diff --git a/lib/services/bitcoind.js b/lib/services/bitcoind.js
index 4e79fcd6..7707303c 100644
--- a/lib/services/bitcoind.js
+++ b/lib/services/bitcoind.js
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ Bitcoin.prototype._checkConfigIndexes = function(spawnConfig, node) {
       'Please add "zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:<port>" to your configuration and restart'
   );
 
+  $.checkState(
+    (spawnConfig.zmqpubhashblock === spawnConfig.zmqpubrawtx),
+    '"zmqpubrawtx" and "zmqpubhashblock" are expected to the same host and port in bitcoin.conf'
+  );
+
   if (spawnConfig.reindex && spawnConfig.reindex === 1) {
     log.warn('Reindex option is currently enabled. This means that bitcoind is undergoing a reindex. ' +
              'The reindex flag will start the index from beginning every time the node is started, so it ' +
diff --git a/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js b/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
index 8719f7f5..00f616ef 100644
--- a/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
+++ b/test/services/bitcoind.unit.js
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ describe('Bitcoin Service', function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
       sandbox.stub(log, 'warn');
     });
-    after(function() {
+    afterEach(function() {
       sandbox.restore();
     });
     it('should warn the user if reindex is set to 1 in the bitcoin.conf file', function() {
@@ -448,6 +448,22 @@ describe('Bitcoin Service', function() {
       log.warn.callCount.should.equal(1);
       node._reindex.should.equal(true);
     });
+    it('should warn if zmq port and hosts do not match', function() {
+      var bitcoind = new BitcoinService(baseConfig);
+      var config = {
+        txindex: 1,
+        addressindex: 1,
+        spentindex: 1,
+        server: 1,
+        zmqpubrawtx: 'tcp://127.0.0.1:28332',
+        zmqpubhashblock: 'tcp://127.0.0.1:28331',
+        reindex: 1
+      };
+      var node = {};
+      (function() {
+        bitcoind._checkConfigIndexes(config, node);
+      }).should.throw('"zmqpubrawtx" and "zmqpubhashblock"');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('#_resetCaches', function() {