diff --git a/itests/contracts/DeployValueTest.hex b/itests/contracts/DeployValueTest.hex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..535704abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itests/contracts/DeployValueTest.hex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/itests/contracts/DeployValueTest.sol b/itests/contracts/DeployValueTest.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe261b014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itests/contracts/DeployValueTest.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity >=0.8.17;
+
+ 
+
+contract DeployValueTest {
+    address public newContract;
+
+    constructor() payable { 
+        newContract = address(new NewContract{value: msg.value}());
+    }
+
+    function getConst() public view returns (uint) {
+        return 7;
+    }
+    
+    function getNewContractBalance() public view returns (uint) {
+        return NewContract(newContract).getBalance();
+    }
+}
+
+contract NewContract {
+    constructor() payable {
+    }
+
+    function getBalance() public view returns (uint) {
+        return address(this).balance;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/itests/contracts/compile.sh b/itests/contracts/compile.sh
index 4395fdb53..b87c830d7 100755
--- a/itests/contracts/compile.sh
+++ b/itests/contracts/compile.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ find . -name \*.sol -print0 |
 
 #for these contracts we have 2 contracts in the same solidity file 
 #this command grabs the correct bytecode for us
-for filename in Constructor TestApp ValueSender ; do
+for filename in Constructor TestApp ValueSender DeployValueTest; do
 	echo $filename
 	solc --bin $filename.sol | tail -n5|head -n1 | tr -d "\n" > $filename.hex
 done
diff --git a/itests/fevm_test.go b/itests/fevm_test.go
index de11fd618..863b030ad 100644
--- a/itests/fevm_test.go
+++ b/itests/fevm_test.go
@@ -606,3 +606,29 @@ func TestFEVMRecursiveActorCall(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("n=0,r=255-fails", testN(0, 255, exitcode.ExitCode(33))) // 33 means transaction reverted
 	t.Run("n=251,r=171-fails", testN(251, 171, exitcode.ExitCode(33)))
 }
+
+// TestFEVM deploys a contract while sending value to it
+func TestFEVMDeployValue(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel, client := kit.SetupFEVMTest(t)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	//testValue is the amount sent when the contract is created
+	//at the end we check that the new contract has a balance of testValue
+	testValue := big.NewInt(20)
+
+	// deploy DeployValueTest which creates NewContract
+	// testValue is sent to DeployValueTest and that amount is
+	// also sent to NewContract
+	filenameActor := "contracts/DeployValueTest.hex"
+	fromAddr, idAddr := client.EVM().DeployContractFromFilenameValue(ctx, filenameActor, testValue)
+
+	//call getNewContractBalance to find the value of NewContract
+	ret, _, err := client.EVM().InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx, fromAddr, idAddr, "getNewContractBalance()", []byte{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	contractBalance, err := decodeOutputToUint64(ret)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	//require balance of NewContract is testValue
+	require.Equal(t, testValue.Uint64(), contractBalance)
+}
diff --git a/itests/kit/evm.go b/itests/kit/evm.go
index 6c27da557..c24197a67 100644
--- a/itests/kit/evm.go
+++ b/itests/kit/evm.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (f *TestFullNode) EVM() *EVM {
 	return &EVM{f}
 }
 
-func (e *EVM) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, sender address.Address, bytecode []byte) eam.CreateReturn {
+func (e *EVM) DeployContractValue(ctx context.Context, sender address.Address, bytecode []byte, value big.Int) eam.CreateReturn {
 	require := require.New(e.t)
 
 	nonce, err := e.MpoolGetNonce(ctx, sender)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (e *EVM) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, sender address.Address, byteco
 	msg := &types.Message{
 		To:     builtintypes.EthereumAddressManagerActorAddr,
 		From:   sender,
-		Value:  big.Zero(),
+		Value:  value,
 		Method: method,
 		Params: params,
 	}
@@ -83,8 +83,11 @@ func (e *EVM) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, sender address.Address, byteco
 
 	return result
 }
+func (e *EVM) DeployContract(ctx context.Context, sender address.Address, bytecode []byte) eam.CreateReturn {
+	return e.DeployContractValue(ctx, sender, bytecode, big.Zero())
+}
 
-func (e *EVM) DeployContractFromFilename(ctx context.Context, binFilename string) (address.Address, address.Address) {
+func (e *EVM) DeployContractFromFilenameValue(ctx context.Context, binFilename string, value big.Int) (address.Address, address.Address) {
 	contractHex, err := os.ReadFile(binFilename)
 	require.NoError(e.t, err)
 
@@ -97,12 +100,15 @@ func (e *EVM) DeployContractFromFilename(ctx context.Context, binFilename string
 	fromAddr, err := e.WalletDefaultAddress(ctx)
 	require.NoError(e.t, err)
 
-	result := e.DeployContract(ctx, fromAddr, contract)
+	result := e.DeployContractValue(ctx, fromAddr, contract, value)
 
 	idAddr, err := address.NewIDAddress(result.ActorID)
 	require.NoError(e.t, err)
 	return fromAddr, idAddr
 }
+func (e *EVM) DeployContractFromFilename(ctx context.Context, binFilename string) (address.Address, address.Address) {
+	return e.DeployContractFromFilenameValue(ctx, binFilename, big.Zero())
+}
 
 func (e *EVM) InvokeSolidity(ctx context.Context, sender address.Address, target address.Address, selector []byte, inputData []byte) (*api.MsgLookup, error) {
 	params := append(selector, inputData...)