diff --git a/src/builder.rs b/src/builder.rs
index ab641cf86..b85c71703 100644
--- a/src/builder.rs
+++ b/src/builder.rs
@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ impl NodeBuilder {
 	/// ## Parameters:
 	/// * `rpc_host`, `rpc_port`, `rpc_user`, `rpc_password` - Required parameters for the Bitcoin Core RPC
 	///   connection.
-	/// * `wallet_rescan_from_height` - Optional wallet birthday height to rescan from on first
-	///   startup, before wallet state exists. Existing wallets are not rewound. The height must
-	///   be at or below the current tip. Passing `Some(0)` rescans from genesis; passing `None`
+	/// * `wallet_rescan_from_height` - Optional wallet birthday height to rescan from (inclusive) on
+	///   first startup, before wallet state exists. Existing wallets are not rewound. The height
+	///   must be at or below the current tip. Passing `Some(0)` rescans from genesis; passing `None`
 	///   checkpoints at the current tip.
 	#[cfg(feature = "chain-bitcoind")]
 	pub fn set_chain_source_bitcoind_rpc(
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ impl NodeBuilder {
 	/// * `rest_host`, `rest_port` - Required parameters for the Bitcoin Core REST connection.
 	/// * `rpc_host`, `rpc_port`, `rpc_user`, `rpc_password` - Required parameters for the Bitcoin Core RPC
 	///   connection
-	/// * `wallet_rescan_from_height` - Optional wallet birthday height to rescan from on first
-	///   startup, before wallet state exists. Existing wallets are not rewound. The height must
-	///   be at or below the current tip. Passing `Some(0)` rescans from genesis; passing `None`
+	/// * `wallet_rescan_from_height` - Optional wallet birthday height to rescan from (inclusive) on
+	///   first startup, before wallet state exists. Existing wallets are not rewound. The height
+	///   must be at or below the current tip. Passing `Some(0)` rescans from genesis; passing `None`
 	///   checkpoints at the current tip.
 	#[cfg(feature = "chain-bitcoind")]
 	pub fn set_chain_source_bitcoind_rest(
@@ -1075,9 +1075,9 @@ impl Builder {
 	/// ## Parameters:
 	/// * `rpc_host`, `rpc_port`, `rpc_user`, `rpc_password` - Required parameters for the Bitcoin Core RPC
 	///   connection.
-	/// * `wallet_rescan_from_height` - Optional wallet birthday height to rescan from on first
-	///   startup, before wallet state exists. Existing wallets are not rewound. The height must
-	///   be at or below the current tip. Passing `Some(0)` rescans from genesis; passing `None`
+	/// * `wallet_rescan_from_height` - Optional wallet birthday height to rescan from (inclusive) on
+	///   first startup, before wallet state exists. Existing wallets are not rewound. The height
+	///   must be at or below the current tip. Passing `Some(0)` rescans from genesis; passing `None`
 	///   checkpoints at the current tip.
 	pub fn set_chain_source_bitcoind_rpc(
 		&self, rpc_host: String, rpc_port: u16, rpc_user: String, rpc_password: String,
@@ -1101,9 +1101,9 @@ impl Builder {
 	/// * `rest_host`, `rest_port` - Required parameters for the Bitcoin Core REST connection.
 	/// * `rpc_host`, `rpc_port`, `rpc_user`, `rpc_password` - Required parameters for the Bitcoin Core RPC
 	///   connection
-	/// * `wallet_rescan_from_height` - Optional wallet birthday height to rescan from on first
-	///   startup, before wallet state exists. Existing wallets are not rewound. The height must
-	///   be at or below the current tip. Passing `Some(0)` rescans from genesis; passing `None`
+	/// * `wallet_rescan_from_height` - Optional wallet birthday height to rescan from (inclusive) on
+	///   first startup, before wallet state exists. Existing wallets are not rewound. The height
+	///   must be at or below the current tip. Passing `Some(0)` rescans from genesis; passing `None`
 	///   checkpoints at the current tip.
 	pub fn set_chain_source_bitcoind_rest(
 		&self, rest_host: String, rest_port: u16, rpc_host: String, rpc_port: u16,
@@ -1771,8 +1771,9 @@ fn build_with_store_internal(
 				})?;
 
