diff --git a/packages/vm/lib/evm/evm.ts b/packages/vm/lib/evm/evm.ts
index f2afa09323..88acdae009 100644
--- a/packages/vm/lib/evm/evm.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/lib/evm/evm.ts
@@ -255,10 +255,18 @@ export default class EVM {
       totalGas = totalGas.add(returnFee)
     }
 
-    // if not enough gas
+    // Check for SpuriousDragon EIP-170 code size limit
+    let allowedCodeSize = true
+    if (
+      this._vm._common.gteHardfork('spuriousDragon') &&
+      result.returnValue.length > this._vm._common.param('vm', 'maxCodeSize')
+    ) {
+      allowedCodeSize = false
+    }
+    // If enough gas and allowed code size
     if (
       totalGas.lte(message.gasLimit) &&
-      (this._vm.allowUnlimitedContractSize || result.returnValue.length <= 24576)
+      (this._vm.allowUnlimitedContractSize || allowedCodeSize)
     ) {
       result.gasUsed = totalGas
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/vm/lib/evm/opFns.ts b/packages/vm/lib/evm/opFns.ts
index 85be450d5c..33af20f40e 100644
--- a/packages/vm/lib/evm/opFns.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/lib/evm/opFns.ts
@@ -401,9 +401,15 @@ export const handlers: { [k: string]: OpHandler } = {
     runState.stack.push(new BN(keccak256(code)))
   },
   RETURNDATASIZE: function (runState: RunState) {
+    if (!runState._common.gteHardfork('byzantium')) {
+      trap(ERROR.INVALID_OPCODE)
+    }
     runState.stack.push(runState.eei.getReturnDataSize())
   },
   RETURNDATACOPY: function (runState: RunState) {
+    if (!runState._common.gteHardfork('byzantium')) {
+      trap(ERROR.INVALID_OPCODE)
+    }
     let [memOffset, returnDataOffset, length] = runState.stack.popN(3)
 
     if (returnDataOffset.add(length).gt(runState.eei.getReturnDataSize())) {
@@ -769,6 +775,9 @@ export const handlers: { [k: string]: OpHandler } = {
     runState.stack.push(ret)
   },
   STATICCALL: async function (runState: RunState) {
+    if (!runState._common.gteHardfork('byzantium')) {
+      trap(ERROR.INVALID_OPCODE)
+    }
     const value = new BN(0)
     let [gasLimit, toAddress, inOffset, inLength, outOffset, outLength] = runState.stack.popN(6)
     const toAddressBuf = addressToBuffer(toAddress)
@@ -797,6 +806,9 @@ export const handlers: { [k: string]: OpHandler } = {
     runState.eei.finish(returnData)
   },
   REVERT: function (runState: RunState) {
+    if (!runState._common.gteHardfork('byzantium')) {
+      trap(ERROR.INVALID_OPCODE)
+    }
     const [offset, length] = runState.stack.popN(2)
     subMemUsage(runState, offset, length)
     let returnData = Buffer.alloc(0)
diff --git a/packages/vm/lib/index.ts b/packages/vm/lib/index.ts
index dd33afa716..537926b93a 100644
--- a/packages/vm/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/lib/index.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export default class VM extends AsyncEventEmitter {
       const chain = opts.chain ? opts.chain : 'mainnet'
       const hardfork = opts.hardfork ? opts.hardfork : 'petersburg'
       const supportedHardforks = [
+        'spuriousDragon',
         'byzantium',
         'constantinople',
         'petersburg',
diff --git a/packages/vm/lib/runBlock.ts b/packages/vm/lib/runBlock.ts
index 59fadd7062..d9d1233782 100644
--- a/packages/vm/lib/runBlock.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/lib/runBlock.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export interface RunBlockResult {
   /**
    * Receipts generated for transactions in the block
    */
-  receipts: TxReceipt[]
+  receipts: (PreByzantiumTxReceipt | PostByzantiumTxReceipt)[]
   /**
    * Results of executing the transactions in the block
    */
@@ -52,13 +52,9 @@ export interface RunBlockResult {
 }
 
 /**
- * Receipt generated for a transaction
+ * Abstract interface with common transaction receipt fields
  */
-export interface TxReceipt {
-  /**
-   * Status of transaction, `1` if successful, `0` if an exception occured
-   */
-  status: 0 | 1
+interface TxReceipt {
   /**
    * Gas used
    */
@@ -73,6 +69,28 @@ export interface TxReceipt {
   logs: any[]
 }
 
+/**
+ * Pre-Byzantium receipt type with a field
+ * for the intermediary state root
+ */
+export interface PreByzantiumTxReceipt extends TxReceipt {
+  /**
+   * Intermediary state root
+   */
+  stateRoot: Buffer
+}
+
+/**
+ * Receipt type for Byzantium and beyond replacing the intermediary
+ * state root field with a status code field (EIP-658)
+ */
+export interface PostByzantiumTxReceipt extends TxReceipt {
+  /**
+   * Status of transaction, `1` if successful, `0` if an exception occured
+   */
+  status: 0 | 1
+}
+
 /**
  * @ignore
  */
@@ -219,12 +237,28 @@ async function applyTransactions(this: VM, block: any, opts: RunBlockOpts) {
     // Combine blooms via bitwise OR
     bloom.or(txRes.bloom)
 
