diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ebb36114..1092dd16c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
   to/from peers, instead of `gossipd` doing that itself.
 - Test: `python-xdist` is now a dependency for tests.
 - Logging: JSON connections no longer spam debug logs.
-
+- Routing: We no longer consider channels that are not usable either because of
+  their capacity or their `htlc_minimum_msat` parameter (#1777)
 ### Deprecated
 
 Note: You should always set `allow-deprecated-apis=false` to test for
diff --git a/gossipd/routing.c b/gossipd/routing.c
index bcbae8ffd..2bf5a12ad 100644
--- a/gossipd/routing.c
+++ b/gossipd/routing.c
@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ static void bfg_one_edge(struct node *node,
 			/* Skip this edge if the channel has insufficient
 			 * capacity to route the required amount */
 			continue;
+		} else if (requiredcap < c->htlc_minimum_msat) {
+			/* Skip a channels if it indicated that it won't route
+			 * the requeuested amount. */
+			continue;
 		} else if (requiredcap + risk >= MAX_MSATOSHI) {
 			SUPERVERBOSE("...extreme %"PRIu64
 				     " + fee %"PRIu64
diff --git a/gossipd/test/run-find_route-specific.c b/gossipd/test/run-find_route-specific.c
index dea3e4d24..424c29496 100644
--- a/gossipd/test/run-find_route-specific.c
+++ b/gossipd/test/run-find_route-specific.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ get_or_make_connection(struct routing_state *rstate,
 {
 	struct short_channel_id scid;
 	struct chan *chan;
+	const int idx = pubkey_idx(from_id, to_id);
 
 	if (!short_channel_id_from_str(shortid, strlen(shortid), &scid))
 		abort();
@@ -123,8 +124,11 @@ get_or_make_connection(struct routing_state *rstate,
 		chan = new_chan(rstate, &scid, from_id, to_id);
 
 	/* Make sure it's seen as initialized (update non-NULL). */
-	chan->half[pubkey_idx(from_id, to_id)].channel_update = (void *)chan;
+	chan->half[idx].channel_update = (void *)chan;
+	chan->half[idx].htlc_minimum_msat = 0;
+
 	chan->satoshis = satoshis;
+
 	return &chan->half[pubkey_idx(from_id, to_id)];
 }
 
@@ -194,6 +198,7 @@ int main(void)
 	nc->delay = 5;
 	nc->flags = 0;
 	nc->last_timestamp = 1504064344;
+	nc->htlc_minimum_msat = 100;
 
 	/* {'active': True, 'short_id': '6989:2:1/1', 'fee_per_kw': 10, 'delay': 5, 'flags': 1, 'destination': '0230ad0e74ea03976b28fda587bb75bdd357a1938af4424156a18265167f5e40ae', 'source': '03c173897878996287a8100469f954dd820fcd8941daed91c327f168f3329be0bf', 'last_update': 1504064344}]} */
 	nc = get_or_make_connection(rstate, &a, &b, "6989:2:1", 1000);
@@ -219,6 +224,11 @@ int main(void)
 	route = find_route(tmpctx, rstate, &a, &c, 999999, riskfactor, 0.0, NULL, &fee);
 	assert(!route);
 
+	/* This should fail to returns a route because it is smaller than these
+	 * htlc_minimum_msat on the last channel. */
+	route = find_route(tmpctx, rstate, &a, &c, 1, riskfactor, 0.0, NULL, &fee);
+	assert(!route);
+
 	tal_free(tmpctx);
 	secp256k1_context_destroy(secp256k1_ctx);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/gossipd/test/run-find_route.c b/gossipd/test/run-find_route.c
index 612b46aaa..1863f6b7e 100644
--- a/gossipd/test/run-find_route.c
+++ b/gossipd/test/run-find_route.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static void add_connection(struct routing_state *rstate,
 	c->proportional_fee = proportional_fee;
 	c->delay = delay;
 	c->flags = get_channel_direction(from, to);
+	c->htlc_minimum_msat = 0;
 }
 
 /* Returns chan connecting from and to: *idx set to refer