diff --git a/eth/handler_eth_test.go b/eth/handler_eth_test.go
index 271bae07c7..aad2c72b1b 100644
--- a/eth/handler_eth_test.go
+++ b/eth/handler_eth_test.go
@@ -450,6 +450,59 @@ func testTransactionPropagation(t *testing.T, protocol uint) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Tests that local pending transactions get propagated to peers.
+func TestTransactionPendingReannounce(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// Create a source handler to announce transactions from and a sink handler
+	// to receive them.
+	source := newTestHandler()
+	defer source.close()
+
+	sink := newTestHandler()
+	defer sink.close()
+	sink.handler.acceptTxs = 1 // mark synced to accept transactions
+
+	sourcePipe, sinkPipe := p2p.MsgPipe()
+	defer sourcePipe.Close()
+	defer sinkPipe.Close()
+
+	sourcePeer := eth.NewPeer(eth.ETH65, p2p.NewPeer(enode.ID{0}, "", nil), sourcePipe, source.txpool)
+	sinkPeer := eth.NewPeer(eth.ETH65, p2p.NewPeer(enode.ID{0}, "", nil), sinkPipe, sink.txpool)
+	defer sourcePeer.Close()
+	defer sinkPeer.Close()
+
+	go source.handler.runEthPeer(sourcePeer, func(peer *eth.Peer) error {
+		return eth.Handle((*ethHandler)(source.handler), peer)
+	})
+	go sink.handler.runEthPeer(sinkPeer, func(peer *eth.Peer) error {
+		return eth.Handle((*ethHandler)(sink.handler), peer)
+	})
+
+	// Subscribe transaction pools
+	txCh := make(chan core.NewTxsEvent, 1024)
+	sub := sink.txpool.SubscribeNewTxsEvent(txCh)
+	defer sub.Unsubscribe()
+
+	txs := make([]*types.Transaction, 64)
+	for nonce := range txs {
+		tx := types.NewTransaction(uint64(nonce), common.Address{}, big.NewInt(0), 100000, big.NewInt(0), nil)
+		tx, _ = types.SignTx(tx, types.HomesteadSigner{}, testKey)
+
+		txs[nonce] = tx
+	}
+	source.txpool.ReannouceTransactions(txs)
+
+	for arrived := 0; arrived < len(txs); {
+		select {
+		case event := <-txCh:
+			arrived += len(event.Txs)
+		case <-time.NewTimer(time.Second).C:
+			t.Errorf("sink: transaction propagation timed out: have %d, want %d", arrived, len(txs))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Tests that post eth protocol handshake, clients perform a mutual checkpoint
 // challenge to validate each other's chains. Hash mismatches, or missing ones
 // during a fast sync should lead to the peer getting dropped.
diff --git a/eth/handler_test.go b/eth/handler_test.go
index a90ef5c348..c3b7b769b2 100644
--- a/eth/handler_test.go
+++ b/eth/handler_test.go
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ var (
 type testTxPool struct {
 	pool map[common.Hash]*types.Transaction // Hash map of collected transactions
 
-	txFeed event.Feed   // Notification feed to allow waiting for inclusion
-	lock   sync.RWMutex // Protects the transaction pool
+	txFeed       event.Feed   // Notification feed to allow waiting for inclusion
+	reannoTxFeed event.Feed   // Notification feed to trigger reannouce
+	lock         sync.RWMutex // Protects the transaction pool
 }
 
 // newTestTxPool creates a mock transaction pool.
@@ -90,6 +91,18 @@ func (p *testTxPool) AddRemotes(txs []*types.Transaction) []error {
 	return make([]error, len(txs))
 }
 
+// ReannouceTransactions announce the transactions to some peers.
+func (p *testTxPool) ReannouceTransactions(txs []*types.Transaction) []error {
+	p.lock.Lock()
+	defer p.lock.Unlock()
+
+	for _, tx := range txs {
+		p.pool[tx.Hash()] = tx
+	}
+	p.reannoTxFeed.Send(core.ReannoTxsEvent{Txs: txs})
+	return make([]error, len(txs))
+}
+
 // Pending returns all the transactions known to the pool
 func (p *testTxPool) Pending() (map[common.Address]types.Transactions, error) {
 	p.lock.RLock()
@@ -112,6 +125,12 @@ func (p *testTxPool) SubscribeNewTxsEvent(ch chan<- core.NewTxsEvent) event.Subs
 	return p.txFeed.Subscribe(ch)
 }
 
+// SubscribeReannoTxsEvent should return an event subscription of ReannoTxsEvent and
+// send events to the given channel.
+func (p *testTxPool) SubscribeReannoTxsEvent(ch chan<- core.ReannoTxsEvent) event.Subscription {
+	return p.reannoTxFeed.Subscribe(ch)
+}
+
 // testHandler is a live implementation of the Ethereum protocol handler, just
 // preinitialized with some sane testing defaults and the transaction pool mocked
 // out.