diff --git a/cli/chain.go b/cli/chain.go
index 4d296cf78..a174e75f2 100644
--- a/cli/chain.go
+++ b/cli/chain.go
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ var chainGetCmd = &cli.Command{
    - /ipfs/[cid]/@Hi:123 - get varint elem 123 from hamt
    - /ipfs/[cid]/@Hu:123 - get uvarint elem 123 from hamt
    - /ipfs/[cid]/@Ha:t01 - get element under Addr(t01).Bytes
-   - /ipfs/[cid]/@A:10 - get 10th amt element
+   - /ipfs/[cid]/@A:10   - get 10th amt element
+   - .../@Ha:t01/@state  - get pretty map-based actor state
 
    List of --as-type types:
    - raw
diff --git a/node/impl/full/chain.go b/node/impl/full/chain.go
index f6553fa54..d5c8f385b 100644
--- a/node/impl/full/chain.go
+++ b/node/impl/full/chain.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package full
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strconv"
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/api"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/store"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/types"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/vm"
 )
 
 var log = logging.Logger("fullnode")
@@ -377,6 +380,54 @@ func resolveOnce(bs blockstore.Blockstore) func(ctx context.Context, ds ipld.Nod
 			return resolveOnce(bs)(ctx, ds, n, names[1:])
 		}
 
+		if names[0] == "@state" {
+			var act types.Actor
+			if err := act.UnmarshalCBOR(bytes.NewReader(nd.RawData())); err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, xerrors.Errorf("unmarshaling actor struct for @state: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			head, err := ds.Get(ctx, act.Head)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, xerrors.Errorf("getting actor head for @state: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			m, err := vm.DumpActorState(act.Code, head.RawData())
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, err
+			}
+
+			// a hack to workaround struct aliasing in refmt
+			ms := map[string]interface{}{}
+			{
+				mstr, err := json.Marshal(m)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, nil, err
+				}
+				if err := json.Unmarshal(mstr, &ms); err != nil {
+					return nil, nil, err
+				}
+			}
+
+			n, err := cbor.WrapObject(ms, mh.SHA2_256, 32)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, err
+			}
+
+			if err := bs.Put(n); err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, xerrors.Errorf("put amt val: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			if len(names) == 1 {
+				return &ipld.Link{
+					Name: "state",
+					Size: 0,
+					Cid:  n.Cid(),
+				}, nil, nil
+			}
+
+			return resolveOnce(bs)(ctx, ds, n, names[1:])
+		}
+
 		return nd.ResolveLink(names)
 	}
 }