diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/fee.spec.ts b/packages/stargate/src/fee.spec.ts
index 393fb01c..43897041 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/fee.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/fee.spec.ts
@@ -70,4 +70,14 @@ describe("calculateFee", () => {
       gas: "80000",
     });
   });
+
+  it("accepts a string gas price", () => {
+    const gasLimit = 80000;
+    const gasPrice = "0.025ucosm";
+    const fee = calculateFee(gasLimit, gasPrice);
+    expect(fee).toEqual({
+      amount: [{ amount: "2000", denom: "ucosm" }],
+      gas: "80000",
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/fee.ts b/packages/stargate/src/fee.ts
index 78902cb2..f8b40590 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/fee.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/fee.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ export class GasPrice {
   }
 }
 
-export function calculateFee(gasLimit: number, { denom, amount: gasPriceAmount }: GasPrice): StdFee {
+export function calculateFee(gasLimit: number, gasPrice: GasPrice | string): StdFee {
+  const processedGasPrice = typeof gasPrice === "string" ? GasPrice.fromString(gasPrice) : gasPrice;
+  const { denom, amount: gasPriceAmount } = processedGasPrice;
   const amount = Math.ceil(gasPriceAmount.multiply(new Uint53(gasLimit)).toFloatApproximation());
   return {
     amount: coins(amount, denom),