diff --git a/rpc/lib/server/handlers.go b/rpc/lib/server/handlers.go
index 3a3c48f02..0b379b9ab 100644
--- a/rpc/lib/server/handlers.go
+++ b/rpc/lib/server/handlers.go
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ func makeJSONRPCHandler(funcMap map[string]*RPCFunc, logger log.Logger) http.Han
 		// The Server MUST NOT reply to a Notification, including those that are within a batch request.
 		if request.ID == "" {
 			logger.Debug("HTTPJSONRPC received a notification, skipping... (please send a non-empty ID if you want to call a method)")
+			// Not sending back a response here because according the JSONRPC
+			// specification Section 4.1, we SHOULD NOT one back when "id" == "".
 			return
 		}
 		if len(r.URL.Path) > 1 {
diff --git a/rpc/lib/server/handlers_test.go b/rpc/lib/server/handlers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c816ede72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/lib/server/handlers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package rpcserver_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	rs "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/server"
+	types "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/log"
+)
+
+// Ensure that nefarious/unintended inputs to `params`
+// do not crash our RPC handlers.
+// See Issue https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/708.
+func TestRPCParams(t *testing.T) {
+	funcMap := map[string]*rs.RPCFunc{
+		"c": rs.NewRPCFunc(func(s string, i int) (string, error) { return "foo", nil }, "s,i"),
+	}
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	logger := log.NewTMLogger(buf)
+	rs.RegisterRPCFuncs(mux, funcMap, logger)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		payload      string
+		wantErr      string
+		notification bool
+	}{
+		{`{"jsonrpc": "2.0"}`, "", true}, // The server SHOULD NOT respond to a notification according to JSONRPC Section 4.1.
+		{`{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "0"}`, "Method not found", false},
+		{`{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "y", "id": "0"}`, "Method not found", false},
+		{`{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "c", "id": "0", "params": null}`, "", false},
+		{`{"method": "c", "id": "0", "params": {}}`, "", false},
+		{`{"method": "c", "id": "0", "params": a}`, "invalid character", false},
+		{`{"method": "c", "id": "0", "params": ["a", 10]}`, "", false},
+		{`{"method": "c", "id": "0", "params": ["a"]}`, "got 1", false},
+		{`{"method": "c", "id": "0", "params": ["a", "b"]}`, "of type int", false},
+		{`{"method": "c", "id": "0", "params": [1, 1]}`, "of type string", false},
+	}
+
+	statusOK := func(code int) bool { return code >= 200 && code <= 299 }
+
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "http://localhost/", strings.NewReader(tt.payload))
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		mux.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		res := rec.Result()
+		// Always expecting back a JSONRPCResponse
+		assert.True(t, statusOK(res.StatusCode), "#%d: should always return 2XX", i)
+		blob, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("#%d: err reading body: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tt.notification {
+			assert.Equal(t, len(blob), 0, "#%d: a notification SHOULD NOT be responded to by the server", i)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		recv := new(types.RPCResponse)
+		assert.Nil(t, json.Unmarshal(blob, recv), "#%d: expecting successful parsing of an RPCResponse:\nblob: %s", i, blob)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, recv, new(types.RPCResponse), "#%d: not expecting a blank RPCResponse", i)
+
+		if tt.wantErr == "" {
+			assert.Nil(t, recv.Error, "#%d: not expecting an error", i)
+		} else {
+			assert.False(t, statusOK(recv.Error.Code), "#%d: not expecting a 2XX success code", i)
+			// The wanted error is either in the message or the data
+			assert.Contains(t, recv.Error.Message+recv.Error.Data, tt.wantErr, "#%d: expected substring", i)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}