diff --git a/eth/api.go b/eth/api.go
index 052e5b7979..f68bb03e65 100644
--- a/eth/api.go
+++ b/eth/api.go
@@ -338,19 +338,28 @@ func (api *PrivateDebugAPI) GetBadBlocks(ctx context.Context) ([]*BadBlockArgs,
 type AccountRangeResult struct {
 	Addresses []common.Address `json:"addresses"`
 	Next common.Address `json:"next"`
+	Preimages []common.Hash `json:"preimages"`
+	NextPreimage common.Hash `json:"nextPreimage"`
 }
 
 func accountRange(st state.Trie, start *common.Address, maxResult int) (AccountRangeResult, error) {
 	it := trie.NewIterator(st.NodeIterator(crypto.Keccak256(start[:])))
-	result := AccountRangeResult{Addresses: []common.Address{}, Next: common.Address{}}
+	result := AccountRangeResult{Addresses: []common.Address{}, Next: common.Address{}, Preimages: []common.Hash{}, NextPreimage: common.Hash{}}
 	for i := 0; i < maxResult && it.Next(); i++ {
 		if preimage := st.GetKey(it.Key); preimage != nil {
 			result.Addresses = append(result.Addresses, common.BytesToAddress(preimage))
+		} else {
+			result.Preimages = append(result.Preimages, common.BytesToHash(preimage))
 		}
 	}
 
 	if it.Next() {
-		result.Next = common.BytesToAddress(st.GetKey(it.Key))
+		if preimage := st.GetKey(it.Key); preimage != nil {
+			result.Next = common.BytesToAddress(st.GetKey(preimage))
+		} else {
+			result.NextPreimage = common.BytesToHash(preimage)
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	return result, nil