diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/getchaintips.py b/qa/rpc-tests/getchaintips.py
index 1c66b8c289..03ccedc8cb 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/getchaintips.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/getchaintips.py
@@ -54,8 +54,11 @@ class GetChainTipsTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         assert_equal (tips[1]['branchlen'], 10)
         assert_equal (tips[1]['status'], 'valid-fork')
+        # We already checked that the long tip is the active one,
+        # update data to verify that the short tip matches the expected one.
         tips[1]['branchlen'] = 0
         tips[1]['status'] = 'active'
+        tips[1]['forkpoint'] = tips[1]['hash']
         assert_equal (tips[1], shortTip)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index bd16176423..9ea15b87ea 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -1320,6 +1320,7 @@ UniValue getchaintips(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             "    \"difficulty\" : x.xxx,       (numeric) The difficulty\n"
             "    \"chainwork\" : \"0000...1f3\"  (string) Expected number of hashes required to produce the current chain (in hex)\n"
             "    \"branchlen\": 0              (numeric) zero for main chain\n"
+            "    \"forkpoint\": \"xxxx\",        (string) same as \"hash\" for the main chain\n"
             "    \"status\": \"active\"          (string) \"active\" for the main chain\n"
             "  },\n"
             "  {\n"
@@ -1328,6 +1329,7 @@ UniValue getchaintips(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             "    \"difficulty\" : x.xxx,\n"
             "    \"chainwork\" : \"0000...1f3\"\n"
             "    \"branchlen\": 1              (numeric) length of branch connecting the tip to the main chain\n"
+            "    \"forkpoint\": \"xxxx\",        (string) block hash of the last common block between this tip and the main chain\n"
             "    \"status\": \"xxxx\"            (string) status of the chain (active, valid-fork, valid-headers, headers-only, invalid)\n"
             "  }\n"
             "]\n"
@@ -1386,7 +1388,8 @@ UniValue getchaintips(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     UniValue res(UniValue::VARR);
     BOOST_FOREACH(const CBlockIndex* block, setTips)
     {
-        const int branchLen = block->nHeight - chainActive.FindFork(block)->nHeight;
+        const CBlockIndex* pindexFork = chainActive.FindFork(block);
+        const int branchLen = block->nHeight - pindexFork->nHeight;
         if(branchLen < nBranchMin) continue;
 
         if(nCountMax-- < 1) break;
@@ -1397,6 +1400,7 @@ UniValue getchaintips(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         obj.push_back(Pair("difficulty", GetDifficulty(block)));
         obj.push_back(Pair("chainwork", block->nChainWork.GetHex()));
         obj.push_back(Pair("branchlen", branchLen));
+        obj.push_back(Pair("forkpoint", pindexFork->phashBlock->GetHex()));
 
         std::string status;
         if (chainActive.Contains(block)) {