diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f52ea98b98..042efec1d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- @cosmjs/stargate: Added the ability to specify a custom account parser for `StargateClient`
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - @cosmjs/proto-signing: Add missing runtime dependencies @cosmjs/encoding and
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/accounts.ts b/packages/stargate/src/accounts.ts
index 20c8a3aa27..8b5d74a1dd 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/accounts.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/accounts.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,13 @@ function accountFromBaseAccount(input: BaseAccount): Account {
 }
 
 /**
- * Takes an `Any` encoded account from the chain and extracts some common
- * `Account` information from it. This is supposed to support the most relevant
+ * Represents a generic function that takes an `Any` encoded account from the chain
+ * and extracts some common `Account` information from it.
+ */
+export type AccountParser = (any: Any) => Account;
+
+/**
+ * Basic implementation of AccountParser. This is supposed to support the most relevant
  * common Cosmos SDK account types. If you need support for exotic account types,
  * you'll need to write your own account decoder.
  */
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/index.ts b/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
index c85a447c3f..6af58edc10 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export { Account, accountFromAny } from "./accounts";
+export { Account, accountFromAny, AccountParser } from "./accounts";
 export { AminoConverter, AminoConverters, AminoTypes } from "./aminotypes";
 export { calculateFee, GasPrice } from "./fee";
 export * as logs from "./logs";
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export {
   isDeliverTxSuccess,
   SequenceResponse,
   StargateClient,
+  StargateClientOptions,
   TimeoutError,
 } from "./stargateclient";
 export { StdFee } from "@cosmjs/amino";
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
index cfba5f33a8..858f9f9e5a 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/signingstargateclient.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import {
   createIbcAminoConverters,
   createStakingAminoConverters,
 } from "./modules";
-import { DeliverTxResponse, StargateClient } from "./stargateclient";
+import { DeliverTxResponse, StargateClient, StargateClientOptions } from "./stargateclient";
 
 export const defaultRegistryTypes: ReadonlyArray<[string, GeneratedType]> = [
   ["/cosmos.base.v1beta1.Coin", Coin],
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export interface PrivateSigningStargateClient {
   readonly registry: Registry;
 }
 
-export interface SigningStargateClientOptions {
+export interface SigningStargateClientOptions extends StargateClientOptions {
   readonly registry?: Registry;
   readonly aminoTypes?: AminoTypes;
   readonly prefix?: string;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class SigningStargateClient extends StargateClient {
     signer: OfflineSigner,
     options: SigningStargateClientOptions,
   ) {
-    super(tmClient);
+    super(tmClient, options);
     // TODO: do we really want to set a default here? Ideally we could get it from the signer such that users only have to set it once.
     const prefix = options.prefix ?? "cosmos";
     const { registry = createDefaultRegistry(), aminoTypes = new AminoTypes(createDefaultTypes(prefix)) } =
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
index 997b0328a9..96ef6a7dc2 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import { MsgData } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/base/abci/v1beta1/abci";
 import { Coin } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/base/v1beta1/coin";
 
-import { Account, accountFromAny } from "./accounts";
+import { Account, accountFromAny, AccountParser } from "./accounts";
 import {
   AuthExtension,
   BankExtension,
@@ -136,19 +136,27 @@ export interface PrivateStargateClient {
   readonly tmClient: Tendermint34Client | undefined;
 }
 
+export interface StargateClientOptions {
+  readonly accountParser?: AccountParser;
+}
+
 export class StargateClient {
   private readonly tmClient: Tendermint34Client | undefined;
   private readonly queryClient:
     | (QueryClient & AuthExtension & BankExtension & StakingExtension & TxExtension)
     | undefined;
   private chainId: string | undefined;
+  private readonly accountParser: AccountParser;
 
-  public static async connect(endpoint: string): Promise<StargateClient> {
+  public static async connect(
+    endpoint: string,
+    options: StargateClientOptions = {},
+  ): Promise<StargateClient> {
     const tmClient = await Tendermint34Client.connect(endpoint);
-    return new StargateClient(tmClient);
+    return new StargateClient(tmClient, options);
   }
 
-  protected constructor(tmClient: Tendermint34Client | undefined) {
+  protected constructor(tmClient: Tendermint34Client | undefined, options: StargateClientOptions) {
     if (tmClient) {
       this.tmClient = tmClient;
       this.queryClient = QueryClient.withExtensions(
@@ -159,6 +167,8 @@ export class StargateClient {
         setupTxExtension,
       );
     }
+    const { accountParser = accountFromAny } = options;
+    this.accountParser = accountParser;
   }
 
   protected getTmClient(): Tendermint34Client | undefined {
@@ -210,7 +220,7 @@ export class StargateClient {
   public async getAccount(searchAddress: string): Promise<Account | null> {
     try {
       const account = await this.forceGetQueryClient().auth.account(searchAddress);
-      return account ? accountFromAny(account) : null;
+      return account ? this.accountParser(account) : null;
     } catch (error: any) {
       if (/rpc error: code = NotFound/i.test(error.toString())) {
         return null;