diff --git a/rpc/args/send_tx.go b/rpc/args/send_tx.go
index 5d9fe58a2f..7515dbb565 100644
--- a/rpc/args/send_tx.go
+++ b/rpc/args/send_tx.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 )
 
-// SendTxArgs represents the arguments to sumbit a new transaction into the transaction pool.
+// SendTxArgs represents the arguments to submit a new transaction into the transaction pool.
 // Duplicate struct definition since geth struct is in internal package
 // Ref: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/release/1.9/internal/ethapi/api.go#L1346
 type SendTxArgs struct {
diff --git a/rpc/filters.go b/rpc/filters.go
index 936a691719..37280f3696 100644
--- a/rpc/filters.go
+++ b/rpc/filters.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package rpc
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"math/big"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ func (f *Filter) pollForBlocks() error {
 			return errors.New("could not convert block hash to hexutil.Bytes")
 		}
 
-		hash := common.BytesToHash([]byte(hashBytes))
+		hash := common.BytesToHash(hashBytes)
 		f.hashes = append(f.hashes, hash)
 
 		prev = num
@@ -115,11 +116,50 @@ func (f *Filter) pollForBlocks() error {
 	}
 }
 
+func (f *Filter) pollForTransactions() error {
+	for {
+		if f.stopped {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		txs, err := f.backend.PendingTransactions()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, tx := range txs {
+			if !contains(f.hashes, tx.Hash) {
+				f.hashes = append(f.hashes, tx.Hash)
+			}
+		}
+
+		<-time.After(1 * time.Second)
+
+	}
+}
+
+func contains(slice []common.Hash, item common.Hash) bool {
+	set := make(map[common.Hash]struct{}, len(slice))
+	for _, s := range slice {
+		set[s] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	_, ok := set[item]
+	return ok
+}
+
 // NewPendingTransactionFilter creates a new filter that notifies when a pending transaction arrives.
 func NewPendingTransactionFilter(backend Backend) *Filter {
-	// TODO: finish
-	filter := NewFilter(backend, nil)
+	filter := NewFilter(backend, &filters.FilterCriteria{})
 	filter.typ = pendingTxFilter
+
+	go func() {
+		err := filter.pollForTransactions()
+		if err != nil {
+			filter.err = err
+		}
+	}()
+
 	return filter
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +180,14 @@ func (f *Filter) getFilterChanges() (interface{}, error) {
 
 		return blocks, nil
 	case pendingTxFilter:
-		// TODO
+		if f.err != nil {
+			return nil, f.err
+		}
+
+		txs := make([]common.Hash, len(f.hashes))
+		copy(txs, f.hashes)
+		f.hashes = []common.Hash{}
+		return txs, nil
 	case logFilter:
 		return f.getFilterLogs()
 	}
diff --git a/rpc/tester/tester_test.go b/rpc/tester/tester_test.go
index 1b71d5950e..ebacfdb1ff 100644
--- a/rpc/tester/tester_test.go
+++ b/rpc/tester/tester_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // This is a test utility for Ethermint's Web3 JSON-RPC services.
 //
 // To run these tests please first ensure you have the emintd running
-// and have started the RPC service with `emintcl rest-server`.
+// and have started the RPC service with `emintcli rest-server`.
 //
 // You can configure the desired port (or host) below.
 
@@ -491,3 +491,31 @@ func TestEth_GetLogs_Topics_AB(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Equal(t, 1, len(logs))
 }
+
+func TestEth_NewPendingTransactionFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	rpcRes, err := call(t, "eth_newPendingTransactionFilter", []string{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var code hexutil.Bytes
+	err = code.UnmarshalJSON(rpcRes.Result)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, code)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		deployTestContractWithFunction(t)
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+
+	// get filter changes
+	changesRes, err := call(t, "eth_getFilterChanges", []string{code.String()})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, changesRes)
+
+	var txs []*hexutil.Bytes
+	err = json.Unmarshal(changesRes.Result, &txs)
+	require.NoError(t, err, string(changesRes.Result))
+
+	require.True(t, len(txs) >= 2, "could not get any txs", "changesRes.Result", string(changesRes.Result))
+
+}