diff --git a/chain/chain.go b/chain/chain.go
index 68776c1..15181c4 100644
--- a/chain/chain.go
+++ b/chain/chain.go
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ func NewClient(net *btcnet.Params, connect, user, pass string, certs []byte) (*C
 	}
 	initializedClient := make(chan struct{})
 	ntfnCallbacks := btcrpcclient.NotificationHandlers{
-		OnClientConnected: func() {
-			log.Info("Established connection to btcd")
-		},
+		OnClientConnected:   client.onClientConnect,
 		OnBlockConnected:    client.onBlockConnected,
 		OnBlockDisconnected: client.onBlockDisconnected,
 		OnRecvTx:            client.onRecvTx,
@@ -146,6 +144,7 @@ func (c *Client) BlockStamp() (*keystore.BlockStamp, error) {
 // btcrpcclient callbacks, which isn't very Go-like and doesn't allow
 // blocking client calls.
 type (
+	ClientConnected   struct{}
 	BlockConnected    keystore.BlockStamp
 	BlockDisconnected keystore.BlockStamp
 	RecvTx            struct {
@@ -187,6 +186,11 @@ func parseBlock(block *btcws.BlockDetails) (blk *txstore.Block, idx int, err err
 	return blk, block.Index, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Client) onClientConnect() {
+	log.Info("Established websocket RPC connection to btcd")
+	c.enqueueNotification <- ClientConnected{}
+}
+
 func (c *Client) onBlockConnected(hash *btcwire.ShaHash, height int32) {
 	c.enqueueNotification <- BlockConnected{Hash: hash, Height: height}
 }
diff --git a/chainntfns.go b/chainntfns.go
index 07d706b..8b1e297 100644
--- a/chainntfns.go
+++ b/chainntfns.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ func (w *Wallet) handleChainNotifications() {
 	for n := range w.chainSvr.Notifications() {
 		var err error
 		switch n := n.(type) {
+		case chain.ClientConnected:
+			w.notifyChainServerConnected(true)
 		case chain.BlockConnected:
 			w.connectBlock(keystore.BlockStamp(n))
 		case chain.BlockDisconnected:
diff --git a/rpcserver.go b/rpcserver.go
index 3765c1b..b424f29 100644
--- a/rpcserver.go
+++ b/rpcserver.go
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ func (s *rpcServer) SetWallet(wallet *Wallet) {
 	s.wallet = wallet
 	s.registerWalletNtfns <- struct{}{}
 
+	chainSvrConnected := false
 	if s.chainSvr != nil {
 		// If the chain server rpc client is also set, there's no reason
 		// to keep the mutex around.  Make the locker simply execute
@@ -523,7 +524,15 @@ func (s *rpcServer) SetWallet(wallet *Wallet) {
 		// With both the wallet and chain server set, all handlers are
 		// ok to run.
 		s.handlerLookup = lookupAnyHandler
+
+		chainSvrConnected = !s.chainSvr.Disconnected()
 	}
+
+	// Make sure already connected websocket clients get a notification
+	// if the chain RPC client connection is set and connected.  This is
+	// run as a goroutine since it must aquire the handlerLock, which is
+	// locked here.
+	go s.notifyChainServerConnected(chainSvrConnected)
 }
 
 // SetChainServer sets the chain server client component needed to run a fully
@@ -546,6 +555,12 @@ func (s *rpcServer) SetChainServer(chainSvr *chain.Client) {
 		// ok to run.
 		s.handlerLookup = lookupAnyHandler
 	}
+
+	// Make sure already connected websocket clients get a notification
+	// if the chain RPC client connection is set and connected.  This is
+	// run as a goroutine since it must aquire the handlerLock, which is
+	// locked here.
+	go s.notifyChainServerConnected(!chainSvr.Disconnected())
 }
 
 // HandlerClosure creates a closure function for handling requests of the given