diff --git a/consensus/Cargo.toml b/consensus/Cargo.toml
index f151e404b4..3f4a1b456d 100644
--- a/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ kaspa-muhash.workspace = true
 kaspa-notify.workspace = true
 kaspa-pow.workspace = true
 kaspa-txscript.workspace = true
+kaspa-txscript-errors.workspace = true
 kaspa-utils.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
diff --git a/consensus/core/src/errors/tx.rs b/consensus/core/src/errors/tx.rs
index ec1899faad..1aeb5220fe 100644
--- a/consensus/core/src/errors/tx.rs
+++ b/consensus/core/src/errors/tx.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ pub enum TxRuleError {
     #[error("failed to verify the signature script: {0}")]
     SignatureInvalid(TxScriptError),
 
+    #[error("failed to verify empty signature script. Inner error: {0}")]
+    SignatureEmpty(TxScriptError),
+
     #[error("input {0} sig op count is {1}, but the calculated value is {2}")]
     WrongSigOpCount(usize, u64, u64),
 
diff --git a/consensus/src/processes/transaction_validator/transaction_validator_populated.rs b/consensus/src/processes/transaction_validator/transaction_validator_populated.rs
index 1835ba61e4..f7a43aad2d 100644
--- a/consensus/src/processes/transaction_validator/transaction_validator_populated.rs
+++ b/consensus/src/processes/transaction_validator/transaction_validator_populated.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 use crate::constants::{MAX_SOMPI, SEQUENCE_LOCK_TIME_DISABLED, SEQUENCE_LOCK_TIME_MASK};
-use kaspa_consensus_core::{hashing::sighash::SigHashReusedValues, tx::VerifiableTransaction};
+use kaspa_consensus_core::{
+    hashing::sighash::SigHashReusedValues,
+    tx::{TransactionInput, VerifiableTransaction},
+};
 use kaspa_core::warn;
 use kaspa_txscript::{get_sig_op_count, TxScriptEngine};
+use kaspa_txscript_errors::TxScriptError;
 
 use super::{
     errors::{TxResult, TxRuleError},
@@ -167,14 +171,22 @@ impl TransactionValidator {
         let mut reused_values = SigHashReusedValues::new();
         for (i, (input, entry)) in tx.populated_inputs().enumerate() {
             let mut engine = TxScriptEngine::from_transaction_input(tx, input, i, entry, &mut reused_values, &self.sig_cache)
-                .map_err(TxRuleError::SignatureInvalid)?;
-            engine.execute().map_err(TxRuleError::SignatureInvalid)?;
+                .map_err(|err| map_script_err(err, input))?;
+            engine.execute().map_err(|err| map_script_err(err, input))?;
         }
 
         Ok(())
     }
 }
 
+fn map_script_err(script_err: TxScriptError, input: &TransactionInput) -> TxRuleError {
+    if input.signature_script.is_empty() {
+        TxRuleError::SignatureEmpty(script_err)
+    } else {
+        TxRuleError::SignatureInvalid(script_err)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::super::errors::TxRuleError;
diff --git a/rpc/core/src/error.rs b/rpc/core/src/error.rs
index 59f6b910e7..6e1083ab75 100644
--- a/rpc/core/src/error.rs
+++ b/rpc/core/src/error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use kaspa_consensus_core::{subnets::SubnetworkConversionError, tx::TransactionId};
+use kaspa_consensus_core::{subnets::SubnetworkConversionError, tx::TransactionId};
 use kaspa_utils::networking::IpAddress;
 use std::{net::AddrParseError, num::TryFromIntError};
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ pub enum RpcError {
     #[error("transaction query must either not filter transactions or include orphans")]
     InconsistentMempoolTxQuery,
 
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    SubnetParsingError(#[from] SubnetworkConversionError),
-
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    SubnetParsingError(#[from] SubnetworkConversionError),
+
     #[error(transparent)]
     WasmError(#[from] workflow_wasm::error::Error),