diff --git a/cli/chain.go b/cli/chain.go
index 20a9ff654..8e8bada52 100644
--- a/cli/chain.go
+++ b/cli/chain.go
@@ -1667,6 +1667,9 @@ var ChainInvokeEVMCmd = &cli.Command{
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "from",
 			Usage: "optionally specify the account to use for sending the exec message",
+		}, &cli.IntFlag{
+			Name:  "value",
+			Usage: "optionally specify the value to be sent with the invokation message",
 		},
 	},
 	Action: func(cctx *cli.Context) error {
@@ -1727,10 +1730,11 @@ var ChainInvokeEVMCmd = &cli.Command{
 			fromAddr = addr
 		}
 
+		val := abi.NewTokenAmount(cctx.Int64("value"))
 		msg := &types.Message{
 			To:     addr,
 			From:   fromAddr,
-			Value:  big.Zero(),
+			Value:  val,
 			Method: abi.MethodNum(2),
 			Params: params,
 		}
diff --git a/documentation/en/cli-lotus.md b/documentation/en/cli-lotus.md
index d17b915e3..35bc11760 100644
--- a/documentation/en/cli-lotus.md
+++ b/documentation/en/cli-lotus.md
@@ -2454,7 +2454,8 @@ USAGE:
    lotus chain invoke-evm-actor [command options] address contract-entry-point [input-data]
 
 OPTIONS:
-   --from value  optionally specify the account to use for sending the exec message
+   --from value   optionally specify the account to use for sending the exec message
+   --value value  optionally specify the value to be sent with the invokation message (default: 0)
    
 ```