diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dfcd0d1b9..dc96203be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Current Master
 
+- Throw an error if a application tries to submit a tx whose value is a decimal, and inform that it should be in wei.
 - Fix bug that prevented updating custom token details.
 - No longer mark long-pending transactions as failed, since we now have button to retry with higher gas.
 - Fix rounding error when specifying an ether amount that has too much precision.
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/tx-gas-utils.js b/app/scripts/lib/tx-gas-utils.js
index 247b34e47..ccf8bb1b1 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/tx-gas-utils.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/tx-gas-utils.js
@@ -81,8 +81,15 @@ module.exports = class txProvideUtil {
   }
 
   async validateTxParams (txParams) {
-    if (('value' in txParams) && txParams.value.indexOf('-') === 0) {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid transaction value of ${txParams.value} not a positive number.`)
+    if ('value' in txParams) {
+      const value = txParams.value.toString()
+      if (value.includes('-')) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid transaction value of ${txParams.value} not a positive number.`)
+      }
+
+      if (value.includes('.')) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid transaction value of ${txParams.value} number must be in wei`)
+      }
     }
   }
 }