diff --git a/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-contract-deployment.json b/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-contract-deployment.json
index 3c4231e9e7..4027c6f247 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-contract-deployment.json
+++ b/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-contract-deployment.json
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
     "gasUsed": "0x6590",
     "contractAddress": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000003",
     "from": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
-    "to": null
+    "to": null,
+    "type": "0x0"
 }
diff --git a/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-no-logs.json b/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-no-logs.json
index 8968be786b..be997b981e 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-no-logs.json
+++ b/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-no-logs.json
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
     "gasUsed": "0x6590",
     "contractAddress": null,
     "from": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
-    "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002"
+    "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
+    "type": "0x0"
 }
diff --git a/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-with-logs.json b/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-with-logs.json
index 294868bddd..3bad4e4ed8 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-with-logs.json
+++ b/jsonrpc/testsuite/receipt-with-logs.json
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@
     "gasUsed": "0x6590",
     "contractAddress": null,
     "from": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
-    "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002"
+    "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
+    "type": "0x0"
 }
diff --git a/jsonrpc/types.go b/jsonrpc/types.go
index 2a6264a290..b2c4c9f6a8 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/types.go
+++ b/jsonrpc/types.go
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ type receipt struct {
 	ContractAddress   *types.Address `json:"contractAddress"`
 	FromAddr          types.Address  `json:"from"`
 	ToAddr            *types.Address `json:"to"`
+	Type              argUint64      `json:"type"`
 }
 
 func toReceipt(src *types.Receipt, tx *types.Transaction,
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ func toReceipt(src *types.Receipt, tx *types.Transaction,
 		FromAddr:          tx.From(),
 		ToAddr:            tx.To(),
 		Logs:              logs,
+		Type:              argUint64(tx.Type()),
 	}
 }