diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66648dca7029..72a86acc4183 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (client/tx) [\#9421](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9421/) `BuildUnsignedTx`, `BuildSimTx`, `PrintUnsignedStdTx` functions are moved to
   the Tx Factory as methods.
 
+### Improvements
+* (cli) [\#9593](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9593) Check if chain-id is blank before verifying signatures in multisign and error.
+
 ## [v0.43.0-rc0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.43.0-rc0) - 2021-06-25
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go b/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
index 7fdcace968f5..5beeba3a12f4 100644
--- a/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
+++ b/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ func makeMultiSignCmd() func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			if txFactory.ChainID() == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("set the chain id with either the --chain-id flag or config file")
+			}
+
 			signingData := signing.SignerData{
 				ChainID:       txFactory.ChainID(),
 				AccountNumber: txFactory.AccountNumber(),