diff --git a/src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp b/src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp
index 64738df7307eef..98f654d1fd1cf9 100644
--- a/src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/test/wallettests.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<CWallet> SetupLegacyWatchOnlyWallet(interfaces::Node& node, Test
         wallet->SetupLegacyScriptPubKeyMan();
         // Add watched key
         CPubKey pubKey = test.coinbaseKey.GetPubKey();
-        bool import_keys = wallet->ImportPubKeys({pubKey.GetID()}, {{pubKey.GetID(), pubKey}} , /*key_origins=*/{}, /*add_keypool=*/false, /*internal=*/false, /*timestamp=*/1);
+        bool import_keys = wallet->ImportPubKeys({{pubKey.GetID(), false}}, {{pubKey.GetID(), pubKey}} , /*key_origins=*/{}, /*add_keypool=*/false, /*timestamp=*/1);
         assert(import_keys);
         wallet->SetLastBlockProcessed(105, WITH_LOCK(node.context()->chainman->GetMutex(), return node.context()->chainman->ActiveChain().Tip()->GetBlockHash()));
     }
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
index f4f749ad0c6aec..75e52d260c47a6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ RPCHelpMan importpubkey()
 
         pwallet->ImportScriptPubKeys(strLabel, script_pub_keys, /*have_solving_data=*/true, /*apply_label=*/true, /*timestamp=*/1);
 
-        pwallet->ImportPubKeys({pubKey.GetID()}, {{pubKey.GetID(), pubKey}} , /*key_origins=*/{}, /*add_keypool=*/false, /*internal=*/false, /*timestamp=*/1);
+        pwallet->ImportPubKeys({{pubKey.GetID(), false}}, {{pubKey.GetID(), pubKey}} , /*key_origins=*/{}, /*add_keypool=*/false, /*timestamp=*/1);
     }
     if (fRescan)
     {
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static std::string RecurseImportData(const CScript& script, ImportData& import_d
     NONFATAL_UNREACHABLE();
 }
 
-static UniValue ProcessImportLegacy(ImportData& import_data, std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, std::map<CKeyID, CKey>& privkey_map, std::set<CScript>& script_pub_keys, bool& have_solving_data, const UniValue& data, std::vector<CKeyID>& ordered_pubkeys)
+static UniValue ProcessImportLegacy(ImportData& import_data, std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, std::map<CKeyID, CKey>& privkey_map, std::set<CScript>& script_pub_keys, bool& have_solving_data, const UniValue& data, std::vector<std::pair<CKeyID, bool>>& ordered_pubkeys)
 {
     UniValue warnings(UniValue::VARR);
 
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static UniValue ProcessImportLegacy(ImportData& import_data, std::map<CKeyID, CP
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Pubkey \"" + str + "\" is not a valid public key");
         }
         pubkey_map.emplace(pubkey.GetID(), pubkey);
-        ordered_pubkeys.push_back(pubkey.GetID());
+        ordered_pubkeys.push_back({pubkey.GetID(), internal});
     }
     for (size_t i = 0; i < keys.size(); ++i) {
         const auto& str = keys[i].get_str();
@@ -1069,8 +1069,10 @@ static UniValue ProcessImportLegacy(ImportData& import_data, std::map<CKeyID, CP
     return warnings;
 }
 
-static UniValue ProcessImportDescriptor(ImportData& import_data, std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, std::map<CKeyID, CKey>& privkey_map, std::set<CScript>& script_pub_keys, bool& have_solving_data, const UniValue& data, std::vector<CKeyID>& ordered_pubkeys)
+static UniValue ProcessImportDescriptor(ImportData& import_data, std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, std::map<CKeyID, CKey>& privkey_map, std::set<CScript>& script_pub_keys, bool& have_solving_data, const UniValue& data, std::vector<std::pair<CKeyID, bool>>& ordered_pubkeys)
 {
+    const bool internal = data.exists("internal") ? data["internal"].get_bool() : false;
+
     UniValue warnings(UniValue::VARR);
 
     const std::string& descriptor = data["desc"].get_str();
@@ -1107,7 +1109,7 @@ static UniValue ProcessImportDescriptor(ImportData& import_data, std::map<CKeyID
         parsed_desc->Expand(i, keys, scripts_temp, out_keys);
         std::copy(scripts_temp.begin(), scripts_temp.end(), std::inserter(script_pub_keys, script_pub_keys.end()));
         for (const auto& key_pair : out_keys.pubkeys) {
-            ordered_pubkeys.push_back(key_pair.first);
+            ordered_pubkeys.push_back({key_pair.first, internal});
         }
 
         for (const auto& x : out_keys.scripts) {
@@ -1182,7 +1184,7 @@ static UniValue ProcessImport(CWallet& wallet, const UniValue& data, const int64
         std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey> pubkey_map;
         std::map<CKeyID, CKey> privkey_map;
         std::set<CScript> script_pub_keys;
-        std::vector<CKeyID> ordered_pubkeys;
+        std::vector<std::pair<CKeyID, bool>> ordered_pubkeys;
         bool have_solving_data;
 
         if (data.exists("scriptPubKey") && data.exists("desc")) {
@@ -1215,7 +1217,7 @@ static UniValue ProcessImport(CWallet& wallet, const UniValue& data, const int64
         if (!wallet.ImportPrivKeys(privkey_map, timestamp)) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Error adding key to wallet");
         }
-        if (!wallet.ImportPubKeys(ordered_pubkeys, pubkey_map, import_data.key_origins, add_keypool, internal, timestamp)) {
+        if (!wallet.ImportPubKeys(ordered_pubkeys, pubkey_map, import_data.key_origins, add_keypool, timestamp)) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_ERROR, "Error adding address to wallet");
         }
         if (!wallet.ImportScriptPubKeys(label, script_pub_keys, have_solving_data, !internal, timestamp)) {
diff --git a/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp b/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp
index aee4da6d2b0e4b..d3a66a730e48ee 100644
--- a/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp
@@ -1611,13 +1611,13 @@ bool LegacyScriptPubKeyMan::ImportPrivKeys(const std::map<CKeyID, CKey>& privkey
     return true;
 }
 
