diff --git a/gnovm/cmd/gno/run.go b/gnovm/cmd/gno/run.go
index cfbfe995a46..f174c2b4cc5 100644
--- a/gnovm/cmd/gno/run.go
+++ b/gnovm/cmd/gno/run.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	gno "github.com/gnolang/gno/gnovm/pkg/gnolang"
 	"github.com/gnolang/gno/gnovm/tests"
 	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/commands"
+	"github.com/gnolang/gno/tm2/pkg/std"
 )
 
 type runCfg struct {
@@ -112,11 +113,15 @@ func execRun(cfg *runCfg, args []string, io commands.IO) error {
 		return errors.New("no files to run")
 	}
 
+	var send std.Coins
+	pkgPath := string(files[0].PkgName)
+	ctx := tests.TestContext(pkgPath, send)
 	m := gno.NewMachineWithOptions(gno.MachineOptions{
-		PkgPath: string(files[0].PkgName),
-		Input:   stdin,
+		PkgPath: pkgPath,
 		Output:  stdout,
+		Input:   stdin,
 		Store:   testStore,
+		Context: ctx,
 		Debug:   cfg.debug || cfg.debugAddr != "",
 	})
 
diff --git a/gnovm/cmd/gno/run_test.go b/gnovm/cmd/gno/run_test.go
index 79a873cdfe5..975868b7daf 100644
--- a/gnovm/cmd/gno/run_test.go
+++ b/gnovm/cmd/gno/run_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ func TestRunApp(t *testing.T) {
 			args:                 []string{"run", "../../tests/integ/invalid_assign/main.gno"},
 			recoverShouldContain: "cannot use bool as main.C without explicit conversion",
 		},
+		{
+			args:                []string{"run", "-expr", "Context()", "../../tests/integ/context/context.gno"},
+			stdoutShouldContain: "Context worked",
+		},
 		// TODO: a test file
 		// TODO: args
 		// TODO: nativeLibs VS stdlibs
diff --git a/gnovm/tests/integ/context/context.gno b/gnovm/tests/integ/context/context.gno
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92a9cc632b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnovm/tests/integ/context/context.gno
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package runtests
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"std"
+)
+
+func Context() {
+	// This requires a Context to work; it will fail ugly if the Context isn't available.
+	fmt.Printf("Context worked: %d\n", std.GetHeight())
+}