diff --git a/rpc/apis.go b/rpc/apis.go
index b38dcaa43..e2e006757 100644
--- a/rpc/apis.go
+++ b/rpc/apis.go
@@ -21,46 +21,67 @@ const (
 	EthNamespace      = "eth"
 	PersonalNamespace = "personal"
 	NetNamespace      = "net"
+	flagRPCAPI        = "rpc-api"
 
 	apiVersion = "1.0"
 )
 
 // GetAPIs returns the list of all APIs from the Ethereum namespaces
-func GetAPIs(clientCtx context.CLIContext, keys ...ethsecp256k1.PrivKey) []rpc.API {
+func GetAPIs(clientCtx context.CLIContext, selectedApis []string, keys ...ethsecp256k1.PrivKey) []rpc.API {
 	nonceLock := new(rpctypes.AddrLocker)
 	backend := backend.New(clientCtx)
 	ethAPI := eth.NewAPI(clientCtx, backend, nonceLock, keys...)
 
-	return []rpc.API{
-		{
-			Namespace: Web3Namespace,
-			Version:   apiVersion,
-			Service:   web3.NewAPI(),
-			Public:    true,
-		},
-		{
-			Namespace: EthNamespace,
-			Version:   apiVersion,
-			Service:   ethAPI,
-			Public:    true,
-		},
-		{
-			Namespace: EthNamespace,
-			Version:   apiVersion,
-			Service:   filters.NewAPI(clientCtx, backend),
-			Public:    true,
-		},
-		{
-			Namespace: PersonalNamespace,
-			Version:   apiVersion,
-			Service:   personal.NewAPI(ethAPI),
-			Public:    false,
-		},
-		{
-			Namespace: NetNamespace,
-			Version:   apiVersion,
-			Service:   net.NewAPI(clientCtx),
-			Public:    true,
-		},
+	var apis []rpc.API
+
+	for _, api := range selectedApis {
+		switch api {
+		case Web3Namespace:
+			apis = append(apis,
+				rpc.API{
+					Namespace: Web3Namespace,
+					Version:   apiVersion,
+					Service:   web3.NewAPI(),
+					Public:    true,
+				},
+			)
+		case EthNamespace:
+			apis = append(apis,
+				rpc.API{
+					Namespace: EthNamespace,
+					Version:   apiVersion,
+					Service:   ethAPI,
+					Public:    true,
+				},
+			)
+			apis = append(apis,
+				rpc.API{
+					Namespace: EthNamespace,
+					Version:   apiVersion,
+					Service:   filters.NewAPI(clientCtx, backend),
+					Public:    true,
+				},
+			)
+		case PersonalNamespace:
+			apis = append(apis,
+				rpc.API{
+					Namespace: PersonalNamespace,
+					Version:   apiVersion,
+					Service:   personal.NewAPI(ethAPI),
+					Public:    false,
+				},
+			)
+		case NetNamespace:
+			apis = append(apis,
+				rpc.API{
+					Namespace: NetNamespace,
+					Version:   apiVersion,
+					Service:   net.NewAPI(clientCtx),
+					Public:    true,
+				},
+			)
+		}
 	}
+
+	return apis
 }
diff --git a/rpc/cmd.go b/rpc/cmd.go
index bfd4663b3..f2362dba2 100644
--- a/rpc/cmd.go
+++ b/rpc/cmd.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package rpc
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/lcd"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 // Cosmos rest-server endpoints
 func ServeCmd(cdc *codec.Codec) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := lcd.ServeCommand(cdc, RegisterRoutes)
+	cmd.Flags().String(flagRPCAPI, "", fmt.Sprintf("Comma separated list of RPC API modules to enable: %s, %s, %s, %s", Web3Namespace, EthNamespace, PersonalNamespace, NetNamespace))
 	cmd.Flags().String(flagUnlockKey, "", "Select a key to unlock on the RPC server")
 	cmd.Flags().String(flagWebsocket, "8546", "websocket port to listen to")
 	cmd.Flags().StringP(flags.FlagBroadcastMode, "b", flags.BroadcastSync, "Transaction broadcasting mode (sync|async|block)")
diff --git a/rpc/config.go b/rpc/config.go
index f3fc92051..f701a1434 100644
--- a/rpc/config.go
+++ b/rpc/config.go
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ func RegisterRoutes(rs *lcd.RestServer) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	apis := GetAPIs(rs.CliCtx, privkeys...)
+	rpcapi := viper.GetString(flagRPCAPI)
+	rpcapi = strings.ReplaceAll(rpcapi, " ", "")
+	rpcapiArr := strings.Split(rpcapi, ",")
+
+	apis := GetAPIs(rs.CliCtx, rpcapiArr, privkeys...)
 
