diff --git a/cmd/kaspactl/main.go b/cmd/kaspactl/main.go
index 458ec1c41..55c448ada 100644
--- a/cmd/kaspactl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kaspactl/main.go
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/server/grpcserver/protowire"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func postCommand(cfg *configFlags, client *grpcclient.GRPCClient, responseChan c
 	if err != nil {
 		printErrorAndExit(fmt.Sprintf("error posting the request to the RPC server: %s", err))
 	}
-	responseBytes, err := protojson.Marshal(response)
+	responseBytes, err := protojson.MarshalOptions{EmitUnpopulated: true}.Marshal(response)
 	if err != nil {
 		printErrorAndExit(errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing the response from the RPC server").Error())
 	}
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ func prettifyResponse(response string) string {
 
 	marshalOptions := &protojson.MarshalOptions{}
 	marshalOptions.Indent = "    "
+	marshalOptions.EmitUnpopulated = true
 	return marshalOptions.Format(kaspadMessage)
 }
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/grpcclient/post.go b/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/grpcclient/post.go
index 8247d708b..70ff30db0 100644
--- a/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/grpcclient/post.go
+++ b/infrastructure/network/rpcclient/grpcclient/post.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func (c *GRPCClient) PostJSON(requestJSON string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	responseBytes, err := protojson.Marshal(response)
+	responseBytes, err := protojson.MarshalOptions{EmitUnpopulated: true}.Marshal(response)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing the response from the RPC server")
 	}