diff --git a/itests/contracts/Blocktest.hex b/itests/contracts/Blocktest.hex
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d477b3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itests/contracts/Blocktest.hex
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diff --git a/itests/contracts/Blocktest.sol b/itests/contracts/Blocktest.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fde0d56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/itests/contracts/Blocktest.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity >=0.8.17;
+
+contract BlockTest {
+
+    function testChainID() public view{
+        require(block.chainid == 314);
+    }
+
+    function getBlockhashPrevious() public view returns (bytes32) {
+        return blockhash(block.number-1);
+    }
+
+    function getBasefee() public view returns (uint256){
+        return block.basefee;
+    }
+
+    function getBlockNumber() public view returns (uint256){
+        return block.number;
+    }
+    function getTimestamp() public view returns (uint256){
+        return block.timestamp;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/itests/fevm_test.go b/itests/fevm_test.go
index 940d56ef1..b93cc824d 100644
--- a/itests/fevm_test.go
+++ b/itests/fevm_test.go
@@ -883,6 +883,96 @@ func TestFEVMGetBlockDifficulty(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, len(ret), 32)
 }
 
+func TestFEVMTestCorrectChainID(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel, client := kit.SetupFEVMTest(t)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	//install contract
+	filenameActor := "contracts/Blocktest.hex"
+	fromAddr, contractAddr := client.EVM().DeployContractFromFilename(ctx, filenameActor)
+
+	//run test
+	_, _, err := client.EVM().InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx, fromAddr, contractAddr, "testChainID()", []byte{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestFEVMGetChainPropertiesBlockTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel, client := kit.SetupFEVMTest(t)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	//install contract
+	filenameActor := "contracts/Blocktest.hex"
+	fromAddr, contractAddr := client.EVM().DeployContractFromFilename(ctx, filenameActor)
+
+	// block number check
+	ret, wait, err := client.EVM().InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx, fromAddr, contractAddr, "getTimestamp()", []byte{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	timestampFromSolidity, err := decodeOutputToUint64(ret)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ethBlock := client.EVM().GetEthBlockFromWait(ctx, wait)
+
+	require.Equal(t, ethBlock.Timestamp, ethtypes.EthUint64(timestampFromSolidity))
+}
+
+func TestFEVMGetChainPropertiesBlockNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel, client := kit.SetupFEVMTest(t)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	//install contract
+	filenameActor := "contracts/Blocktest.hex"
+	fromAddr, contractAddr := client.EVM().DeployContractFromFilename(ctx, filenameActor)
+
+	// block number check
+	ret, wait, err := client.EVM().InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx, fromAddr, contractAddr, "getBlockNumber()", []byte{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	blockHeightFromSolidity, err := decodeOutputToUint64(ret)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ethBlock := client.EVM().GetEthBlockFromWait(ctx, wait)
+
+	require.Equal(t, ethBlock.Number, ethtypes.EthUint64(blockHeightFromSolidity))
+}
+
+func TestFEVMGetChainPropertiesBlockHash(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel, client := kit.SetupFEVMTest(t)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	//install contract
+	filenameActor := "contracts/Blocktest.hex"
+	fromAddr, contractAddr := client.EVM().DeployContractFromFilename(ctx, filenameActor)
+
+	//block hash check
+	ret, wait, err := client.EVM().InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx, fromAddr, contractAddr, "getBlockhashPrevious()", []byte{})
+	expectedBlockHash := hex.EncodeToString(ret)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ethBlock := client.EVM().GetEthBlockFromWait(ctx, wait)
+	//in solidity we get the parent block hash because the current block hash doesnt exist at that execution context yet
+	//so we compare the parent hash here in the test
+	require.Equal(t, "0x"+expectedBlockHash, ethBlock.ParentHash.String())
+}
+
+func TestFEVMGetChainPropertiesBaseFee(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel, client := kit.SetupFEVMTest(t)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	//install contract
+	filenameActor := "contracts/Blocktest.hex"
+	fromAddr, contractAddr := client.EVM().DeployContractFromFilename(ctx, filenameActor)
+
+	ret, wait, err := client.EVM().InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx, fromAddr, contractAddr, "getBasefee()", []byte{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	baseFeeRet, err := decodeOutputToUint64(ret)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ethBlock := client.EVM().GetEthBlockFromWait(ctx, wait)
+
+	require.Equal(t, ethBlock.BaseFeePerGas, ethtypes.EthBigInt(big.NewInt(int64(baseFeeRet))))
+}
+
 func TestFEVMErrorParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel, client := kit.SetupFEVMTest(t)
 	defer cancel()
diff --git a/itests/kit/evm.go b/itests/kit/evm.go
index 3cbfcd5f2..a2ab5bb6f 100644
--- a/itests/kit/evm.go
+++ b/itests/kit/evm.go
@@ -247,6 +247,22 @@ func (e *EVM) ComputeContractAddress(deployer ethtypes.EthAddress, nonce uint64)
 	return *(*ethtypes.EthAddress)(hasher.Sum(nil)[12:])
 }
 
+// return eth block from a wait return
+// this necessarily goes back one parent in the chain because wait is one block ahead of execution
+func (e *EVM) GetEthBlockFromWait(ctx context.Context, wait *api.MsgLookup) ethtypes.EthBlock {
+	c, err := wait.TipSet.Cid()
+	require.NoError(e.t, err)
+	hash, err := ethtypes.EthHashFromCid(c)
+	require.NoError(e.t, err)
+
+	ethBlockParent, err := e.EthGetBlockByHash(ctx, hash, true)
+	require.NoError(e.t, err)
+	ethBlock, err := e.EthGetBlockByHash(ctx, ethBlockParent.ParentHash, true)
+	require.NoError(e.t, err)
+
+	return ethBlock
+}
+
 func (e *EVM) InvokeContractByFuncName(ctx context.Context, fromAddr address.Address, idAddr address.Address, funcSignature string, inputData []byte) ([]byte, *api.MsgLookup, error) {
 	entryPoint := CalcFuncSignature(funcSignature)
 	wait, err := e.InvokeSolidity(ctx, fromAddr, idAddr, entryPoint, inputData)