diff --git a/x/evidence/client/cli/cli_test.go b/x/evidence/client/cli/cli_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50ebfaa7aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/evidence/client/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package cli_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
+	testnet "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/network"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/evidence/client/cli"
+)
+
+type IntegrationTestSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+
+	cfg     testnet.Config
+	network *testnet.Network
+}
+
+func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
+	s.T().Log("setting up integration test suite")
+
+	cfg := testnet.DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.NumValidators = 1
+
+	s.cfg = cfg
+	s.network = testnet.New(s.T(), cfg)
+
+	_, err := s.network.WaitForHeight(1)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+}
+
+func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TearDownSuite() {
+	s.T().Log("tearing down integration test suite")
+	s.network.Cleanup()
+}
+
+func TestIntegrationTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(IntegrationTestSuite))
+}
+
+func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGetQueryCmd() {
+	val := s.network.Validators[0]
+
+	testCases := map[string]struct {
+		args           []string
+		expectedOutput string
+		expectErr      bool
+	}{
+		"non-existant evidence": {
+			[]string{"DF0C23E8634E480F84B9D5674A7CDC9816466DEC28A3358F73260F68D28D7660"},
+			"evidence DF0C23E8634E480F84B9D5674A7CDC9816466DEC28A3358F73260F68D28D7660 not found",
+			true,
+		},
+		"all evidence (default pagination)": {
+			[]string{},
+			"evidence: []\npagination:\n  next_key: null\n  total: \"0\"",
+			false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range testCases {
+		tc := tc
+
+		s.Run(name, func() {
+			cmd := cli.GetQueryCmd()
+			clientCtx := val.ClientCtx
+
+			out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(clientCtx, cmd, tc.args)
+			if tc.expectErr {
+				s.Require().Error(err)
+			} else {
+				s.Require().NoError(err)
+			}
+
+			s.Require().Contains(strings.TrimSpace(out.String()), tc.expectedOutput)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/x/evidence/client/cli/query.go b/x/evidence/client/cli/query.go
index 31365648558..c6ec9f51793 100644
--- a/x/evidence/client/cli/query.go
+++ b/x/evidence/client/cli/query.go
@@ -47,18 +47,14 @@ $ %s query %s --page=2 --limit=50
 // can be queried for by hash or paginated evidence can be returned.
 func QueryEvidenceCmd() func(*cobra.Command, []string) error {
 	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if err := client.ValidateCmd(cmd, args); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
 		clientCtx := client.GetClientContextFromCmd(cmd)
 		clientCtx, err := client.ReadQueryCommandFlags(clientCtx, cmd.Flags())
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if hash := args[0]; hash != "" {
-			return queryEvidence(clientCtx, hash)
+		if len(args) > 0 {
+			return queryEvidence(clientCtx, args[0])
 		}
 
 		pageReq, err := client.ReadPageRequest(cmd.Flags())