diff --git a/libraries/abieos/include/eosio/abi.hpp b/libraries/abieos/include/eosio/abi.hpp
index d4c692179..59bf62681 100644
--- a/libraries/abieos/include/eosio/abi.hpp
+++ b/libraries/abieos/include/eosio/abi.hpp
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ namespace eosio
    };
    EOSIO_REFLECT(variant_def, name, types);
 
+   struct action_result_def
+   {
+      eosio::name name{};
+      std::string result_type{};
+   };
+   EOSIO_REFLECT(action_result_def, name, result_type);
+
    struct abi_def
    {
       std::string version{};
@@ -152,6 +159,7 @@ namespace eosio
       std::vector<error_message> error_messages{};
       abi_extensions_type abi_extensions{};
       might_not_exist<std::vector<variant_def>> variants{};
+      might_not_exist<std::vector<action_result_def>> action_results{};
    };
    EOSIO_REFLECT(abi_def,
                  version,
@@ -162,7 +170,8 @@ namespace eosio
                  ricardian_clauses,
                  error_messages,
                  abi_extensions,
-                 variants);
+                 variants,
+                 action_results);
 
    struct abi_type;
 
diff --git a/libraries/eosiolib/contracts/include/eosio/abi_generator.hpp b/libraries/eosiolib/contracts/include/eosio/abi_generator.hpp
index 8faddd072..c7e3a9f6c 100644
--- a/libraries/eosiolib/contracts/include/eosio/abi_generator.hpp
+++ b/libraries/eosiolib/contracts/include/eosio/abi_generator.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace eosio
 {
    struct abi_generator
    {
-      eosio::abi_def def{"eosio::abi/1.1"};
+      eosio::abi_def def{"eosio::abi/1.3"};
       std::map<std::type_index, std::string> type_to_name;
       std::map<std::string, std::type_index> name_to_type;
 
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ namespace eosio
          struct_def d{struct_name};
          add_action_args<0>(d, (typename decltype(wrapper)::args*)nullptr, arg_names...);
          def.structs.push_back(std::move(d));
+         if constexpr (!std::is_same_v<void, typename decltype(wrapper)::return_type>)
+         {
+            def.action_results.value.push_back(
+                {name, get_type<typename decltype(wrapper)::return_type>()});
+         }
       }
 
       template <uint32_t i, typename T, typename... Ts, typename N, typename... Ns>
diff --git a/libraries/eosiolib/contracts/include/eosio/dispatcher.hpp b/libraries/eosiolib/contracts/include/eosio/dispatcher.hpp
index 1e6ad6444..dc14c73b0 100644
--- a/libraries/eosiolib/contracts/include/eosio/dispatcher.hpp
+++ b/libraries/eosiolib/contracts/include/eosio/dispatcher.hpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ namespace eosio
    struct action_type_wrapper
    {
       using args = detail::deduced<Action>;
+      using return_type = typename member_fn<decltype(Action)>::return_type;
    };
 
 #define EOSIO_EMPTY(...)
diff --git a/libraries/eosiolib/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/libraries/eosiolib/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index cc7aea706..847722872 100644
--- a/libraries/eosiolib/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libraries/eosiolib/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 enable_testing()
 
 add_executable(get-code contracts/get-code.cpp)
-target_include_directories(get-code PUBLIC include)
 target_link_libraries(get-code eosio-contract-simple-malloc)
 set_target_properties(get-code PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${ROOT_BINARY_DIR}/test-contracts)
 
+add_executable(get-code-abigen contracts/get-code.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(get-code-abigen eosio-contract-abigen)
+add_custom_command(TARGET get-code-abigen POST_BUILD
+    COMMAND mkdir -p ${ROOT_BINARY_DIR}/test-contracts
+    COMMAND ${ROOT_BINARY_DIR}/cltester get-code-abigen.wasm >${ROOT_BINARY_DIR}/test-contracts/get-code.abi
+)
+
 add_executable(test-sdk test-sdk.cpp)
 target_include_directories(test-sdk PUBLIC include ${ROOT_SOURCE_DIR}/contracts/bios/include)
 target_link_libraries(test-sdk catch2 cltestlib)
diff --git a/libraries/eosiolib/tests/contracts/get-code.cpp b/libraries/eosiolib/tests/contracts/get-code.cpp
index d1c6fed33..fab2d1d5f 100644
--- a/libraries/eosiolib/tests/contracts/get-code.cpp
+++ b/libraries/eosiolib/tests/contracts/get-code.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #include "get-code.hpp"
 
