diff --git a/blockchain/weight.go b/blockchain/weight.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3fd2cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blockchain/weight.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2016 The btcsuite developers
+// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package blockchain
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/txscript"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
+)
+
+const (
+	// MaxBlockWeight defines the maximum block weight, where "block
+	// weight" is interpreted as defined in BIP0141. A block's weight is
+	// calculated as the sum of the of bytes in the existing transactions
+	// and header, plus the weight of each byte within a transaction. The
+	// weight of a "base" byte is 4, while the weight of a witness byte is
+	// 1. As a result, for a block to be valid, the BlockWeight MUST be
+	// less than, or equal to MaxBlockWeight.
+	MaxBlockWeight = 4000000
+
+	// MaxBlockBaseSize is the maximum number of bytes within a block
+	// which can be allocated to non-witness data.
+	MaxBlockBaseSize = 1000000
+
+	// MaxBlockSigOpsCost is the maximum number of signature operations
+	// allowed for a block. It is calculated via a weighted algorithm which
+	// weights segragated witness sig ops lower than regular sig ops.
+	MaxBlockSigOpsCost = 80000
+
+	// WitnessScaleFactor determines the level of "discount" witness data
+	// receives compared to "base" data. A scale factor of 4, denotes that
+	// witness data is 1/4 as cheap as regular non-witness data.
+	WitnessScaleFactor = 4
+)
+
+// GetBlockWeight computes the value of the weight metric for a given block.
+// Currently the weight metric is simply the sum of the block's serialized size
+// without any witness data scaled proportionally by the WitnessScaleFactor,
+// and the block's serialized size including any witness data.
+func GetBlockWeight(blk *btcutil.Block) int64 {
+	msgBlock := blk.MsgBlock()
+
+	baseSize := msgBlock.SerializeSizeStripped()
+	totalSize := msgBlock.SerializeSize()
+
+	// (baseSize * 3) + totalSize
+	return int64((baseSize * (WitnessScaleFactor - 1)) + totalSize)
+}
+
+// GetTransactionWeight computes the value of the weight metric for a given
+// transaction. Currently the weight metric is simply the sum of the
+// transactions's serialized size without any witness data scaled
+// proportionally by the WitnessScaleFactor, and the transaction's serialized
+// size including any witness data.
+func GetTransactionWeight(tx *btcutil.Tx) int64 {
+	msgTx := tx.MsgTx()
+
+	baseSize := msgTx.SerializeSizeStripped()
+	totalSize := msgTx.SerializeSize()
+
+	// (baseSize * 3) + totalSize
+	return int64((baseSize * (WitnessScaleFactor - 1)) + totalSize)
+}
+
+// GetSigOpCost returns the unified sig op cost for the passed transaction
+// respecting current active soft-forks which modified sig op cost counting.
+// The unified sig op cost for a transaction is computed as the sum of: the
+// legacy sig op count scaled according to the WitnessScaleFactor, the sig op
+// count for all p2sh inputs scaled by the WitnessScaleFactor, and finally the
+// unscaled sig op count for any inputs spending witness programs.
+func GetSigOpCost(tx *btcutil.Tx, isCoinBaseTx bool, utxoView *UtxoViewpoint,
+	bip16, segWit bool) (int, error) {
+
+	numSigOps := CountSigOps(tx) * WitnessScaleFactor
+	if bip16 {
+		numP2SHSigOps, err := CountP2SHSigOps(tx, isCoinBaseTx, utxoView)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, nil
+		}
+		numSigOps += (numP2SHSigOps * WitnessScaleFactor)
+	}
+
+	if segWit && !isCoinBaseTx {
+		msgTx := tx.MsgTx()
+		for txInIndex, txIn := range msgTx.TxIn {
+			// Ensure the referenced input transaction is available.
