diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index 35d8ed32..6638ee00 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -273,7 +273,13 @@ class Engine {
       this.web3 = new Web3();
       if (this.config.contractsConfig.deployment.type === "rpc") {
         const web3Endpoint = 'http://' + this.config.contractsConfig.deployment.host + ':' + this.config.contractsConfig.deployment.port;
-        this.web3.setProvider(new Provider(web3Endpoint));
+        const providerOptions = {
+          web3: this.web3,
+          accountsConfig: this.config.contractsConfig.deployment.accounts,
+          logger: this.logger,
+          web3Endpoint
+        };
+        this.web3.setProvider(new Provider(providerOptions));
       } else {
         throw new Error("contracts config error: unknown deployment type " + this.config.contractsConfig.deployment.type);
       }
diff --git a/lib/core/provider.js b/lib/core/provider.js
index 66f92d3a..7857e332 100644
--- a/lib/core/provider.js
+++ b/lib/core/provider.js
@@ -1,16 +1,51 @@
 const ProviderEngine = require('web3-provider-engine');
-// const ProviderSubprovider = require("web3-provider-engine/subproviders/provider.js");
 const RpcSubprovider = require('web3-provider-engine/subproviders/rpc.js');
+const HookedWalletSubprovider = require('web3-provider-engine/subproviders/hooked-wallet.js');
+const bip39 = require("bip39");
+const hdkey = require('ethereumjs-wallet/hdkey');
+const fs = require('./fs');
 
 class Provider {
-  constructor(web3Endpoint) {
+  constructor(options) {
+    const self  = this;
+    this.web3 = options.web3;
+    this.accountsConfig = options.accountsConfig;
+    this.logger = options.logger;
     this.engine = new ProviderEngine();
     // this.web3 = new Web3(engine);
 
     this.engine.addProvider(new RpcSubprovider({
-      rpcUrl: web3Endpoint
+      rpcUrl: options.web3Endpoint
     }));
 
+    if (this.accountsConfig && this.accountsConfig.length) {
+      this.accounts = [];
+      this.accountsConfig.forEach(accountConfig => {
+        const account = this.getAccount(accountConfig);
+        if (!account) {
+          return;
+        }
+        if (Array.isArray(account)) {
+          this.accounts = this.accounts.concat(account);
+          return;
+        }
+        this.accounts.push(this.getAccount(accountConfig));
+      });
+
+      /*this.engine.addProvider(new HookedWalletSubprovider({
+        getAccounts: function (cb) {
+          cb(null, self.accounts);
+        },
+        approveTransaction: function (cb) {
+
+        },
+        signTransaction: function (cb) {
+
+        }
+      }));*/
+    }
+
+
     this.engine.on('block', function (block) {
       console.log('================================');
       console.log('BLOCK CHANGED:', '#' + block.number.toString('hex'), '0x' + block.hash.toString('hex'));
@@ -25,6 +60,34 @@ class Provider {
     this.engine.start();
   }
 
+  getAccount(accountConfig) {
+    if (accountConfig.privateKey) {
+      return this.web3.eth.accounts.privateKeyToAccount(accountConfig.privateKey);
+    }
+    if (accountConfig.privateKeyFile) {
+      let fileContent = fs.readFileSync(fs.dappPath(accountConfig.privateKeyFile)).toString();
+      return this.web3.eth.accounts.privateKeyToAccount(fileContent.trim());
+    }
+    if (accountConfig.mnemonic) {
+      const hdwallet = hdkey.fromMasterSeed(bip39.mnemonicToSeed(accountConfig.mnemonic.trim()));
+
+      const addressIndex = accountConfig.addressIndex || 0;
+      const numAddresses = accountConfig.numAddresses || 1;
+      const wallet_hdpath = "m/44'/60'/0'/0/";
+
+      const accounts = [];
+      for (let i = addressIndex; i < addressIndex + numAddresses; i++){
+        const wallet = hdwallet.derivePath(wallet_hdpath + i).getWallet();
+        accounts.push(this.web3.eth.accounts.privateKeyToAccount(wallet.getPrivateKey()));
+      }
+
+      return accounts;
+    }
+    this.logger.warn('Unsupported account configuration: ' + JSON.stringify(accountConfig));
+    this.logger.warn('Try using one of those: ' +
+      '{ "privateKey": "your-private-key", "privateKeyFile": "path/to/file/containing/key", "mnemonic": "12 word mnemonic" }');
+  }
+
   sendAsync() {
     this.engine.sendAsync.apply(this.engine, arguments);
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc27e7f9..bc14f1e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "babel-preset-es2016": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-preset-es2017": "6.24.1",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
+    "bip39": "^2.5.0",
     "blessed": "^0.1.81",
     "chokidar": "^2.0.3",
     "colors": "^1.1.2",
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     "ejs": "^2.5.8",
     "eth-lib": "^0.2.8",
     "ethereumjs-testrpc": "^6.0.3",
+    "ethereumjs-wallet": "^0.6.0",
     "file-loader": "^1.1.5",
     "finalhandler": "^1.1.1",
     "follow-redirects": "^1.2.4",