diff --git a/miner.go b/miner.go
index 28f1126..fef434e 100644
--- a/miner.go
+++ b/miner.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func MineBlock(cm *chain.Manager, addr types.Address, timeout time.Duration) (ty
 			break
 		}
 		b.Transactions = append(b.Transactions, txn)
+		b.MinerPayouts[0].Value = b.MinerPayouts[0].Value.Add(txn.TotalFees())
 	}
 	for _, txn := range cm.V2PoolTransactions() {
 		if weight += cs.V2TransactionWeight(txn); weight > cs.MaxBlockWeight() {
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ func MineBlock(cm *chain.Manager, addr types.Address, timeout time.Duration) (ty
 			}
 		}
 		b.V2.Transactions = append(b.V2.Transactions, txn)
+		b.MinerPayouts[0].Value = b.MinerPayouts[0].Value.Add(txn.MinerFee)
 	}
 	if b.V2 != nil {
 		b.V2.Commitment = cs.Commitment(cs.TransactionsCommitment(b.Transactions, b.V2Transactions()), addr)
diff --git a/miner_test.go b/miner_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c25b4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/miner_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package coreutils
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.sia.tech/core/types"
+	"go.sia.tech/coreutils/chain"
+)
+
+func TestMiner(t *testing.T) {
+	n, genesisBlock := chain.TestnetZen()
+	n.InitialTarget = types.BlockID{0xFF}
+
+	sk := types.GeneratePrivateKey()
+	genesisBlock.Transactions = []types.Transaction{{
+		SiacoinOutputs: []types.SiacoinOutput{
+			{
+				Address: types.StandardUnlockHash(sk.PublicKey()),
+				Value:   types.Siacoins(10),
+			},
+		},
+	}}
+
+	store, tipState, err := chain.NewDBStore(chain.NewMemDB(), n, genesisBlock)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer store.Close()
+	cm := chain.NewManager(store, tipState)
+
+	// create a transaction
+	txn := types.Transaction{
+		SiacoinInputs: []types.SiacoinInput{{
+			ParentID:         genesisBlock.Transactions[0].SiacoinOutputID(0),
+			UnlockConditions: types.StandardUnlockConditions(sk.PublicKey()),
+		}},
+		SiacoinOutputs: []types.SiacoinOutput{{
+			Address: types.StandardUnlockHash(sk.PublicKey()),
+			Value:   types.Siacoins(9),
+		}},
+		MinerFees: []types.Currency{types.Siacoins(1)},
+	}
+
+	// sign the inputs
+	for _, sci := range txn.SiacoinInputs {
+		sig := sk.SignHash(cm.TipState().WholeSigHash(txn, types.Hash256(sci.ParentID), 0, 0, nil))
+		txn.Signatures = append(txn.Signatures, types.TransactionSignature{
+			ParentID:       types.Hash256(sci.ParentID),
+			CoveredFields:  types.CoveredFields{WholeTransaction: true},
+			PublicKeyIndex: 0,
+			Signature:      sig[:],
+		})
+	}
+
+	// add the transaction to the pool
+	_, err = cm.AddPoolTransactions([]types.Transaction{txn})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// assert the minerpayout includes the txn fee
+	b, found := MineBlock(cm, types.VoidAddress, time.Second)
+	if !found {
+		t.Fatal("PoW failed")
+	} else if len(b.MinerPayouts) != 1 {
+		t.Fatal("expected one miner payout")
+	} else if b.MinerPayouts[0].Value.Cmp(types.Siacoins(1).Add(cm.TipState().BlockReward())) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("unexpected miner payout", b.MinerPayouts[0].Value.ExactString())
+	}
+}