diff --git a/ethereum/flags.go b/ethereum/flags.go
index 5ed208411..c488e6314 100644
--- a/ethereum/flags.go
+++ b/ethereum/flags.go
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func Init() {
 	flag.IntVar(&LogLevel, "loglevel", int(ethlog.InfoLevel), "loglevel: 0-5: silent,error,warn,info,debug,debug detail)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&DiffTool, "difftool", false, "creates output for diff'ing. Sets LogLevel=0")
 	flag.StringVar(&DiffType, "diff", "all", "sets the level of diff output [vm, all]. Has no effect if difftool=false")
+	flag.BoolVar(&ShowGenesis, "genesis", false, "Dump the genesis block")
 
 	flag.BoolVar(&Dump, "dump", false, "output the ethereum state in JSON format. Sub args [number, hash]")
 	flag.StringVar(&DumpHash, "hash", "", "specify arg in hex")
diff --git a/ethereum/main.go b/ethereum/main.go
index ab6ce18b2..df9737c1f 100644
--- a/ethereum/main.go
+++ b/ethereum/main.go
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ func main() {
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
+		fmt.Printf("RLP: %x\nstate: %x\nhash: %x\n", ethutil.Rlp(block), block.GetRoot(), block.Hash())
+
 		// Leave the Println. This needs clean output for piping
 		fmt.Printf("%s\n", block.State().Dump())