 	// Register all the APIs exposed by the namespace services
 	// TODO: handle allowlist and private APIs
diff --git a/scripts/contract-test.sh b/scripts/contract-test.sh
index 359bc5823..4c9ad194c 100644
--- a/scripts/contract-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/contract-test.sh
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ $PWD/build/ethermintd start --pruning=nothing --rpc.unsafe --log_level "main:inf
 sleep 1
 
 # Start the rest server with unlocked key in background and log to file
-$PWD/build/ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --unlock-key $KEY --chain-id $CHAINID --trace > ethermintcli.log &
+$PWD/build/ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --unlock-key $KEY --chain-id $CHAINID --trace --rpc-api="web3,eth,net,personal" > ethermintcli.log &
 
 solcjs --abi $PWD/tests-solidity/suites/basic/contracts/Counter.sol --bin -o $PWD/tests-solidity/suites/basic/counter
 mv $PWD/tests-solidity/suites/basic/counter/*.abi $PWD/tests-solidity/suites/basic/counter/counter_sol.abi 2> /dev/null
 mv $PWD/tests-solidity/suites/basic/counter/*.bin $PWD/tests-solidity/suites/basic/counter/counter_sol.bin 2> /dev/null
 
-ACCT=$(curl --fail --silent -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_accounts","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 | grep -o '\0x[^"]*' 2>&1)
+ACCT=$(curl --fail --silent -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_accounts","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 | grep -o '\0x[^"]*' | head -1 2>&1)
 
 echo $ACCT
 
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ PRIVKEY="$("$PWD"/build/ethermintcli keys unsafe-export-eth-key $KEY)"
 echo $PRIVKEY
 
 ## need to get the private key from the account in order to check this functionality.
-cd tests-solidity/suites/basic/ && go get && go run main.go $ACCT
+cd tests-solidity/suites/basic/ && go get && sleep 5 && go run main.go $ACCT
diff --git a/scripts/integration-test-all.sh b/scripts/integration-test-all.sh
index c148ab545..ae3fb734c 100755
--- a/scripts/integration-test-all.sh
+++ b/scripts/integration-test-all.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ start_func() {
 
 start_cli_func() {
     echo "starting ethermint node $i in background ..."
-    "$PWD"/build/ethermintcli rest-server --unlock-key $KEY"$i" --chain-id $CHAINID --trace \
+    "$PWD"/build/ethermintcli rest-server --unlock-key $KEY"$i" --chain-id $CHAINID --trace --rpc-api="web3,eth,net,personal" \
     --laddr "tcp://localhost:$RPC_PORT$i" --node tcp://$IP_ADDR:$NODE_RPC_PORT"$i" \
     --home "$DATA_CLI_DIR$i" --read-timeout 30 --write-timeout 30 \
     >"$DATA_CLI_DIR"/cli"$i".log 2>&1 & disown
diff --git a/scripts/run-solidity-tests.sh b/scripts/run-solidity-tests.sh
index c56afd1b6..a6180b202 100755
--- a/scripts/run-solidity-tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-solidity-tests.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 chmod +x ./init-test-node.sh
 ./init-test-node.sh > ethermintd.log &
 sleep 5
-ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --unlock-key localkey,user1,user2 --chain-id $CHAINID --trace --wsport 8546 > ethermintcli.log &
+ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --unlock-key localkey,user1,user2 --chain-id $CHAINID --trace --wsport 8546 --rpc-api="web3,eth,net,personal" > ethermintcli.log &
 
 cd suites/initializable
 yarn test-ethermint
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ exit $ok
 
 ./../../init-test-node.sh > ethermintd.log &
 sleep 5
-ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --unlock-key localkey,user1,user2 --chain-id $CHAINID --trace --wsport 8546 > ethermintcli.log &
+ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --unlock-key localkey,user1,user2 --chain-id $CHAINID --trace --wsport 8546 --rpc-api="web3,eth,net,personal" > ethermintcli.log &
 
 cd ../initializable-buidler
 yarn test-ethermint
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index da1320edc..484ab2f64 100644
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 ethermintd --home /ethermint/node$ID/ethermintd/ start > ethermintd.log &
 sleep 5
-ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --chain-id "ethermint-7305661614933169792" --trace > ethermintcli.log &
+ethermintcli rest-server --laddr "tcp://localhost:8545" --chain-id "ethermint-7305661614933169792" --trace --rpc-api="web3,eth,net,personal" > ethermintcli.log &
 tail -f /dev/null
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