diff --git a/examples/basecoin/cmd/basecoind/main.go b/examples/basecoin/cmd/basecoind/main.go
index b25847358..6a4f45956 100644
--- a/examples/basecoin/cmd/basecoind/main.go
+++ b/examples/basecoin/cmd/basecoind/main.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 		server.StartCmd(generateApp, logger),
 		server.UnsafeResetAllCmd(logger),
 		server.ShowNodeIdCmd(logger),
+		server.ShowValidatorCmd(logger),
 		version.VersionCmd,
 	)
 
diff --git a/server/show_validator.go b/server/show_validator.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2c7705d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/show_validator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-wire/data"
+	tcmd "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint/commands"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tmlibs/log"
+)
+
+// ShowValidator - ported from Tendermint, show this node's validator info
+func ShowValidatorCmd(logger log.Logger) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := showValidator{logger}
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "show_validator",
+		Short: "Show this node's validator info",
+		RunE:  cmd.run,
+	}
+}
+
+type showValidator struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+}
+
+func (s showValidator) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	cfg, err := tcmd.ParseConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	privValidator := types.LoadOrGenPrivValidatorFS(cfg.PrivValidatorFile())
+	pubKeyJSONBytes, err := data.ToJSON(privValidator.PubKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println(string(pubKeyJSONBytes))
+	return nil
+}