diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e5a759a8..a022187ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Improvements
+
+* (cli) [\#9593](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9593) Check if chain-id is blank before verifying signatures in multisign and error.
+
 ## [v0.43.0-rc0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.43.0-rc0) - 2021-06-25
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go b/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
index 7fdcace96..5beeba3a1 100644
--- a/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
+++ b/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ func makeMultiSignCmd() func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			if txFactory.ChainID() == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("set the chain id with either the --chain-id flag or config file")
+			}
+
 			signingData := signing.SignerData{
 				ChainID:       txFactory.ChainID(),
 				AccountNumber: txFactory.AccountNumber(),