diff --git a/jsoncmd.go b/jsoncmd.go
index 1bb85c45..2119663a 100644
--- a/jsoncmd.go
+++ b/jsoncmd.go
@@ -3586,7 +3586,7 @@ func (cmd *ImportPrivKeyCmd) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if len(r.Params) > 3 {
+	if len(r.Params) == 0 || len(r.Params) > 3 {
 		return ErrWrongNumberOfParams
 	}
 
diff --git a/jsoncmd_test.go b/jsoncmd_test.go
index f5465c33..09656208 100644
--- a/jsoncmd_test.go
+++ b/jsoncmd_test.go
@@ -674,7 +674,21 @@ var jsoncmdtests = []struct {
 		},
 	},
 	{
-		name: "basic importprivkey + opts",
+		name: "basic importprivkey + 1 opt",
+		f: func() (Cmd, error) {
+			return NewImportPrivKeyCmd(float64(1),
+				"somereallongprivatekey",
+				"some text")
+		},
+		result: &ImportPrivKeyCmd{
+			id:      float64(1),
+			PrivKey: "somereallongprivatekey",
+			Label:   "some text",
+			Rescan:  true,
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "basic importprivkey + 2 opts",
 		f: func() (Cmd, error) {
 			return NewImportPrivKeyCmd(float64(1),
 				"somereallongprivatekey",