-    const txReceipt: TxReceipt = {
-      status: txRes.execResult.exceptionError ? 0 : 1, // Receipts have a 0 as status on error
+    const abstractTxReceipt: TxReceipt = {
       gasUsed: gasUsed.toArrayLike(Buffer),
       bitvector: txRes.bloom.bitvector,
       logs: txRes.execResult.logs || [],
     }
+    let txReceipt
+    if (this._common.gteHardfork('byzantium')) {
+      txReceipt = {
+        status: txRes.execResult.exceptionError ? 0 : 1, // Receipts have a 0 as status on error
+        ...abstractTxReceipt,
+      } as PostByzantiumTxReceipt
+    } else {
+      // This is just using a dummy place holder for the state root right now.
+      // Giving the correct intermediary state root would need a too depp intervention
+      // into the current checkpointing mechanism which hasn't been considered
+      // to be worth it on a HF backport, 2020-06-26
+      txReceipt = {
+        stateRoot: Buffer.alloc(32),
+        ...abstractTxReceipt,
+      } as PreByzantiumTxReceipt
+    }
+
     receipts.push(txReceipt)
 
     // Add receipt to trie to later calculate receipt root
diff --git a/packages/vm/package.json b/packages/vm/package.json
index 737d041236..544c148bcd 100644
--- a/packages/vm/package.json
+++ b/packages/vm/package.json
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     "coverage:test": "npm run build && tape './tests/api/**/*.js' ./tests/tester.js --state --dist",
     "docs:build": "typedoc --options typedoc.js",
     "test:state": "ts-node ./tests/tester --state",
-    "test:state:allForks": "npm run test:state -- --fork=Byzantium && npm run test:state -- --fork=Constantinople && npm run test:state -- --fork=Petersburg && npm run test:state -- --fork=Istanbul && npm run test:state -- --fork=MuirGlacier",
-    "test:state:selectedForks": "npm run test:state -- --fork=Petersburg && npm run test:state -- --fork=Istanbul && npm run test:state -- --fork=MuirGlacier",
+    "test:state:allForks": "npm run test:state -- --fork=SpuriousDragon && npm run test:state -- --fork=Byzantium && npm run test:state -- --fork=Constantinople && npm run test:state -- --fork=Petersburg && npm run test:state -- --fork=Istanbul && npm run test:state -- --fork=MuirGlacier",
+    "test:state:selectedForks": "npm run test:state -- --fork=Petersburg && npm run test:state -- --fork=SpuriousDragon",
     "test:state:slow": "npm run test:state -- --runSkipped=slow",
     "test:buildIntegrity": "npm run test:state -- --test='stackOverflow'",
     "test:blockchain": "node -r ts-node/register --stack-size=1500 ./tests/tester --blockchain",
diff --git a/packages/vm/tests/api/runBlock.js b/packages/vm/tests/api/runBlock.js
index a49f583df6..92582e1595 100644
--- a/packages/vm/tests/api/runBlock.js
+++ b/packages/vm/tests/api/runBlock.js
@@ -145,3 +145,32 @@ tape('should run valid block', async (t) => {
 
   t.end()
 })
+
+async function runWithHf(hardfork) {
+  const vm = setupVM({ hardfork: hardfork })
+  const suite = setup(vm)
+
+  const block = new Block(util.rlp.decode(suite.data.blocks[0].rlp))
+
+  await setupPreConditions(suite.vm.stateManager._trie, suite.data)
+
+  let res = await suite.p.runBlock({
+    block,
+    generate: true,
+    skipBlockValidation: true,
+  })
+  return res
+}
+
+tape('should return correct HF receipts', async (t) => {
+  let res = await runWithHf('byzantium')
+  t.equal(res.receipts[0].status, 1, 'should return correct post-Byzantium receipt format')
+  
+  res = await runWithHf('spuriousDragon')
+  t.deepEqual(
+    res.receipts[0].stateRoot,
+    Buffer.alloc(32),
+    'should return correct pre-Byzantium receipt format')
+
+  t.end()
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/vm/tests/config.js b/packages/vm/tests/config.js
index 2c3bca1979..78cdc89427 100644
--- a/packages/vm/tests/config.js
+++ b/packages/vm/tests/config.js
@@ -119,11 +119,17 @@ const SKIP_VM = [
  * @returns {String} Either an alias of the forkConfig param, or the forkConfig param itself
  */
 function getRequiredForkConfigAlias(forkConfig) {
+  // SpuriousDragon is named EIP158 (attention: misleading name)
+  // in the client-independent consensus test suite
+  if (String(forkConfig).match(/^spuriousDragon$/i)) {
+    return 'EIP158'
+  }
   // Run the Istanbul tests for MuirGlacier since there are no dedicated tests
   if (String(forkConfig).match(/^muirGlacier/i)) {
     return 'Istanbul'
   }
-  // Petersburg is named ConstantinopleFix in the client-independent consensus test suite
+  // Petersburg is named ConstantinopleFix
+  // in the client-independent consensus test suite
   if (String(forkConfig).match(/^petersburg$/i)) {
     return 'ConstantinopleFix'
   }
diff --git a/packages/vm/tests/tester.js b/packages/vm/tests/tester.js
index 3041a023c6..991d44de24 100755
--- a/packages/vm/tests/tester.js
+++ b/packages/vm/tests/tester.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function runTests() {
 
   const FORK_CONFIG = (argv.fork || config.DEFAULT_FORK_CONFIG)
   const FORK_CONFIG_TEST_SUITE = config.getRequiredForkConfigAlias(FORK_CONFIG)
-  // Istanbul -> istanbul, MuirGlacier -> muirGlacier
+  // Examples: Istanbul -> istanbul, MuirGlacier -> muirGlacier
   const FORK_CONFIG_VM = FORK_CONFIG.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + FORK_CONFIG.substring(1)
 
   /**