diff --git a/baseapp/abci_utils.go b/baseapp/abci_utils.go
index 3f58540687..7803781d9f 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci_utils.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci_utils.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (h *DefaultProposalHandler) PrepareProposalHandler() sdk.PrepareProposalHan
 					return nil, err
 				}
 
-				stop := h.txSelector.SelectTxForProposal(uint64(req.MaxTxBytes), maxBlockGas, tx, txBz)
+				stop := h.txSelector.SelectTxForProposal(ctx, uint64(req.MaxTxBytes), maxBlockGas, tx, txBz)
 				if stop {
 					break
 				}
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (h *DefaultProposalHandler) PrepareProposalHandler() sdk.PrepareProposalHan
 					return nil, err
 				}
 			} else {
-				stop := h.txSelector.SelectTxForProposal(uint64(req.MaxTxBytes), maxBlockGas, memTx, txBz)
+				stop := h.txSelector.SelectTxForProposal(ctx, uint64(req.MaxTxBytes), maxBlockGas, memTx, txBz)
 				if stop {
 					break
 				}
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ type TxSelector interface {
 	// a proposal based on inclusion criteria defined by the TxSelector. It must
 	// return <true> if the caller should halt the transaction selection loop
 	// (typically over a mempool) or <false> otherwise.
-	SelectTxForProposal(maxTxBytes, maxBlockGas uint64, memTx sdk.Tx, txBz []byte) bool
+	SelectTxForProposal(ctx context.Context, maxTxBytes, maxBlockGas uint64, memTx sdk.Tx, txBz []byte) bool
 }
 
 type defaultTxSelector struct {
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func (ts *defaultTxSelector) Clear() {
 	ts.selectedTxs = nil
 }
 
-func (ts *defaultTxSelector) SelectTxForProposal(maxTxBytes, maxBlockGas uint64, memTx sdk.Tx, txBz []byte) bool {
+func (ts *defaultTxSelector) SelectTxForProposal(_ context.Context, maxTxBytes, maxBlockGas uint64, memTx sdk.Tx, txBz []byte) bool {
 	txSize := uint64(len(txBz))
 
 	var txGasLimit uint64