diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/Transaction.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/Transaction.java
index 18f93b0e3f..1d9fd75e48 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/Transaction.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/Transaction.java
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public boolean isContractCreation() {
 
     public ECKey getKey() {
         byte[] hash = getRawHash();
-        return ECKey.recoverFromSignature(signature.v, signature, hash);
+        return ECKey.recoverFromSignature(0, signature, hash);
     }
 
     public synchronized byte[] getSender() {
diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/core/TransactionTest.java b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/core/TransactionTest.java
index bf808643b2..acb525889d 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/core/TransactionTest.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/core/TransactionTest.java
@@ -787,4 +787,13 @@ public void unsignedChainIdTransactionTest() {
         Transaction copyTx = new Transaction(tx.getNonce(), tx.getGasPrice(), tx.getGasLimit(), tx.getReceiveAddress(), tx.getValue(), tx.getData(), tx.getChainId());
         assertArrayEquals(rlpUnsignedTx, copyTx.getEncoded());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetKeyFromSignature() {
+        ECKey sender = new ECKey();
+        BlockchainImpl blockchain = ImportLightTest.createBlockchain(GenesisLoader.loadGenesis(
+                getClass().getResourceAsStream("/genesis/genesis-light.json")));
+        Transaction tx = createTx(blockchain, sender, new byte[32], new byte[0], 100);
+        Assert.assertNotNull(tx.getKey());
+    }
 }