diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/main/Main.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/main/Main.cpp
index 059d9758d39..0ee0efa9f6d 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/main/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/main/Main.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ printHelp(const po::options_description& desc)
            "     sign_for <signer_address> <signer_private_key> <tx_json> "
            "[offline]\n"
            "     stop\n"
+           "     simulate [<tx_blob>|<tx_json>] [<binary>]\n"
            "     submit <tx_blob>|[<private_key> <tx_json>]\n"
            "     submit_multisigned <tx_json>\n"
            "     tx <id>\n"
diff --git a/src/xrpld/net/detail/RPCCall.cpp b/src/xrpld/net/detail/RPCCall.cpp
index 533878ab1b0..15fa38be0c9 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/net/detail/RPCCall.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/net/detail/RPCCall.cpp
@@ -924,6 +924,37 @@ class RPCParser
         return rpcError(rpcINVALID_PARAMS);
     }
 
+    // simulate any transaction on the network
+    //
+    // simulate <tx_blob> [binary]
+    // simulate <tx_json> [binary]
+    Json::Value
+    parseSimulate(Json::Value const& jvParams)
+    {
+        Json::Value txJSON;
+        Json::Reader reader;
+        Json::Value jvRequest{Json::objectValue};
+
+        if (!jvParams[0u].isString())
+            return rpcError(rpcINVALID_PARAMS);
+        if (reader.parse(jvParams[0u].asString(), txJSON))
+        {
+            jvRequest[jss::tx_json] = txJSON;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            jvRequest[jss::tx_blob] = jvParams[0u].asString();
+        }
+        if (jvParams.size() == 2)
+        {
+            if (!jvParams[1u].isString() || jvParams[1u].asString() != "binary")
+                return rpcError(rpcINVALID_PARAMS);
+            jvRequest[jss::binary] = true;
+        }
+
+        return jvRequest;
+    }
+
     // sign/submit any transaction to the network
     //
     // sign <private_key> <json> offline
@@ -1244,6 +1275,7 @@ class RPCParser
             {"sign", &RPCParser::parseSignSubmit, 2, 3},
             {"sign_for", &RPCParser::parseSignFor, 3, 4},
             {"stop", &RPCParser::parseAsIs, 0, 0},
+            {"simulate", &RPCParser::parseSimulate, 1, 2},
             {"submit", &RPCParser::parseSignSubmit, 1, 3},
             {"submit_multisigned", &RPCParser::parseSubmitMultiSigned, 1, 1},
             {"transaction_entry", &RPCParser::parseTransactionEntry, 2, 2},