 			// Decide which block (if any) to insert as the initial BDK checkpoint. If the
-			// bitcoind config provides a wallet rescan height, resolve that block and use it as
-			// the checkpoint. Otherwise, use the current chain tip to avoid any rescan.
+			// bitcoind config provides a wallet rescan height, use the preceding block as the
+			// checkpoint so synchronization includes the requested height. Otherwise, use the
+			// current chain tip to avoid any rescan.
 			let checkpoint_block = match wallet_rescan_from_height {
 				None => chain_tip_opt,
 				#[cfg(feature = "chain-bitcoind")]
@@ -1788,6 +1789,10 @@ fn build_with_store_internal(
 							return Err(BuildError::WalletRescanHeightTooHigh);
 						}
 					}
+					// `synchronize_listeners` connects blocks strictly above each listener's
+					// checkpoint. The genesis block is already BDK's initial checkpoint, so
+					// saturating subtraction also handles a requested height of zero.
+					let checkpoint_height = height.saturating_sub(1);
 
 					let utxo_source = chain_source.as_utxo_source().ok_or_else(|| {
 						log_error!(
@@ -1799,16 +1804,17 @@ fn build_with_store_internal(
 					let hash_res = runtime.block_on(async {
 						lightning_block_sync::gossip::UtxoSource::get_block_hash_by_height(
 							&utxo_source,
-							height,
+							checkpoint_height,
 						)
 						.await
 					});
 					match hash_res {
-						Ok(hash) => Some(BlockLocator::new(hash, height)),
+						Ok(hash) => Some(BlockLocator::new(hash, checkpoint_height)),
 						Err(e) => {
 							log_error!(
 								logger,
-								"Failed to resolve block hash at height {} for wallet rescan: {:?}",
+								"Failed to resolve checkpoint block hash at height {} for wallet rescan from height {}: {:?}",
+								checkpoint_height,
 								height,
 								e,
 							);
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests_rust.rs b/tests/integration_tests_rust.rs
index 0dad32d6a..b1c71f084 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests_rust.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_tests_rust.rs
@@ -1557,19 +1557,19 @@ async fn do_onchain_wallet_full_scan_stop_gap_recovers_far_funds(
 
 #[cfg(feature = "chain-bitcoind")]
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 1)]
-async fn onchain_wallet_recovery_rescans_from_birthday_height() {
+async fn onchain_wallet_recovery_includes_rescan_height() {
 	// End-to-end test for `wallet_rescan_from_height` against a bitcoind chain source. The
 	// scenario:
 	//
-	// 1. Create a node at some "birthday" height and generate two receive addresses.
+	// 1. Create a node and generate two receive addresses.
 	// 2. Shut the node down and drop all persisted state except the seed.
-	// 3. Advance the chain past the birthday.
-	// 4. Send funds to the addresses generated at the birthday height and confirm them.
+	// 3. Advance the chain and send funds to both addresses.
+	// 4. Confirm both transactions in the block used as the rescan height.
 	// 5. Restart a fresh node with just the seed and no rescan height. Its wallet birthday
-	//    is pinned at the current tip, which is above the blocks containing the funding
-	//    transactions — so the node must not see the funds.
-	// 6. Restart again with `wallet_rescan_from_height: Some(birthday)`. Now the wallet must
-	//    find and report both funding transactions.
+	//    is pinned at the current tip, which is the block containing the funding transactions,
+	//    so the node must not see the funds.
+	// 6. Restart again with the funding block as `wallet_rescan_from_height`. The wallet must
+	//    include that block and find both funding transactions.
 	let (bitcoind, electrsd) = setup_bitcoind_and_electrsd();
 	// We specifically exercise the bitcoind RPC backend because that's where
 	// `rescan_from_height` is honored precisely (via `get_block_hash_by_height`).
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ async fn onchain_wallet_recovery_rescans_from_birthday_height() {
 	// Mine the initial 101 blocks so bitcoind's wallet can fund our later sends.
 	premine_blocks(&bitcoind.client, &electrsd.client).await;
 
-	// Step 1: bring up an "original" node at the birthday height and generate addresses.
+	// Step 1: bring up an "original" node and generate addresses.
 	let original_config = random_config();
 	let original_node_entropy = original_config.node_entropy;
 	let original_node = setup_node(&chain_source, original_config);
@@ -1588,23 +1588,15 @@ async fn onchain_wallet_recovery_rescans_from_birthday_height() {
 	let addr_1 = original_node.onchain_payment().new_address().unwrap();
 	let addr_2 = original_node.onchain_payment().new_address().unwrap();
 
-	let birthday_height: u32 = bitcoind
-		.client
-		.get_blockchain_info()
-		.expect("failed to get blockchain info")
-		.blocks
-		.try_into()
-		.unwrap();
-
 	// Step 2: shut the node down and drop its state.
 	original_node.stop().unwrap();
 	drop(original_node);
 
-	// Step 3: advance the chain past the birthday, so a fresh node would otherwise pin its
-	// wallet birthday at a height above the funding transactions in step 4.
+	// Step 3: advance the chain so a fresh node can later pin its wallet birthday at the funding
+	// block without having seen the transactions.
 	generate_blocks_and_wait(&bitcoind.client, &electrsd.client, 10).await;
 
-	// Step 4: fund both addresses and confirm them.
+	// Step 4: fund both addresses and confirm them in the configured rescan block.
 	let txid_1 = bitcoind
 		.client
 		.send_to_address(&addr_1, Amount::from_sat(premine_amount_sat))
@@ -1621,10 +1613,14 @@ async fn onchain_wallet_recovery_rescans_from_birthday_height() {
 		.parse()
 		.unwrap();
 	wait_for_tx(&electrsd.client, txid_2).await;
+	let rescan_height: u32 =
+		(bitcoind.client.get_blockchain_info().expect("failed to get blockchain info").blocks + 1)
+			.try_into()
+			.unwrap();
 	generate_blocks_and_wait(&bitcoind.client, &electrsd.client, 1).await;
 
-	// Step 5: restart a fresh node with only the seed and no rescan height. It must NOT see
-	// the funds, because its wallet birthday sits above the funding transactions.
+	// Step 5: restart a fresh node with only the seed and no rescan height. It must NOT see the
+	// funds, because its wallet birthday is the block containing the funding transactions.
 	let mut pinned_config = random_config();
 	pinned_config.node_entropy = original_node_entropy;
 	let pinned_node = setup_node(&chain_source, pinned_config);
@@ -1632,16 +1628,16 @@ async fn onchain_wallet_recovery_rescans_from_birthday_height() {
 	assert_eq!(
 		pinned_node.list_balances().spendable_onchain_balance_sats,
 		0,
-		"fresh node without rescan height should not find funds below its wallet birthday"
+		"fresh node without rescan height should not scan its wallet birthday block"
 	);
 	pinned_node.stop().unwrap();
 	drop(pinned_node);
 
-	// Step 6: restart with a rescan height set to the birthday height. Funds must be
-	// re-discovered.
+	// Step 6: restart from the exact block containing both transactions. Funds must be
+	// re-discovered, proving that `wallet_rescan_from_height` is inclusive.
 	let mut recovered_config = random_config();
 	recovered_config.node_entropy = original_node_entropy;
-	recovered_config.wallet_rescan_from_height = Some(birthday_height);
+	recovered_config.wallet_rescan_from_height = Some(rescan_height);
 	let recovered_node = setup_node(&chain_source, recovered_config);
 	recovered_node.sync_wallets().unwrap();
 	assert_eq!(