diff --git a/zebrad/src/components/mempool.rs b/zebrad/src/components/mempool.rs
index b1340cde..10c72990 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/components/mempool.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/components/mempool.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 //! Zebra mempool.
 
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 use std::{
     collections::HashSet,
     future::Future,
     iter,
     pin::Pin,
     task::{Context, Poll},
+    time::Duration,
 };
 
 use futures::{future::FutureExt, stream::Stream};
@@ -91,6 +94,30 @@ enum ActiveState {
     },
 }
 
+/// Mempool configuration section.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct Config {
+    /// The transaction cost limit
+    pub tx_cost_limit: u32,
+    /// Max amount of minutes for transactions to be in recently evicted
+    pub eviction_memory_time: Duration,
+}
+
+/// Consensus rules:
+///
+/// - There MUST be a configuration option mempooltxcostlimit, which SHOULD default to 80000000.
+/// - There MUST be a configuration option mempoolevictionmemoryminutes, which SHOULD default to 60.
+///
+/// https://zips.z.cash/zip-0401#specification
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            tx_cost_limit: 80_000_000,
+            eviction_memory_time: Duration::from_secs(60 * 60),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Mempool async management and query service.
 ///
 /// The mempool is the set of all verified transactions that this node is aware
diff --git a/zebrad/src/config.rs b/zebrad/src/config.rs
index 5c4b9f60..25a483f1 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/config.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/config.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::{net::SocketAddr, path::PathBuf};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use crate::components::mempool::Config as MempoolSection;
 use zebra_consensus::Config as ConsensusSection;
 use zebra_network::Config as NetworkSection;
 use zebra_state::Config as StateSection;
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ pub struct ZebradConfig {
 
     /// Sync configuration
     pub sync: SyncSection,
+
+    /// Mempool configuration
+    pub mempool: MempoolSection,
 }
 
 /// Tracing configuration section.