diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9af47b9ea1..7165d5ac8b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ log-*/
 /.idea/
 /solana.iml
 /.vscode/
+
+# fetch-spl.sh artifacts
+/spl-genesis-args.sh
+/spl_*.so
diff --git a/fetch-spl.sh b/fetch-spl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7f3d7f6f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fetch-spl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Fetches the latest SPL programs and produces the solana-genesis command-line
+# arguments needed to install them
+#
+
+set -e
+
+fetch_program() {
+  declare name=$1
+  declare version=$2
+  declare address=$3
+
+  declare so=spl_$name-$version.so
+
+  genesis_args+=(--bpf-program "$address" "$so")
+
+  if [[ -r $so ]]; then
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -r ~/.cache/solana-spl/$so ]]; then
+    cp ~/.cache/solana-spl/"$so" "$so"
+  else
+    echo "Downloading $name $version"
+    (
+      set -x
+      curl -L --retry 5 --retry-delay 2 --retry-connrefused \
+        -o "$so" \
+        "https://github.com/solana-labs/solana-program-library/releases/download/$name-v$version/spl_$name.so"
+    )
+
+    mkdir -p ~/.cache/solana-spl
+    cp "$so" ~/.cache/solana-spl/"$so"
+  fi
+
+}
+
+fetch_program token 1.0.0 TokenSVp5gheXUvJ6jGWGeCsgPKgnE3YgdGKRVCMY9o
+fetch_program memo  1.0.0 Memo1UhkJRfHyvLMcVucJwxXeuD728EqVDDwQDxFMNo
+
+echo "${genesis_args[@]}" > spl-genesis-args.sh
+
+echo
+echo "Available SPL programs:"
+ls -l spl_*.so
+
+echo
+echo "solana-genesis command-line arguments (spl-genesis-args.sh):"
+cat spl-genesis-args.sh
diff --git a/multinode-demo/setup.sh b/multinode-demo/setup.sh
index b1b10cf3c5..d094854a05 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/setup.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/setup.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,19 @@ args=(
                         "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/bootstrap-validator/vote-account.json
                         "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/bootstrap-validator/stake-account.json
 )
+
+"$SOLANA_ROOT"/fetch-spl.sh
+if [[ -r spl-genesis-args.sh ]]; then
+  SPL_GENESIS_ARGS=$(cat "$SOLANA_ROOT"/spl-genesis-args.sh)
+  #shellcheck disable=SC2207
+  #shellcheck disable=SC2206
+  args+=($SPL_GENESIS_ARGS)
+fi
+
 default_arg --ledger "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/bootstrap-validator
 default_arg --faucet-pubkey "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/faucet.json
 default_arg --faucet-lamports 500000000000000000
 default_arg --hashes-per-tick auto
 default_arg --operating-mode development
+
 $solana_genesis "${args[@]}"
diff --git a/net/net.sh b/net/net.sh
index 80ab267ebb..21193f1048 100755
--- a/net/net.sh
+++ b/net/net.sh
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ syncScripts() {
   declare ipAddress=$1
   rsync -vPrc -e "ssh ${sshOptions[*]}" \
     --exclude 'net/log*' \
-    "$SOLANA_ROOT"/{fetch-perf-libs.sh,scripts,net,multinode-demo} \
+    "$SOLANA_ROOT"/{fetch-perf-libs.sh,fetch-spl.sh,scripts,net,multinode-demo} \
     "$ipAddress":~/solana/ > /dev/null
 }
 
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 1142d9eb23..25c79b3ae9 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ fi
 if [[ -e "$ledgerDir"/genesis.bin || -e "$ledgerDir"/genesis.tar.bz2 ]]; then
   echo "Use existing genesis"
 else
+  ./fetch-spl.sh
+  if [[ -r spl-genesis-args.sh ]]; then
+    SPL_GENESIS_ARGS=$(cat spl-genesis-args.sh)
+  fi
+
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
   solana-genesis \
     --hashes-per-tick sleep \
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ else
       "$dataDir"/validator-stake-account.json \
     --ledger "$ledgerDir" \
     --operating-mode development \
+    $SPL_GENESIS_ARGS \
     $SOLANA_RUN_SH_GENESIS_ARGS
 fi
 
diff --git a/sdk/docker-solana/build.sh b/sdk/docker-solana/build.sh
index d210e9356e..04f6c3efd9 100755
--- a/sdk/docker-solana/build.sh
+++ b/sdk/docker-solana/build.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ rm -rf usr/
   scripts/cargo-install-all.sh sdk/docker-solana/usr
 
 cp -f ../../run.sh usr/bin/solana-run.sh
+cp -f ../../fetch-spl usr/bin/
+(
+  cd usr/bin
+  ./fetch-spl.sh
+)
 
 docker build -t solanalabs/solana:"$CHANNEL_OR_TAG" .