diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 46ae795b5..b83b0492d 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -726,13 +726,14 @@ func (cfg *DBCacheConfig) ToGolevelDBOpt() *optPkg.Options {
 
 // MempoolConfig defines the configuration options for the Tendermint mempool
 type MempoolConfig struct {
-	RootDir     string `mapstructure:"home"`
-	Recheck     bool   `mapstructure:"recheck"`
-	Broadcast   bool   `mapstructure:"broadcast"`
-	WalPath     string `mapstructure:"wal_dir"`
-	Size        int    `mapstructure:"size"`
-	MaxTxsBytes int64  `mapstructure:"max_txs_bytes"`
-	CacheSize   int    `mapstructure:"cache_size"`
+	RootDir        string `mapstructure:"home"`
+	Recheck        bool   `mapstructure:"recheck"`
+	Broadcast      bool   `mapstructure:"broadcast"`
+	WalPath        string `mapstructure:"wal_dir"`
+	Size           int    `mapstructure:"size"`
+	MaxTxsBytes    int64  `mapstructure:"max_txs_bytes"`
+	CacheSize      int    `mapstructure:"cache_size"`
+	OnlyPersistent bool   `mapstructure:"only_persistent"`
 }
 
 // DefaultMempoolConfig returns a default configuration for the Tendermint mempool
@@ -743,9 +744,10 @@ func DefaultMempoolConfig() *MempoolConfig {
 		WalPath:   "",
 		// Each signature verification takes .5ms, Size reduced until we implement
 		// ABCI Recheck
-		Size:        5000,
-		MaxTxsBytes: 1024 * 1024 * 1024, // 1GB
-		CacheSize:   10000,
+		Size:           5000,
+		MaxTxsBytes:    1024 * 1024 * 1024, // 1GB
+		CacheSize:      10000,
+		OnlyPersistent: false,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/config/toml.go b/config/toml.go
index c8e848de0..a2b55c36d 100644
--- a/config/toml.go
+++ b/config/toml.go
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ recheck = {{ .Mempool.Recheck }}
 broadcast = {{ .Mempool.Broadcast }}
 wal_dir = "{{ js .Mempool.WalPath }}"
 
+# If set true, will only broadcast transactions to persistent peers. 
+only_persistent = {{ .Mempool.OnlyPersistent }}
+
 # Maximum number of transactions in the mempool
 size = {{ .Mempool.Size }}
 
diff --git a/mempool/reactor.go b/mempool/reactor.go
index bd170204b..6f716ecf8 100644
--- a/mempool/reactor.go
+++ b/mempool/reactor.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ type PeerState interface {
 
 // Send new mempool txs to peer.
 func (memR *MempoolReactor) broadcastTxRoutine(peer p2p.Peer) {
-	if !memR.config.Broadcast {
+	if !memR.config.Broadcast || (memR.config.OnlyPersistent && !memR.Switch.IsPersistent(peer)) {
 		return
 	}