diff --git a/PENDING.md b/PENDING.md
index 339868c99def..14747be9d62e 100644
--- a/PENDING.md
+++ b/PENDING.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ FEATURES
   * [cli] \#2047 The --gas-adjustment flag can be used to adjust the estimate obtained via the simulation triggered by --gas=0.
 
 * Gaia
+  * [cli] #2170 added ability to show the node's address via `gaiad tendermint show-address`
 
 * SDK
   * [querier] added custom querier functionality, so ABCI query requests can be handled by keepers
diff --git a/server/tm_cmds.go b/server/tm_cmds.go
index c2395e3996eb..d84022183ae1 100644
--- a/server/tm_cmds.go
+++ b/server/tm_cmds.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	tcmd "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint/commands"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/p2p"
 	pvm "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/privval"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 )
 
 // ShowNodeIDCmd - ported from Tendermint, dump node ID to stdout
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ func ShowNodeIDCmd(ctx *Context) *cobra.Command {
 
 // ShowValidator - ported from Tendermint, show this node's validator info
 func ShowValidatorCmd(ctx *Context) *cobra.Command {
-	flagJSON := "json"
 	cmd := cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "show-validator",
 		Short: "Show this node's tendermint validator info",
@@ -42,16 +42,8 @@ func ShowValidatorCmd(ctx *Context) *cobra.Command {
 			privValidator := pvm.LoadOrGenFilePV(cfg.PrivValidatorFile())
 			valPubKey := privValidator.PubKey
 
-			if viper.GetBool(flagJSON) {
-
-				cdc := wire.NewCodec()
-				wire.RegisterCrypto(cdc)
-				pubKeyJSONBytes, err := cdc.MarshalJSON(valPubKey)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				fmt.Println(string(pubKeyJSONBytes))
-				return nil
+			if viper.GetBool(client.FlagJson) {
+				return printlnJSON(valPubKey)
 			}
 			pubkey, err := sdk.Bech32ifyValPub(valPubKey)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -61,10 +53,44 @@ func ShowValidatorCmd(ctx *Context) *cobra.Command {
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
-	cmd.Flags().Bool(flagJSON, false, "get machine parseable output")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool(client.FlagJson, false, "get machine parseable output")
 	return &cmd
 }
 
+// ShowAddressCmd - show this node's validator address
+func ShowAddressCmd(ctx *Context) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "show-address",
+		Short: "Shows this node's tendermint validator address",
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cfg := ctx.Config
+			privValidator := pvm.LoadOrGenFilePV(cfg.PrivValidatorFile())
+			valAddr := (sdk.ValAddress)(privValidator.Address)
+
+			if viper.GetBool(client.FlagJson) {
+				return printlnJSON(valAddr)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Println(valAddr.String())
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().Bool(client.FlagJson, false, "get machine parseable output")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func printlnJSON(v interface{}) error {
+	cdc := wire.NewCodec()
+	wire.RegisterCrypto(cdc)
+	marshalled, err := cdc.MarshalJSON(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println(string(marshalled))
+	return nil
+}
+
 // UnsafeResetAllCmd - extension of the tendermint command, resets initialization
 func UnsafeResetAllCmd(ctx *Context) *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/server/util.go b/server/util.go
index 0f5a7b3eb2ba..04c539eb4220 100644
--- a/server/util.go
+++ b/server/util.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ func AddCommands(
 	tendermintCmd.AddCommand(
 		ShowNodeIDCmd(ctx),
 		ShowValidatorCmd(ctx),
+		ShowAddressCmd(ctx),
 	)
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(