diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/client_config.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/client_config.rs
index 570bd30e4..4a4774282 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/client_config.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/client_config.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use fork_choice::ForkChoiceAlgorithm;
 use network::NetworkConfig;
 use slog::error;
 use std::fs;
-use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use types::multiaddr::Protocol;
 use types::multiaddr::ToMultiaddr;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl ClientConfig {
     pub fn parse_args(args: ArgMatches, log: &slog::Logger) -> Result<Self, &'static str> {
         let mut config = ClientConfig::default();
 
-        // Network related args
+        /* Network related arguments */
 
         // Custom p2p listen port
         if let Some(port_str) = args.value_of("port") {
@@ -88,13 +88,33 @@ impl ClientConfig {
             }
         }
 
-        // filesystem args
+        /* Filesystem related arguments */
 
         // Custom datadir
         if let Some(dir) = args.value_of("datadir") {
             config.data_dir = PathBuf::from(dir.to_string());
         };
 
+        /* RPC related arguments */
+
+        if let Some(rpc_address) = args.value_of("rpc-address") {
+            if let Ok(listen_address) = rpc_address.parse::<Ipv4Addr>() {
+                config.rpc_conf.listen_address = listen_address;
+            } else {
+                error!(log, "Invalid RPC listen address"; "Address" => rpc_address);
+                return Err("Invalid RPC listen address");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let Some(rpc_port) = args.value_of("rpc-port") {
+            if let Ok(port) = rpc_port.parse::<u16>() {
+                config.rpc_conf.port = port;
+            } else {
+                error!(log, "Invalid RPC port"; "port" => rpc_port);
+                return Err("Invalid RPC port");
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(config)
     }
 }
diff --git a/beacon_node/rpc/src/config.rs b/beacon_node/rpc/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e21c2f7a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beacon_node/rpc/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
+
+/// RPC Configuration
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Config {
+    /// Enable the RPC server.
+    pub enabled: bool,
+    /// The IPv4 address the RPC will listen on.
+    pub listen_address: Ipv4Addr,
+    /// The port the RPC will listen on.
+    pub port: u16,
+}
+
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Config {
+            enabled: false, // rpc disabled by default
+            listen_address: Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1),
+            port: 5051,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/beacon_node/src/main.rs b/beacon_node/src/main.rs
index 9be6136c5..130353d77 100644
--- a/beacon_node/src/main.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/src/main.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,27 @@ fn main() {
                 .help("Network listen port for p2p connections.")
                 .takes_value(true),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("rpc")
+                .long("Enable RPC")
+                .value_name("RPC")
+                .help("Enable the RPC server.")
+                .takes_value(false),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("rpc-address")
+                .long("rpc address")
+                .value_name("RPCADDRESS")
+                .help("Listen address for RPC endpoint.")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("rpc-port")
+                .long("rpc port")
+                .value_name("RPCPORT")
+                .help("Listen port for RPC endpoint.")
+                .takes_value(true),
+        )
         .get_matches();
 
     // invalid arguments, panic