diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index bb5337c4adb..ef7bcb42d45 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ UniValue importprivkey(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         if (pwalletMain->HaveKey(vchAddress))
             return NullUniValue;
 
-        pwalletMain->mapKeyMetadata[vchAddress].nCreateTime = 1;
+        CKeyMetadata& metadata = pwalletMain->mapKeyMetadata[vchAddress];
+        metadata.nCreateTime = 1;
+        metadata.SetKeyOrigin(metadata.GetKeyOrigin() | CKeyMetadata::KEY_ORIGIN_IMPORTED);
 
         if (!pwalletMain->AddKeyPubKey(key, pubkey))
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Error adding key to wallet");
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 5a22e0278da..7f4060a89fd 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -1196,6 +1196,22 @@ UniValue ListReceived(const UniValue& params, bool fByAccounts)
             fIsWatchonly = (*it).second.fIsWatchonly;
         }
 
+        // convert keyflags into a string
+        CKeyID keyID;
+        uint8_t keyFlags = 0;
+        if (address.GetKeyID(keyID))
+            keyFlags = pwalletMain->mapKeyMetadata[keyID].GetKeyOrigin();
+
+        std::string keyOrigin;
+        if (keyFlags & CKeyMetadata::KEY_ORIGIN_UNKNOWN)
+            keyOrigin = "unknown";
+        if (keyFlags & CKeyMetadata::KEY_ORIGIN_ENC_WALLET)
+            keyOrigin = "encrypted";
+        else if (keyFlags & CKeyMetadata::KEY_ORIGIN_UNENC_WALLET)
+            keyOrigin = "unencrypted";
+        if (keyFlags & CKeyMetadata::KEY_ORIGIN_IMPORTED)
+            keyOrigin = "imported";
+
         if (fByAccounts)
         {
             tallyitem& _item = mapAccountTally[strAccount];
@@ -1211,6 +1227,7 @@ UniValue ListReceived(const UniValue& params, bool fByAccounts)
             obj.push_back(Pair("address",       address.ToString()));
             obj.push_back(Pair("account",       strAccount));
             obj.push_back(Pair("amount",        ValueFromAmount(nAmount)));
+            obj.push_back(Pair("key_origin", keyOrigin));
             obj.push_back(Pair("confirmations", (nConf == std::numeric_limits<int>::max() ? 0 : nConf)));
             if (!fByAccounts)
                 obj.push_back(Pair("label", strAccount));
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 3e18cb702cd..5aaffd47d2e 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ CPubKey CWallet::GenerateNewKey()
     int64_t nCreationTime = GetTime();
     CKeyMetadata metadata(nCreationTime);
 
+    //check if the wallet supports keyflags
+    if (GetVersion() >= FEATURE_HD) {
+        if (CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_HD_KEYMETA) && SetMinVersion(FEATURE_HD_KEYMETA)) {
+            metadata.nVersion = CKeyMetadata::VERSION_WITH_META;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_KEYMETA) && SetMinVersion(FEATURE_KEYMETA)) {
+            metadata.nVersion = CKeyMetadata::VERSION_WITH_META;
+        } else if (CanSupportFeature(FEATURE_KEYFLAGS) && SetMinVersion(FEATURE_KEYFLAGS)) {
+            metadata.nVersion = CKeyMetadata::VERSION_WITH_FLAGS;
+        }
+    }
+    metadata.SetKeyOrigin(IsCrypted() ? CKeyMetadata::KEY_ORIGIN_ENC_WALLET : CKeyMetadata::KEY_ORIGIN_UNENC_WALLET);
+
     // use HD key derivation if HD was enabled during wallet creation
     if (IsHDEnabled()) {
         DeriveNewChildKey(metadata, secret);
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 409d8170464..00704ca06c1 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -81,9 +81,12 @@ enum WalletFeature
 
     FEATURE_WALLETCRYPT = 40000, // wallet encryption
     FEATURE_COMPRPUBKEY = 60000, // compressed public keys
+    FEATURE_KEYFLAGS    = 70000, // key metadata flags for storing informations like key origin
+    FEATURE_KEYMETA     = 70001, // key metadata map
 
     FEATURE_HD = 130000, // Hierarchical key derivation after BIP32 (HD Wallet)
-    FEATURE_LATEST = FEATURE_COMPRPUBKEY // HD is optional, use FEATURE_COMPRPUBKEY as latest version
+    FEATURE_HD_KEYMETA = 130001, // HD + key metadata map
+    FEATURE_LATEST = FEATURE_KEYMETA // HD is optional, use FEATURE_KEYMETA as latest version
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.h b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
index eb25ac613dd..44b47f9cda2 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.h
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
@@ -73,12 +73,22 @@ class CKeyMetadata
 {
 public:
     static const int VERSION_BASIC=1;
+    static const int VERSION_WITH_FLAGS=2;
     static const int VERSION_WITH_HDDATA=10;
-    static const int CURRENT_VERSION=VERSION_WITH_HDDATA;
+    static const int VERSION_WITH_META=11;
+    static const int CURRENT_VERSION=VERSION_WITH_META;
+
+    static const uint8_t KEY_ORIGIN_UNSET         = 0x0000;
+    static const uint8_t KEY_ORIGIN_UNKNOWN       = 0x0001;
+    static const uint8_t KEY_ORIGIN_IMPORTED      = 0x0002;
+    static const uint8_t KEY_ORIGIN_UNENC_WALLET  = 0x0004;
+    static const uint8_t KEY_ORIGIN_ENC_WALLET    = 0x0008;
+
     int nVersion;
     int64_t nCreateTime; // 0 means unknown
     std::string hdKeypath; //optional HD/bip32 keypath
     CKeyID hdMasterKeyID; //id of the HD masterkey used to derive this key
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> mapMeta;
 
     CKeyMetadata()
     {
@@ -94,12 +104,30 @@ class CKeyMetadata
 
     template <typename Stream, typename Operation>
     inline void SerializationOp(Stream& s, Operation ser_action) {
+        if (ser_action.ForRead()) {
+            SetNull();
+        }
         READWRITE(this->nVersion);
         READWRITE(nCreateTime);
         if (this->nVersion >= VERSION_WITH_HDDATA)
         {
             READWRITE(hdKeypath);
             READWRITE(hdMasterKeyID);
+            if (nVersion >= VERSION_WITH_META) {
+                READWRITE(mapMeta);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        if (nVersion >= VERSION_WITH_FLAGS)
+        {
+            uint8_t keyFlags;
+            if (!ser_action.ForRead()) {
+                keyFlags = GetKeyOrigin();
+            }
+            READWRITE(keyFlags);
+            if (ser_action.ForRead()) {
+                SetKeyOrigin(keyFlags);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -109,6 +137,30 @@ class CKeyMetadata
         nCreateTime = 0;
         hdKeypath.clear();
         hdMasterKeyID.SetNull();
+        mapMeta.clear();
+    }
+
+    void SetKeyOrigin(const uint8_t n) {
+        const char * const p = (const char *)&n;
+        const auto it = mapMeta.find("origin");
+        if (it == mapMeta.end()) {
+            std::string s(p, 1);
+            mapMeta["origin"] = s;
+        } else {
+            // Avoid losing additional bytes, which might be future extension
+            if (it->second.size() < 1) {
+                it->second.resize(1);
+            }
+            it->second[0] = *p;
+        }
+    }
+
+    uint8_t GetKeyOrigin() const {
+        const auto it = mapMeta.find("origin");
+        if (it == mapMeta.end() || it->second.size() < 1) {
+            return KEY_ORIGIN_UNSET;
+        }
+        return it->second[0];
     }
 };