diff --git a/src/cli/dtvm.cpp b/src/cli/dtvm.cpp
index aba274676..4ddfb1719 100644
--- a/src/cli/dtvm.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/dtvm.cpp
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 #ifdef ZEN_ENABLE_EVM
   if (Config.Format == InputFormat::EVM) {
     auto MockedEVMHost = std::make_unique<zen::evm::ZenMockedEVMHost>();
+    // Set tx_origin from sender address before loading state,
+    // so loadState() can override it if tx_origin is present in state.json
+    MockedEVMHost->tx_context.tx_origin =
+        zen::utils::parseAddress(SenderAddress);
     // Load state if specified
     if (!LoadStateFile.empty() &&
         !zen::utils::loadState(*MockedEVMHost, LoadStateFile)) {
@@ -379,6 +383,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                .SenderAddress = SenderAddress,
                                .ContractAddress = ContractAddress};
     evmc_message Msg = createEvmMessage(MockedHost, MsgConfig, Bytecode);
+
     RT->callEVMMain(*Inst, Msg, ExeResult);
 
     if (EVMC_CREATE == MsgKind && ExeResult.status_code == EVMC_SUCCESS) {
diff --git a/src/tests/evm_interp_tests.cpp b/src/tests/evm_interp_tests.cpp
index 057866830..0a2953764 100644
--- a/src/tests/evm_interp_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/evm_interp_tests.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ EVMExecutionResult executeEvmBytecodeFile(const std::string &FilePath,
   Config.Mode = Mode;
 
   auto MockedHost = std::make_unique<zen::evm::ZenMockedEVMHost>();
+  MockedHost->tx_context.tx_origin = zen::evm::DEFAULT_DEPLOYER_ADDRESS;
   auto RT = Runtime::newEVMRuntime(Config, MockedHost.get());
   EXPECT_TRUE(RT != nullptr) << "Failed to create runtime";
   if (!RT) {
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ TEST_P(EVMSampleTest, ExecuteSample) {
   Config.Mode = common::RunMode::InterpMode;
 
   auto MockedHost = std::make_unique<zen::evm::ZenMockedEVMHost>();
+  MockedHost->tx_context.tx_origin = zen::evm::DEFAULT_DEPLOYER_ADDRESS;
 
   auto RT = Runtime::newEVMRuntime(Config, MockedHost.get());
   ASSERT_TRUE(RT != nullptr) << "Failed to create runtime";
diff --git a/src/utils/evm.cpp b/src/utils/evm.cpp
index fd4fd6545..5aa940299 100644
--- a/src/utils/evm.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/evm.cpp
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ bool saveState(const evmc::MockedHost &Host, const std::string &FilePath) {
   File << "    \"block_base_fee\": ";
   writeJsonString(File, toHex(Host.tx_context.block_base_fee.bytes,
                               sizeof(Host.tx_context.block_base_fee.bytes)));
+  File << ",\n";
+  File << "    \"tx_origin\": ";
+  writeJsonString(File, toHex(Host.tx_context.tx_origin.bytes,
+                              sizeof(Host.tx_context.tx_origin.bytes)));
   File << "\n";
   File << "  }\n";
 
@@ -418,6 +422,11 @@ bool loadState(evmc::MockedHost &Host, const std::string &FilePath) {
       Host.tx_context.block_base_fee =
           zen::utils::parseUint256(TxContext["block_base_fee"].GetString());
     }
+
+    if (TxContext.HasMember("tx_origin") && TxContext["tx_origin"].IsString()) {
+      Host.tx_context.tx_origin =
+          zen::utils::parseAddress(TxContext["tx_origin"].GetString());
+    }
   }
 
   return true;
diff --git a/tests/evm_asm/origin.expected b/tests/evm_asm/origin.expected
index 481e245e2..66a32f68b 100644
--- a/tests/evm_asm/origin.expected
+++ b/tests/evm_asm/origin.expected
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 status: success
 error_code: 0
 stack: []
-memory: '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
+memory: '0000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
 storage: {}
 transient_storage: {}
-return: '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
+return: '0000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000'
 events: []