diff --git a/assets/schema.json b/assets/schema.json
index 4235e36..c72a138 100644
--- a/assets/schema.json
+++ b/assets/schema.json
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@
     "TransactionHistoryType": {
       "description": "The type of the transaction history",
       "type": "object",
-      "required": ["direction", "block_height", "fee", "amount", "id"],
+      "required": ["direction", "block_height", "fee", "amount", "id", "tx_type"],
       "properties": {
         "direction": {
           "description": "The direction of the transaction, in or out",
@@ -1405,6 +1405,10 @@
           "type": "number",
           "format": "uint64"
         },
+        "tx_type": {
+          "description": "The type of the transaction",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
         "id": {
           "description": "The hash of the transaction",
           "type": "string"
diff --git a/src/compat/tx.rs b/src/compat/tx.rs
index b31aa50..78a587a 100644
--- a/src/compat/tx.rs
+++ b/src/compat/tx.rs
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ pub fn get_history(args: i32, len: i32) -> i64 {
                 true => types::TransactionDirectionType::Out,
                 false => types::TransactionDirectionType::In,
             };
+            let transaction_type =
+                transaction_type(t.call.as_ref().map(|(_, x, _)| x.as_str()));
             let hash_to_find = Hasher::digest(t.to_hash_input_bytes());
             match ret.iter_mut().find(|th| th.id == hash_to_find.to_string()) {
                 Some(tx) => tx.amount += note_amount,
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ pub fn get_history(args: i32, len: i32) -> i64 {
                     block_height: note_data.block_height,
                     amount: note_amount - inputs_amount,
                     fee: gas_spent * t.fee().gas_price,
+                    tx_type: transaction_type,
                     id: transaction_hash(hash_to_find),
                 }),
             }
@@ -269,6 +272,13 @@ fn transaction_hash(hash: BlsScalar) -> String {
     f
 }
 
+fn transaction_type(method: Option<&str>) -> String {
+    match method {
+        None => String::from("TRANSFER"),
+        Some(x) => x.to_uppercase(),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Serialize a unprovenTx we recieved from the wallet-core
 /// this is copied from old wallet-core (0.20.0-piecrust.0.6)
 fn utx_to_var_bytes(
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 9486f97..07148e9 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ pub struct TransactionHistoryType {
     pub fee: u64,
     #[doc = " The hash of the transaction"]
     pub id: String,
+    #[doc = " The type of the transaction"]
+    pub tx_type: String,
 }
 #[doc = " Metadata of the transaction, used in calculating history"]
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]