+			originTxHash := &txIn.PreviousOutPoint.Hash
+			originTxIndex := txIn.PreviousOutPoint.Index
+			txEntry := utxoView.LookupEntry(originTxHash)
+			if txEntry == nil || txEntry.IsOutputSpent(originTxIndex) {
+				str := fmt.Sprintf("unable to find unspent output "+
+					"%v referenced from transaction %s:%d",
+					txIn.PreviousOutPoint, tx.Hash(), txInIndex)
+				return 0, ruleError(ErrMissingTx, str)
+			}
+
+			witness := txIn.Witness
+			sigScript := txIn.SignatureScript
+			pkScript := txEntry.PkScriptByIndex(originTxIndex)
+			numSigOps += txscript.GetWitnessSigOpCount(sigScript, pkScript, witness)
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return numSigOps, nil
+}
diff --git a/mempool/mempool.go b/mempool/mempool.go
index 89ddee7f..99cb963d 100644
--- a/mempool/mempool.go
+++ b/mempool/mempool.go
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ func (mp *TxPool) maybeAcceptTransaction(tx *btcutil.Tx, isNew, rateLimit, rejec
 	// which is more desirable.  Therefore, as long as the size of the
 	// transaction does not exceeed 1000 less than the reserved space for
 	// high-priority transactions, don't require a fee for it.
-	serializedSize := int64(tx.MsgTx().SerializeSize())
+	serializedSize := GetTxVirtualSize(tx)
 	minFee := calcMinRequiredTxRelayFee(serializedSize,
 		mp.cfg.Policy.MinRelayTxFee)
 	if serializedSize >= (DefaultBlockPrioritySize-1000) && txFee < minFee {
@@ -1150,6 +1150,7 @@ func (mp *TxPool) RawMempoolVerbose() map[string]*btcjson.GetRawMempoolVerboseRe
 
 		mpd := &btcjson.GetRawMempoolVerboseResult{
 			Size:             int32(tx.MsgTx().SerializeSize()),
+			Vsize:            int32(GetTxVirtualSize(tx)),
 			Fee:              btcutil.Amount(desc.Fee).ToBTC(),
 			Time:             desc.Added.Unix(),
 			Height:           int64(desc.Height),
diff --git a/mempool/policy.go b/mempool/policy.go
index 0e5fb1ff..fc5c38ef 100644
--- a/mempool/policy.go
+++ b/mempool/policy.go
@@ -343,3 +343,16 @@ func checkTransactionStandard(tx *btcutil.Tx, height int32,
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// GetTxVirtualSize computes the virtual size of a given transaction. A
+// transaction's virtual size is based off it's weight, creating a discount for
+// any witness data it contains, proportional to the current
+// blockchain.WitnessScaleFactor value.
+func GetTxVirtualSize(tx *btcutil.Tx) int64 {
+	// vSize := (weight(tx) + 3) / 4
+	//       := (((baseSize * 3) + totalSize) + 3) / 4
+	// We add 3 here as a way to compute the ceiling of the prior arithmetic
+	// to 4. The division by 4 creates a discount for wit witness data.
+	return (blockchain.GetTransactionWeight(tx) + (blockchain.WitnessScaleFactor - 1)) /
+		blockchain.WitnessScaleFactor
+}
diff --git a/rpcserver.go b/rpcserver.go
index 0da988a0..3001bd68 100644
--- a/rpcserver.go
+++ b/rpcserver.go
@@ -720,6 +720,9 @@ func createTxRawResult(chainParams *chaincfg.Params, mtx *wire.MsgTx,
 	txReply := &btcjson.TxRawResult{
 		Hex:      mtxHex,
 		Txid:     txHash,
+		Hash:     mtx.WitnessHash().String(),
+		Size:     int32(mtx.SerializeSize()),
+		Vsize:    int32(mempool.GetTxVirtualSize(btcutil.NewTx(mtx))),
 		Vin:      createVinList(mtx),
 		Vout:     createVoutList(mtx, chainParams, nil),
 		Version:  mtx.Version,