-bool LegacyScriptPubKeyMan::ImportPubKeys(const std::vector<CKeyID>& ordered_pubkeys, const std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, const std::map<CKeyID, std::pair<CPubKey, KeyOriginInfo>>& key_origins, const bool add_keypool, const bool internal, const int64_t timestamp)
+bool LegacyScriptPubKeyMan::ImportPubKeys(const std::vector<std::pair<CKeyID, bool>>& ordered_pubkeys, const std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, const std::map<CKeyID, std::pair<CPubKey, KeyOriginInfo>>& key_origins, const bool add_keypool, const int64_t timestamp)
 {
     WalletBatch batch(m_storage.GetDatabase());
     for (const auto& entry : key_origins) {
         AddKeyOriginWithDB(batch, entry.second.first, entry.second.second);
     }
-    for (const CKeyID& id : ordered_pubkeys) {
+    for (const auto& [id, internal] : ordered_pubkeys) {
         auto entry = pubkey_map.find(id);
         if (entry == pubkey_map.end()) {
             continue;
diff --git a/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h b/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h
index 7c0eca1475efe7..b72f6c5e304913 100644
--- a/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h
+++ b/src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class LegacyScriptPubKeyMan : public ScriptPubKeyMan, public FillableSigningProv
 
     bool ImportScripts(const std::set<CScript> scripts, int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_KeyStore);
     bool ImportPrivKeys(const std::map<CKeyID, CKey>& privkey_map, const int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_KeyStore);
-    bool ImportPubKeys(const std::vector<CKeyID>& ordered_pubkeys, const std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, const std::map<CKeyID, std::pair<CPubKey, KeyOriginInfo>>& key_origins, const bool add_keypool, const bool internal, const int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_KeyStore);
+    bool ImportPubKeys(const std::vector<std::pair<CKeyID, bool>>& ordered_pubkeys, const std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, const std::map<CKeyID, std::pair<CPubKey, KeyOriginInfo>>& key_origins, const bool add_keypool, const int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_KeyStore);
     bool ImportScriptPubKeys(const std::set<CScript>& script_pub_keys, const bool have_solving_data, const int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_KeyStore);
 
     /* Returns true if the wallet can generate new keys */
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 1ebf9e7af3cd2d..1e123eff47a97d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -1730,14 +1730,14 @@ bool CWallet::ImportPrivKeys(const std::map<CKeyID, CKey>& privkey_map, const in
     return spk_man->ImportPrivKeys(privkey_map, timestamp);
 }
 
-bool CWallet::ImportPubKeys(const std::vector<CKeyID>& ordered_pubkeys, const std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, const std::map<CKeyID, std::pair<CPubKey, KeyOriginInfo>>& key_origins, const bool add_keypool, const bool internal, const int64_t timestamp)
+bool CWallet::ImportPubKeys(const std::vector<std::pair<CKeyID, bool>>& ordered_pubkeys, const std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, const std::map<CKeyID, std::pair<CPubKey, KeyOriginInfo>>& key_origins, const bool add_keypool, const int64_t timestamp)
 {
     auto spk_man = GetLegacyScriptPubKeyMan();
     if (!spk_man) {
         return false;
     }
     LOCK(spk_man->cs_KeyStore);
-    return spk_man->ImportPubKeys(ordered_pubkeys, pubkey_map, key_origins, add_keypool, internal, timestamp);
+    return spk_man->ImportPubKeys(ordered_pubkeys, pubkey_map, key_origins, add_keypool, timestamp);
 }
 
 bool CWallet::ImportScriptPubKeys(const std::string& label, const std::set<CScript>& script_pub_keys, const bool have_solving_data, const bool apply_label, const int64_t timestamp)
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index 9333493a6eebc3..aae7e7300f7ccf 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ class CWallet final : public WalletStorage, public interfaces::Chain::Notificati
 
     bool ImportScripts(const std::set<CScript> scripts, int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_wallet);
     bool ImportPrivKeys(const std::map<CKeyID, CKey>& privkey_map, const int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_wallet);
-    bool ImportPubKeys(const std::vector<CKeyID>& ordered_pubkeys, const std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, const std::map<CKeyID, std::pair<CPubKey, KeyOriginInfo>>& key_origins, const bool add_keypool, const bool internal, const int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_wallet);
+    bool ImportPubKeys(const std::vector<std::pair<CKeyID, bool>>& ordered_pubkeys, const std::map<CKeyID, CPubKey>& pubkey_map, const std::map<CKeyID, std::pair<CPubKey, KeyOriginInfo>>& key_origins, const bool add_keypool, const int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_wallet);
     bool ImportScriptPubKeys(const std::string& label, const std::set<CScript>& script_pub_keys, const bool have_solving_data, const bool apply_label, const int64_t timestamp) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_wallet);
 
     /** Updates wallet birth time if 'new_birth_time' is below it */