diff --git a/src/index/txindex.cpp b/src/index/txindex.cpp
index 10bc8419dd..5c546e1e8d 100644
--- a/src/index/txindex.cpp
+++ b/src/index/txindex.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ bool TxIndex::Init()
 bool TxIndex::WriteBlock(const CBlock& block, const CBlockIndex* pindex)
 {
     // Exclude genesis block transaction because outputs are not spendable.
-    if (pindex->nHeight == 0) return true;
+    //ELEMENTS: we do index the genesis block
+    //if (pindex->nHeight == 0) return true;
 
     CDiskTxPos pos(pindex->GetBlockPos(), GetSizeOfCompactSize(block.vtx.size()));
     std::vector<std::pair<uint256, CDiskTxPos>> vPos;
diff --git a/src/test/txindex_tests.cpp b/src/test/txindex_tests.cpp
index 095371941b..929530f520 100644
--- a/src/test/txindex_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/txindex_tests.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(txindex_initial_sync, TestChain100Setup)
     }
 
     // Check that txindex excludes genesis block transactions.
+    //ELEMENTS: we do include them
     const CBlock& genesis_block = Params().GenesisBlock();
     for (const auto& txn : genesis_block.vtx) {
-        BOOST_CHECK(!txindex.FindTx(txn->GetHash(), block_hash, tx_disk));
+        BOOST_CHECK(txindex.FindTx(txn->GetHash(), block_hash, tx_disk));
     }
 
     // Check that txindex has all txs that were in the chain before it started.