diff --git a/core/genesis.go b/core/genesis.go
index f05e84199a..ce2a26f3ae 100644
--- a/core/genesis.go
+++ b/core/genesis.go
@@ -595,6 +595,9 @@ func DeveloperGenesisBlock(gasLimit uint64, faucet *common.Address) *Genesis {
 			common.BytesToAddress([]byte{9}): {Balance: big.NewInt(1)}, // BLAKE2b
 		},
 	}
+	// Pre-deploy EIP-4788 system contract
+	genesis.Alloc[params.BeaconRootsAddress] = types.Account{Code: params.BeaconRootsCode}
+	
 	if faucet != nil {
 		genesis.Alloc[*faucet] = types.Account{Balance: new(big.Int).Sub(new(big.Int).Lsh(big.NewInt(1), 256), big.NewInt(9))}
 	}
diff --git a/params/protocol_params.go b/params/protocol_params.go
index 863cf58ece..55661c3750 100644
--- a/params/protocol_params.go
+++ b/params/protocol_params.go
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ var (
 
 	// BeaconRootsAddress is the address where historical beacon roots are stored as per EIP-4788
 	BeaconRootsAddress = common.HexToAddress("0x000F3df6D732807Ef1319fB7B8bB8522d0Beac02")
+
+	// BeaconRootsCode is the code where historical beacon roots are stored as per EIP-4788
+	BeaconRootsCode = []byte("3373fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe14604d57602036146024575f5ffd5b5f35801560495762001fff810690815414603c575f5ffd5b62001fff01545f5260205ff35b5f5ffd5b62001fff42064281555f359062001fff015500")
+	
 	// SystemAddress is where the system-transaction is sent from as per EIP-4788
 	SystemAddress = common.HexToAddress("0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe")
 )