 EOSIO_ACTION_DISPATCHER(get_code::actions)
+EOSIO_ABIGEN(actions(get_code::actions))
diff --git a/libraries/eosiolib/tests/contracts/get-code.hpp b/libraries/eosiolib/tests/contracts/get-code.hpp
index 124795502..e1ec7c9f3 100644
--- a/libraries/eosiolib/tests/contracts/get-code.hpp
+++ b/libraries/eosiolib/tests/contracts/get-code.hpp
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@ namespace get_code
       {
          eosio::print(eosio::format_json(eosio::get_code_hash(account)));
       }
+
+      auto get(eosio::name account) { return eosio::get_code_hash(account); }
    };
 
    EOSIO_ACTIONS(contract,
                  "getcode"_n,
                  action(shouldhave, account),
                  action(shouldnot, account),
-                 action(print, account))
+                 action(print, account),
+                 action(get))
 }  // namespace get_code
diff --git a/libraries/eosiolib/tests/test-sdk.cpp b/libraries/eosiolib/tests/test-sdk.cpp
index ec1963b3b..ecbf0170e 100644
--- a/libraries/eosiolib/tests/test-sdk.cpp
+++ b/libraries/eosiolib/tests/test-sdk.cpp
@@ -8,19 +8,54 @@
 
 using namespace eosio;
 
+static void run_nodeos(test_chain& chain)
+{
+   chain.finish_block();
+   chain.finish_block();
+
+   eosio::execute("rm -rf example_chain");
+   eosio::execute("mkdir -p example_chain/blocks");
+   eosio::execute("cp " + chain.get_path() + "/blocks/blocks.log example_chain/blocks");
+
+   eosio::execute(
+       "./clsdk/bin/nodeos -d example_chain "
+       "--config-dir example_config "
+       "--plugin eosio::chain_api_plugin "
+       "--access-control-allow-origin \"*\" "
+       "--access-control-allow-header \"*\" "
+       "--http-validate-host 0 "
+       "--http-server-address 0.0.0.0:8888 "
+       "--contracts-console "
+       "-e -p eosio");
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("get_code")
 {
    test_chain chain;
    chain.set_code("eosio"_n, "clsdk/contracts/bios.wasm");
    bios::activate(chain, {
+                             eosio::feature::action_return_value,
                              eosio::feature::get_code_hash,
                          });
    chain.create_code_account("getcode"_n);
    chain.set_code("getcode"_n, "test-contracts/get-code.wasm");
+   chain.set_abi("getcode"_n, "test-contracts/get-code.abi");
    chain.as("getcode"_n).act<get_code::actions::print>("alice"_n);
    chain.as("getcode"_n).act<get_code::actions::print>("eosio"_n);
    chain.as("getcode"_n).act<get_code::actions::print>("getcode"_n);
    chain.as("getcode"_n).act<get_code::actions::shouldhave>("eosio"_n);
    chain.as("getcode"_n).act<get_code::actions::shouldhave>("getcode"_n);
    chain.as("getcode"_n).act<get_code::actions::shouldnot>("alice"_n);
+
+   auto result = chain.as("getcode"_n).act<get_code::actions::get>("getcode"_n);
+   std::cout << "\naction returned: " << eosio::format_json(result) << "\n";
+   CHECK(result.struct_version.value == 0);
+   CHECK(result.code_sequence == 1);
+   CHECK(result.hash != eosio::checksum256{});
+   CHECK(result.vm_type == 0);
+   CHECK(result.vm_version == 0);
+
+   // run_nodeos(chain);
+
+   // clsdk/bin/cleos push action getcode get '["eosio"]' -p getcode -j | jq .processed.action_traces[0].return_value_data
 }
diff --git a/programs/cltester/main.cpp b/programs/cltester/main.cpp
index 559312603..a2c8b9ba8 100644
--- a/programs/cltester/main.cpp
+++ b/programs/cltester/main.cpp
@@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ chain_types::action convert(const eosio::chain::action& obj)
    return result;
 }
 
-chain_types::action_trace_v0 convert(const eosio::chain::action_trace& obj)
+chain_types::action_trace_v1 convert(const eosio::chain::action_trace& obj)
 {
-   chain_types::action_trace_v0 result;
+   chain_types::action_trace_v1 result;
    result.action_ordinal.value = obj.action_ordinal.value;
    result.creator_action_ordinal.value = obj.creator_action_ordinal.value;
    if (obj.receipt)
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ chain_types::action_trace_v0 convert(const eosio::chain::action_trace& obj)
       result.except = obj.except->to_string();
    if (obj.error_code)
       result.error_code = *obj.error_code;
+   result.return_value = obj.return_value;
    return result;
 }