diff --git a/bin/node b/bin/node
index f8683219..970dece1 100755
--- a/bin/node
+++ b/bin/node
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ var node = new bcoin.fullnode({
   coinCache: fast || process.argv.indexOf('--coin-cache') !== -1,
   selfish: process.argv.indexOf('--selfish') !== -1,
   headers: fast || process.argv.indexOf('--headers') !== -1,
-  parallel: process.argv.indexOf('--parallel') !== -1
+  parallel: process.argv.indexOf('--parallel') !== -1,
+  bip151: process.argv.indexOf('--bip151') !== -1
 });
 
 node.on('error', function(err) {
diff --git a/bin/spvnode b/bin/spvnode
index 3a5be51e..f9a2f2f6 100755
--- a/bin/spvnode
+++ b/bin/spvnode
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ var node = bcoin.spvnode({
   logFile: true,
   db: 'leveldb',
   useCheckpoints: process.argv.indexOf('--checkpoints') !== -1,
-  headers: process.argv.indexOf('--headers') !== -1
+  headers: process.argv.indexOf('--headers') !== -1,
+  bip151: process.argv.indexOf('--bip151') !== -1
 });
 
 node.on('error', function(err) {
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/fullnode.js b/lib/bcoin/fullnode.js
index e763099b..e4a62b72 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/fullnode.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/fullnode.js
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ function Fullnode(options) {
     selfish: this.options.selfish,
     headers: this.options.headers,
     compact: this.options.compact,
+    bip151: this.options.bip151,
     proxyServer: this.options.proxyServer,
     preferredSeed: this.options.preferredSeed,
     spv: false
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/peer.js b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
index ac69539c..6fe75b2f 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/peer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function Peer(pool, options) {
   this.sentAddr = false;
   this.bip151 = null;
 
-  if (options.bip151)
+  if (this.pool.options.bip151)
     this.bip151 = new bcoin.bip151();
 
   this.challenge = null;