diff --git a/lib/blockchain/chain.js b/lib/blockchain/chain.js
index 51329083..2c44b11d 100644
--- a/lib/blockchain/chain.js
+++ b/lib/blockchain/chain.js
@@ -2389,6 +2389,9 @@ class Chain extends AsyncEmitter {
   async getState(prev, deployment) {
     const bit = deployment.bit;
 
+    if (deployment.startTime === -1)
+      return thresholdStates.ACTIVE;
+
     let window = this.network.minerWindow;
     let threshold = this.network.activationThreshold;
 
diff --git a/lib/protocol/networks.js b/lib/protocol/networks.js
index 3190d005..45c210d6 100644
--- a/lib/protocol/networks.js
+++ b/lib/protocol/networks.js
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ regtest.deployments = {
   segwit: {
     name: 'segwit',
     bit: 1,
-    startTime: 0,
+    startTime: -1,
     timeout: 0xffffffff,
     threshold: -1,
     window: -1,