diff --git a/src/daemon.rs b/src/daemon.rs
index 457bf4230..c7e77d78b 100644
--- a/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/src/daemon.rs
@@ -549,6 +549,19 @@ impl Daemon {
         )
     }
 
+    pub fn broadcast_pkg_raw(&self, txshex: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<Txid>> {
+        let res = self.request("submitpackage", json!([txshex]))?;
+        res.as_object().chain_err(|| "no object")?
+            .get("tx-results").chain_err(|| "missing key tx-results")?
+            .as_object().chain_err(|| "tx-results not an object")?
+            .into_iter().map(|(_, tx_ret)| tx_ret
+                .as_object().chain_err(|| "tx result not an object")?
+                .get("txid").chain_err(|| "missing txid field")?
+                .as_str().chain_err(|| "txid not a string")?
+                .parse().chain_err(|| "invalid txid")
+            ).collect()
+    }
+
     // Get estimated feerates for the provided confirmation targets using a batch RPC request
     // Missing estimates are logged but do not cause a failure, whatever is available is returned
     #[allow(clippy::float_cmp)]
diff --git a/src/new_index/query.rs b/src/new_index/query.rs
index 60d7510ab..3c78476e7 100644
--- a/src/new_index/query.rs
+++ b/src/new_index/query.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ impl Query {
         Ok(txid)
     }
 
+    pub fn broadcast_pkg_raw(&self, txshex: &[String]) -> Result<Vec<Txid>> {
+        let txids = self.daemon.broadcast_pkg_raw(txshex)?;
+        for txid in &txids {
+            self.mempool.write().unwrap().add_by_txid(&self.daemon, &txid);
+        }
+        Ok(txids)
+    }
+
     pub fn utxo(&self, scripthash: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<Utxo>> {
         let mut utxos = self.chain.utxo(scripthash, self.config.utxos_limit)?;
         let mempool = self.mempool();
diff --git a/src/rest.rs b/src/rest.rs
index 43eab5c60..e8ce63b25 100644
--- a/src/rest.rs
+++ b/src/rest.rs
@@ -992,6 +992,14 @@ fn handle_request(
                 .map_err(|err| HttpError::from(err.description().to_string()))?;
             http_message(StatusCode::OK, txid.to_string(), 0)
         }
+        (&Method::POST, Some(&"txs"), None, None, None, None) => {
+            let txshex = serde_json::from_slice::<Vec<String>>(&body[..]).map_err(|_| {
+                HttpError(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, "expected array of hexes".into())
+            })?;
+            let txids = query.broadcast_pkg_raw(&txshex)
+                .map_err(|err| HttpError::from(err.description().to_string()))?;
+            http_message(StatusCode::OK, serde_json::to_vec(&txids)?, 0)
+        }
 
         (&Method::GET, Some(&"mempool"), None, None, None, None) => {
             json_response(query.mempool().backlog_stats(), TTL_SHORT)