diff --git a/cmd/evm/runner.go b/cmd/evm/runner.go
index d06f85ed59..c02f9f0590 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/runner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/runner.go
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ func runCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		Time:        genesisConfig.Timestamp,
 		Coinbase:    genesisConfig.Coinbase,
 		BlockNumber: new(big.Int).SetUint64(genesisConfig.Number),
+		BaseFee:     genesisConfig.BaseFee,
 		BlobHashes:  blobHashes,
 		BlobBaseFee: blobBaseFee,
 		EVMConfig: vm.Config{