diff --git a/mempool/mempool.go b/mempool/mempool.go
index 8a528626..9e8f9b63 100644
--- a/mempool/mempool.go
+++ b/mempool/mempool.go
@@ -619,10 +619,11 @@ func (mp *TxPool) maybeAcceptTransaction(tx *btcutil.Tx, isNew, rateLimit, rejec
 	bestHeight := mp.cfg.BestHeight()
 	nextBlockHeight := bestHeight + 1
 
+	medianTimePast := mp.cfg.MedianTimePast()
+
 	// Don't allow non-standard transactions if the network parameters
 	// forbid their acceptance.
 	if !mp.cfg.Policy.AcceptNonStd {
-		medianTimePast := mp.cfg.MedianTimePast()
 		err = checkTransactionStandard(tx, nextBlockHeight,
 			medianTimePast, mp.cfg.Policy.MinRelayTxFee)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -692,6 +693,22 @@ func (mp *TxPool) maybeAcceptTransaction(tx *btcutil.Tx, isNew, rateLimit, rejec
 		return missingParents, nil
 	}
 
+	// Don't allow the transaction into the mempool unless its sequence
+	// lock is active, meaning that it'll be allowed into the next block
+	// with respect to its defined relative lock times.
+	sequenceLock, err := mp.cfg.CalcSequenceLock(tx, utxoView)
+	if err != nil {
+		if cerr, ok := err.(blockchain.RuleError); ok {
+			return nil, chainRuleError(cerr)
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !blockchain.SequenceLockActive(sequenceLock, nextBlockHeight,
+		medianTimePast) {
+		return nil, txRuleError(wire.RejectNonstandard,
+			"transaction's sequence locks on inputs not met")
+	}
+
 	// Perform several checks on the transaction inputs using the invariant
 	// rules in blockchain for what transactions are allowed into blocks.
 	// Also returns the fees associated with the transaction which will be
diff --git a/mining.go b/mining.go
index 63c2b80a..39ba6291 100644
--- a/mining.go
+++ b/mining.go
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ mempoolLoop:
 		}
 		if !blockchain.IsFinalizedTransaction(tx, nextBlockHeight,
 			timeSource.AdjustedTime()) {
-
 			minrLog.Tracef("Skipping non-finalized tx %s", tx.Hash())
 			continue
 		}