diff --git a/x/blob/client/cli/payforblob.go b/x/blob/client/cli/payforblob.go
index fdf19cc568..9ff4080205 100644
--- a/x/blob/client/cli/payforblob.go
+++ b/x/blob/client/cli/payforblob.go
@@ -19,9 +19,15 @@ import (
 	coretypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
-// FlagShareVersion allows the user to override the share version when
-// submitting a PayForBlob.
-const FlagShareVersion = "share-version"
+const (
+	// FlagShareVersion allows the user to override the share version when
+	// submitting a PayForBlob.
+	FlagShareVersion = "share-version"
+
+	// FlagNamespaceVersion allows the user to override the namespace version when
+	// submitting a PayForBlob.
+	FlagNamespaceVersion = "namespace-version"
+)
 
 func CmdPayForBlob() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -37,12 +43,13 @@ func CmdPayForBlob() *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failure to decode hex namespace ID: %w", err)
 			}
-
-			// TODO: allow the user to override the namespace version via a new flag
-			// See https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/issues/1528
-			namespace, err := appns.New(appns.NamespaceVersionZero, append(appns.NamespaceVersionZeroPrefix, namespaceID...))
+			namespaceVersion, err := cmd.Flags().GetUint8(FlagNamespaceVersion)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			namespace, err := getNamespace(namespaceID, namespaceVersion)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failure to create namespace: %w", err)
+				return err
 			}
 
 			shareVersion, _ := cmd.Flags().GetUint8(FlagShareVersion)
@@ -63,11 +70,23 @@ func CmdPayForBlob() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().Uint8(FlagNamespaceVersion, 0, "Specify the namespace version")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().Uint8(FlagShareVersion, 0, "Specify the share version")
-
 	return cmd
 }
 
+func getNamespace(namespaceID []byte, namespaceVersion uint8) (appns.Namespace, error) {
+	switch namespaceVersion {
+	case appns.NamespaceVersionZero:
+		id := make([]byte, 0, appns.NamespaceIDSize)
+		id = append(id, appns.NamespaceVersionZeroPrefix...)
+		id = append(id, namespaceID...)
+		return appns.New(namespaceVersion, id)
+	default:
+		return appns.Namespace{}, fmt.Errorf("namespace version %d is not supported", namespaceVersion)
+	}
+}
+
 // broadcastPFB creates the new PFB message type that will later be broadcast to tendermint nodes
 // this private func is used in CmdPayForBlob and CmdTestRandBlob
 func broadcastPFB(cmd *cobra.Command, blob *types.Blob) error {
diff --git a/x/blob/client/testutil/integration_test.go b/x/blob/client/testutil/integration_test.go
index 091c633780..358d4b8fd4 100644
--- a/x/blob/client/testutil/integration_test.go
+++ b/x/blob/client/testutil/integration_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package testutil
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
@@ -63,8 +64,8 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestSubmitPayForBlob() {
 	require := s.Require()
 	val := s.network.Validators[0]
 	hexNamespace := hex.EncodeToString(appns.RandomBlobNamespaceID())
+	invalidNamespaceID := hex.EncodeToString(bytes.Repeat([]byte{0}, 8)) // invalid because ID is expected to be 10 bytes
 
-	// some hex blob
 	hexBlob := "0204033704032c0b162109000908094d425837422c2116"
 
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -103,6 +104,35 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestSubmitPayForBlob() {
 			expectedCode: 0,
 			respType:     &sdk.TxResponse{},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid namespace ID",
+			args: []string{
+				invalidNamespaceID,
+				hexBlob,
+				fmt.Sprintf("--from=%s", username),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagBroadcastMode, flags.BroadcastBlock),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagFees, sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin(s.cfg.BondDenom, sdk.NewInt(2))).String()),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=true", flags.FlagSkipConfirmation),
+			},
+			expectErr:    true,
+			expectedCode: 0,
+			respType:     &sdk.TxResponse{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid namespace version",
+			args: []string{
+				hexNamespace,
+				hexBlob,
+				fmt.Sprintf("--from=%s", username),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagBroadcastMode, flags.BroadcastBlock),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagFees, sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin(s.cfg.BondDenom, sdk.NewInt(2))).String()),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=true", flags.FlagSkipConfirmation),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=1", cli.FlagNamespaceVersion),
+			},
+			expectErr:    true,
+			expectedCode: 0,
+			respType:     &sdk.TxResponse{},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {