diff --git a/contracts/lendingpool/LendingPoolConfigurator.sol b/contracts/lendingpool/LendingPoolConfigurator.sol
index 098987b9..de091dbb 100644
--- a/contracts/lendingpool/LendingPoolConfigurator.sol
+++ b/contracts/lendingpool/LendingPoolConfigurator.sol
@@ -388,11 +388,14 @@ contract LendingPoolConfigurator is VersionedInitializable {
 
     if (liquidationThreshold != 0) {
       //liquidation bonus must be bigger than 100.00%, otherwise the liquidator would receive less
-      //collateral than needed to cover the debt
-      require(
-        liquidationBonus > PercentageMath.PERCENTAGE_FACTOR,
-        Errors.LPC_INVALID_CONFIGURATION
-      );
+      //collateral than needed to cover the debt.
+      uint256 absoluteBonus = liquidationBonus.sub(PercentageMath.PERCENTAGE_FACTOR, Errors.LPC_INVALID_CONFIGURATION);
+      require(absoluteBonus > 0, Errors.LPC_INVALID_CONFIGURATION);
+
+      //we also need to require that the liq threshold is lower or equal than the liquidation bonus, to ensure that
+      //there is always enough margin for liquidators to receive the bonus.
+      require(liquidationThreshold.add(absoluteBonus) <= PercentageMath.PERCENTAGE_FACTOR, Errors.LPC_INVALID_CONFIGURATION);
+
     } else {
       require(liquidationBonus == 0, Errors.LPC_INVALID_CONFIGURATION);
       //if the liquidation threshold is being set to 0,
diff --git a/deployed-contracts.json b/deployed-contracts.json
index 6fb4bcf1..b16e4e44 100644
--- a/deployed-contracts.json
+++ b/deployed-contracts.json
@@ -1285,4 +1285,4 @@
       "address": "0xaDF23b1cAa6a7B3b077c432794FfF80A4b935cdF"
     }
   }
-}
+}
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