diff --git a/cmd/evm/main.go b/cmd/evm/main.go
index db6b671557..48a1b92cbb 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/main.go
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ var (
 		Name:  "json",
 		Usage: "output trace logs in machine readable format (json)",
 	}
+	SenderFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "sender",
+		Usage: "The transaction origin",
+	}
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -118,6 +122,7 @@ func init() {
 		StatDumpFlag,
 		GenesisFlag,
 		MachineFlag,
+		SenderFlag,
 	}
 	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
 		compileCommand,
diff --git a/cmd/evm/runner.go b/cmd/evm/runner.go
index c1e731e23d..90ed42897d 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		var db, _ = ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
 		statedb, _ = state.New(common.Hash{}, db)
 	}
+	if ctx.GlobalString(SenderFlag.Name) != "" {
+		sender = common.HexToAddress(ctx.GlobalString(SenderFlag.Name))
+	}
 
 	statedb.CreateAccount(sender)