diff --git a/ethcore/res/null_morden.json b/ethcore/res/null_morden.json
index c820579d0..9b792934a 100644
--- a/ethcore/res/null_morden.json
+++ b/ethcore/res/null_morden.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"Null": null
 	},
 	"params": {
-		"accountStartNonce": "0x0100000",
+		"accountStartNonce": "0x0",
 		"maximumExtraDataSize": "0x20",
 		"minGasLimit": "0x1388",
 		"networkID" : "0x2"
diff --git a/ethcore/src/client/test_client.rs b/ethcore/src/client/test_client.rs
index be63338f4..0e7157f38 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/client/test_client.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/client/test_client.rs
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ impl BlockChainClient for TestBlockChainClient {
 
 	fn nonce(&self, address: &Address, id: BlockID) -> Option<U256> {
 		match id {
-			BlockID::Latest => Some(self.nonces.read().get(address).cloned().unwrap_or_else(U256::zero)),
+			BlockID::Latest => Some(self.nonces.read().get(address).cloned().unwrap_or(self.spec.params.account_start_nonce)),
 			_ => None,
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/ethcore/src/state.rs b/ethcore/src/state.rs
index e08b0d8f4..28091a29d 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/state.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/state.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ impl State {
 	/// Get the nonce of account `a`.
 	pub fn nonce(&self, a: &Address) -> U256 {
 		self.ensure_cached(a, false,
-			|a| a.as_ref().map_or(U256::zero(), |account| *account.nonce()))
+			|a| a.as_ref().map_or(self.account_start_nonce, |account| *account.nonce()))
 	}
 
 	/// Mutate storage of account `address` so that it is `value` for `key`.
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/tests/eth.rs b/rpc/src/v1/tests/eth.rs
index 7e871048e..4f2a5d7f7 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/tests/eth.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/tests/eth.rs
@@ -238,6 +238,54 @@ const TRANSACTION_COUNT_SPEC: &'static [u8] = br#"{
 }
 "#;
 
+const POSITIVE_NONCE_SPEC: &'static [u8] = br#"{
+	"name": "Frontier (Test)",
+	"engine": {
+		"Ethash": {
+			"params": {
+				"gasLimitBoundDivisor": "0x0400",
+				"minimumDifficulty": "0x020000",
+				"difficultyBoundDivisor": "0x0800",
+				"durationLimit": "0x0d",
+				"blockReward": "0x4563918244F40000",
+				"registrar" : "0xc6d9d2cd449a754c494264e1809c50e34d64562b",
+				"frontierCompatibilityModeLimit": "0xffffffffffffffff",
+				"daoHardforkTransition": "0xffffffffffffffff",
+				"daoHardforkBeneficiary": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+				"daoHardforkAccounts": []
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	"params": {
+		"accountStartNonce": "0x0100",
+		"maximumExtraDataSize": "0x20",
+		"minGasLimit": "0x50000",
+		"networkID" : "0x1"
+	},
+	"genesis": {
+		"seal": {
+			"ethereum": {
+				"nonce": "0x0000000000000042",
+				"mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+			}
+		},
+		"difficulty": "0x400000000",
+		"author": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+		"timestamp": "0x00",
+		"parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+		"extraData": "0x11bbe8db4e347b4e8c937c1c8370e4b5ed33adb3db69cbdb7a38e1e50b1b82fa",
+		"gasLimit": "0x50000"
+	},
+	"accounts": {
+		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000001": { "builtin": { "name": "ecrecover", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 3000, "word": 0 } } } },
+		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000002": { "builtin": { "name": "sha256", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 60, "word": 12 } } } },
+		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000003": { "builtin": { "name": "ripemd160", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 600, "word": 120 } } } },
+		"0000000000000000000000000000000000000004": { "builtin": { "name": "identity", "pricing": { "linear": { "base": 15, "word": 3 } } } },
+		"faa34835af5c2ea724333018a515fbb7d5bc0b33": { "balance": "10000000000000", "nonce": "0" }
+	}
+}
+"#;
+
 #[test]
 fn eth_transaction_count() {
 	use util::crypto::Secret;
@@ -367,6 +415,24 @@ fn verify_transaction_counts(name: String, chain: BlockChain) {
 	}
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn starting_nonce_test() {
+	let tester = EthTester::from_spec_provider(|| Spec::load(POSITIVE_NONCE_SPEC));
+	let address = ::util::hash::Address::from(10);
+
+	let sample = tester.handler.handle_request(&(r#"
+		{
+			"jsonrpc": "2.0",
+			"method": "eth_getTransactionCount",
+			"params": [""#.to_owned() + format!("0x{:?}", address).as_ref() + r#"", "latest"],
+			"id": 15
+		}
+		"#)
+	).unwrap();
+
+	assert_eq!(r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0x0100","id":15}"#, &sample);
+}
+
 register_test!(eth_transaction_count_1, verify_transaction_counts, "BlockchainTests/bcWalletTest");
 register_test!(eth_transaction_count_2, verify_transaction_counts, "BlockchainTests/bcTotalDifficultyTest");
 register_test!(eth_transaction_count_3, verify_transaction_counts, "BlockchainTests/bcGasPricerTest");