diff --git a/src/rpcclient.cpp b/src/rpcclient.cpp
index a9c491cede..7a1f1918f6 100644
--- a/src/rpcclient.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcclient.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public:
 static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] =
 {
     { "stop", 0 },
+    { "setmocktime", 0 },
     { "getaddednodeinfo", 0 },
     { "setgenerate", 0 },
     { "setgenerate", 1 },
diff --git a/src/rpcmisc.cpp b/src/rpcmisc.cpp
index 08e956c961..31eaae6162 100644
--- a/src/rpcmisc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcmisc.cpp
@@ -354,3 +354,23 @@ Value verifymessage(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
 
     return (pubkey.GetID() == keyID);
 }
+
+Value setmocktime(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
+{
+    if (fHelp || params.size() != 1)
+        throw runtime_error(
+            "setmocktime timestamp\n"
+            "\nSet the local time to given timestamp (-regtest only)\n"
+            "\nArguments:\n"
+            "1. timestamp  (integer, required) Unix seconds-since-epoch timestamp\n"
+            "   Pass 0 to go back to using the system time."
+        );
+
+    if (!Params().MineBlocksOnDemand())
+        throw runtime_error("setmocktime for regression testing (-regtest mode) only");
+
+    RPCTypeCheck(params, boost::assign::list_of(int_type));
+    SetMockTime(params[0].get_int64());
+
+    return Value::null;
+}
diff --git a/src/rpcserver.cpp b/src/rpcserver.cpp
index cc80887ba4..709e9e9402 100644
--- a/src/rpcserver.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcserver.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ static const CRPCCommand vRPCCommands[] =
     { "control",            "getinfo",                &getinfo,                true,      false,      false }, /* uses wallet if enabled */
     { "control",            "help",                   &help,                   true,      true,       false },
     { "control",            "stop",                   &stop,                   true,      true,       false },
+    { "control",            "setmocktime",            &setmocktime,            true,      false,      false },
 
     /* P2P networking */
     { "network",            "getnetworkinfo",         &getnetworkinfo,         true,      false,      false },
diff --git a/src/rpcserver.h b/src/rpcserver.h
index 2a258dd89a..9a0681bfa3 100644
--- a/src/rpcserver.h
+++ b/src/rpcserver.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ extern json_spirit::Value getinfo(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
 extern json_spirit::Value getwalletinfo(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
 extern json_spirit::Value getblockchaininfo(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
 extern json_spirit::Value getnetworkinfo(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
+extern json_spirit::Value setmocktime(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);
 
 extern json_spirit::Value getrawtransaction(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp); // in rcprawtransaction.cpp
 extern json_spirit::Value listunspent(const json_spirit::Array& params, bool fHelp);