diff --git a/tests/functional_tests/check_missing_rpc_methods.py b/tests/functional_tests/check_missing_rpc_methods.py
index 6fadebf9b..0eedd6d0f 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests/check_missing_rpc_methods.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests/check_missing_rpc_methods.py
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@ for module in modules:
         name = name[1:]
       if not hasattr(module['object'], name):
         print('Error: %s API method %s does not have a matching function' % (module['name'], name))
+        error = True
 
 sys.exit(1 if error else 0)
diff --git a/utils/python-rpc/framework/daemon.py b/utils/python-rpc/framework/daemon.py
index 074f8de37..996137814 100644
--- a/utils/python-rpc/framework/daemon.py
+++ b/utils/python-rpc/framework/daemon.py
@@ -554,6 +554,16 @@ class Daemon(object):
         }
         return self.rpc.send_json_rpc_request(flush_cache)
 
+    def sync_txpool(self):
+        sync_txpool = {
+            'method': 'sync_txpool',
+            'params': {
+            },
+            'jsonrpc': '2.0',
+            'id': '0'
+        }
+        return self.rpc.send_json_rpc_request(sync_txpool)
+
     def rpc_access_info(self, client):
         rpc_access_info = {
             'method': 'rpc_access_info',