scriptPubKey.IsUnspendable()) { // dust applicable to spendable outputs only
+            return ((nValue*1000)/(3*((int)GetSerializeSize(SER_DISK,0)+148)) < nMinRelayTxFee);
+        } else { return false; }
     }
 
     friend bool operator==(const CTxOut& a, const CTxOut& b)