diff --git a/cmd/lncli/commands.go b/cmd/lncli/commands.go
index 228ca6b4..f7bbbdf1 100644
--- a/cmd/lncli/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/lncli/commands.go
@@ -340,11 +340,26 @@ func listUnspent(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		MinConfs: int32(minConfirms),
 		MaxConfs: int32(maxConfirms),
 	}
-	jsonResponse, err := client.ListUnspent(ctxb, req)
+	resp, err := client.ListUnspent(ctxb, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	printRespJSON(jsonResponse)
+
+	// Parse the response into the final json object that will be printed
+	// to stdout. At the moment, this filters out the raw txid bytes from
+	// each utxo's outpoint and only prints the txid string.
+	var listUnspentResp = struct {
+		Utxos []*Utxo `json:"utxos"`
+	}{
+		Utxos: make([]*Utxo, 0, len(resp.Utxos)),
+	}
+	for _, protoUtxo := range resp.Utxos {
+		utxo := NewUtxoFromProto(protoUtxo)
+		listUnspentResp.Utxos = append(listUnspentResp.Utxos, utxo)
+	}
+
+	printJSON(listUnspentResp)
+
 	return nil
 }