diff --git a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
index 56d0fd351e..712f6a14c3 100644
--- a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
+++ b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ fn main() {
                     .help("List of slots to print"),
             )
         )
+        .subcommand(
+            SubCommand::with_name("genesis")
+            .about("Prints the ledger's genesis config")
+        )
         .subcommand(
             SubCommand::with_name("genesis-hash")
             .about("Prints the ledger's genesis hash")
@@ -763,6 +767,9 @@ fn main() {
                 LedgerOutputMethod::Print,
             );
         }
+        ("genesis", Some(_arg_matches)) => {
+            println!("{}", open_genesis_config(&ledger_path));
+        }
         ("genesis-hash", Some(_arg_matches)) => {
             println!("{}", open_genesis_config(&ledger_path).hash());
         }