diff --git a/cmd/laconicd/cmd/add_genesis_lockup_account.go b/cmd/laconicd/cmd/add_genesis_lockup_account.go
index dacc26a0..88bf4344 100644
--- a/cmd/laconicd/cmd/add_genesis_lockup_account.go
+++ b/cmd/laconicd/cmd/add_genesis_lockup_account.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
@@ -25,9 +26,9 @@ const (
 // AddGenesisLockupAccountCmd returns add-genesis-lockup-account cobra Command.
 func AddGenesisLockupAccountCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "add-genesis-lockup-account <account_name> <coin>[,<coin>...]",
+		Use:   "add-genesis-lockup-account <account_name> <distribution-json-file> <coin>[,<coin>...]",
 		Short: "Add genesis lockup account with give name",
-		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(2),
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(3),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			clientCtx := client.GetClientContextFromCmd(cmd)
 			serverCtx := server.GetServerContextFromCmd(cmd)
@@ -36,9 +37,20 @@ func AddGenesisLockupAccountCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			config.SetRoot(clientCtx.HomeDir)
 
 			moduleName := args[0]
+			distributionFilePath := args[1]
+
+			var distribution map[string]interface{}
+			distributionBytes, err := os.ReadFile(distributionFilePath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to read %s file: %w", distributionFilePath, err)
+			}
+			if err = json.Unmarshal(distributionBytes, &distribution); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("distribution is invalid json: %v", err)
+			}
+
 			appendflag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(flagAppendMode)
 
-			return AddGenesisAccount(clientCtx.Codec, moduleName, appendflag, config.GenesisFile(), args[1])
+			return AddGenesisLockupAccount(clientCtx.Codec, moduleName, string(distributionBytes), appendflag, config.GenesisFile(), args[2])
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -47,9 +59,10 @@ func AddGenesisLockupAccountCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func AddGenesisAccount(
+func AddGenesisLockupAccount(
 	cdc codec.Codec,
 	moduleName string,
+	distribution string,
 	appendAcct bool,
 	genesisFileURL, amountStr string,
 ) error {
@@ -66,7 +79,7 @@ func AddGenesisAccount(
 	genAccount := &types.LockupAccount{
 		BaseAccount:  moduleAccount.BaseAccount,
 		Name:         moduleAccount.Name,
-		Distribution: "",
+		Distribution: distribution,
 	}
 
 	if err := genAccount.Validate(); err != nil {