diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts.rs b/runtime/src/accounts.rs
index 70c672c1da..3283283470 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts.rs
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ impl Accounts {
                 Some(program) => program,
                 None => {
                     error_counters.account_not_found += 1;
-                    return Err(TransactionError::AccountNotFound);
+                    return Err(TransactionError::ProgramAccountNotFound);
                 }
             };
             if !program.executable || program.owner == Pubkey::default() {
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ mod tests {
                 &Pubkey::new_rand(),
                 &mut error_counters
             ),
-            Err(TransactionError::AccountNotFound)
+            Err(TransactionError::ProgramAccountNotFound)
         );
         assert_eq!(error_counters.account_not_found, 1);
     }
diff --git a/sdk/src/transaction.rs b/sdk/src/transaction.rs
index da3ace0b7a..06b8833e04 100644
--- a/sdk/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/transaction.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ pub enum TransactionError {
     /// Attempt to debit from `Pubkey`, but no found no record of a prior credit.
     AccountNotFound,
 
+    /// Attempt to load program from `Pubkey`, but it doesn't exist.
+    ProgramAccountNotFound,
+
     /// The from `Pubkey` does not have sufficient balance to pay the fee to schedule the transaction
     InsufficientFundsForFee,