diff --git a/contribs/gnodev/cmd/gnodev/main.go b/contribs/gnodev/cmd/gnodev/main.go
index 2c694b608bb..c9d6487d753 100644
--- a/contribs/gnodev/cmd/gnodev/main.go
+++ b/contribs/gnodev/cmd/gnodev/main.go
@@ -61,18 +61,20 @@ type devCfg struct {
 	webRemoteHelperAddr string
 
 	// Node Configuration
-	minimal    bool
-	verbose    bool
-	noWatch    bool
-	noReplay   bool
-	maxGas     int64
-	chainId    string
-	serverMode bool
-	unsafeAPI  bool
+	minimal     bool
+	verbose     bool
+	noWatch     bool
+	noReplay    bool
+	maxGas      int64
+	chainId     string
+	chainDomain string
+	serverMode  bool
+	unsafeAPI   bool
 }
 
 var defaultDevOptions = &devCfg{
 	chainId:             "dev",
+	chainDomain:         "gno.land",
 	maxGas:              10_000_000_000,
 	webListenerAddr:     "127.0.0.1:8888",
 	nodeRPCListenerAddr: "127.0.0.1:26657",
@@ -203,6 +205,13 @@ func (c *devCfg) RegisterFlags(fs *flag.FlagSet) {
 		"set node ChainID",
 	)
 
+	fs.StringVar(
+		&c.chainDomain,
+		"chain-domain",
+		defaultDevOptions.chainDomain,
+		"set node ChainDomain",
+	)
+
 	fs.BoolVar(
 		&c.noWatch,
 		"no-watch",
diff --git a/contribs/gnodev/cmd/gnodev/setup_node.go b/contribs/gnodev/cmd/gnodev/setup_node.go
index 578cf525751..f671a3daa1f 100644
--- a/contribs/gnodev/cmd/gnodev/setup_node.go
+++ b/contribs/gnodev/cmd/gnodev/setup_node.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func setupDevNodeConfig(
 	balances gnoland.Balances,
 	pkgspath []gnodev.PackagePath,
 ) *gnodev.NodeConfig {
-	config := gnodev.DefaultNodeConfig(cfg.root)
+	config := gnodev.DefaultNodeConfig(cfg.root, cfg.chainDomain)
 
 	config.Logger = logger
 	config.Emitter = emitter
diff --git a/contribs/gnodev/pkg/dev/node.go b/contribs/gnodev/pkg/dev/node.go
index 0ee3ef3f7b7..c748c56661b 100644
--- a/contribs/gnodev/pkg/dev/node.go
+++ b/contribs/gnodev/pkg/dev/node.go
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ type NodeConfig struct {
 	NoReplay              bool
 	MaxGasPerBlock        int64
 	ChainID               string
+	ChainDomain           string
 }
 
-func DefaultNodeConfig(rootdir string) *NodeConfig {
+func DefaultNodeConfig(rootdir, domain string) *NodeConfig {
 	tmc := gnoland.NewDefaultTMConfig(rootdir)
 	tmc.Consensus.SkipTimeoutCommit = false // avoid time drifting, see issue #1507
 	tmc.Consensus.WALDisabled = true
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ func DefaultNodeConfig(rootdir string) *NodeConfig {
 		DefaultDeployer:       defaultDeployer,
 		BalancesList:          balances,
 		ChainID:               tmc.ChainID(),
+		ChainDomain:           domain,
 		TMConfig:              tmc,
 		SkipFailingGenesisTxs: true,
 		MaxGasPerBlock:        10_000_000_000,
@@ -468,7 +470,7 @@ func (n *Node) rebuildNode(ctx context.Context, genesis gnoland.GnoGenesisState)
 	}
 
 	// Setup node config
-	nodeConfig := newNodeConfig(n.config.TMConfig, n.config.ChainID, genesis)
+	nodeConfig := newNodeConfig(n.config.TMConfig, n.config.ChainID, n.config.ChainDomain, genesis)
 	nodeConfig.GenesisTxResultHandler = n.genesisTxResultHandler
 	// Speed up stdlib loading after first start (saves about 2-3 seconds on each reload).
 	nodeConfig.CacheStdlibLoad = true
diff --git a/contribs/gnodev/pkg/dev/node_test.go b/contribs/gnodev/pkg/dev/node_test.go
index 11b0a2090d7..14b719319c2 100644
--- a/contribs/gnodev/pkg/dev/node_test.go
+++ b/contribs/gnodev/pkg/dev/node_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestNewNode_NoPackages(t *testing.T) {
 	logger := log.NewTestingLogger(t)
 
 	// Call NewDevNode with no package should work
-	cfg := DefaultNodeConfig(gnoenv.RootDir())
+	cfg := DefaultNodeConfig(gnoenv.RootDir(), "gno.land")
 	cfg.Logger = logger
 	node, err := NewDevNode(ctx, cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func Render(_ string) string { return "foo" }
 	logger := log.NewTestingLogger(t)
 
 	// Call NewDevNode with no package should work
-	cfg := DefaultNodeConfig(gnoenv.RootDir())
+	cfg := DefaultNodeConfig(gnoenv.RootDir(), "gno.land")
 	cfg.PackagesPathList = []PackagePath{pkgpath}
 	cfg.Logger = logger
 	node, err := NewDevNode(ctx, cfg)
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func newTestingDevNode(t *testing.T, pkgslist ...PackagePath) (*Node, *mock.Serv
 	emitter := &mock.ServerEmitter{}
 
 	// Call NewDevNode with no package should work
-	cfg := DefaultNodeConfig(gnoenv.RootDir())
+	cfg := DefaultNodeConfig(gnoenv.RootDir(), "gno.land")
 	cfg.PackagesPathList = pkgslist
 	cfg.Emitter = emitter
 	cfg.Logger = logger