diff --git a/kairos-cli/build.rs b/kairos-cli/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bce4324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kairos-cli/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+fn main() {
+    // Path
+    let session_binaries_dir = env::var("PATH_TO_SESSION_BINARIES")
+        .expect("PATH_TO_SESSION_BINARIES environment variable is not set");
+
+    // Get the output directory set by Cargo.
+    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").expect("OUT_DIR not set");
+    let source_path = Path::new(&session_binaries_dir).join("deposit-session-optimized.wasm");
+    let dest_path = Path::new(&out_dir).join("deposit-session-optimized.wasm");
+
+    // Copy the file from the source to the destination
+    fs::copy(&source_path, dest_path).expect("Failed to copy WASM file");
+
+    // Print out a message to re-run this script if the source file changes.
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", source_path.display());
+}
diff --git a/kairos-cli/src/client.rs b/kairos-cli/src/client.rs
index 7ef6af13..69cc5494 100644
--- a/kairos-cli/src/client.rs
+++ b/kairos-cli/src/client.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ use kairos_server::PublicKey;
 use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt;
-use std::fs;
-use std::path::Path;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "database")]
 use kairos_data::transaction::{TransactionFilter, Transactions};
@@ -55,20 +53,13 @@ impl From<reqwest::Error> for KairosClientError {
 
 pub fn deposit(
     base_url: &Url,
+    deposit_session_wasm_bytes: &[u8],
     depositor_secret_key: &SecretKey,
     chain_name: &str,
     contract_hash: &ContractHash,
     amount: impl Into<U512>,
     recipient: casper_client_types::PublicKey,
 ) -> Result<DeployHash, KairosClientError> {
-    let deposit_session_wasm_path =
-        Path::new(env!("PATH_TO_SESSION_BINARIES")).join("deposit-session-optimized.wasm");
-    let deposit_session_wasm_bytes = fs::read(&deposit_session_wasm_path).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-        panic!(
-            "Failed to read the deposit session wasm as bytes from file: {:?}.\n{}",
-            deposit_session_wasm_path, err
-        )
-    });
     let deposit_session = ExecutableDeployItem::new_module_bytes(
         deposit_session_wasm_bytes.into(),
         runtime_args! {
diff --git a/kairos-cli/src/commands/deposit.rs b/kairos-cli/src/commands/deposit.rs
index 6f2b6f84..8fd01cd8 100644
--- a/kairos-cli/src/commands/deposit.rs
+++ b/kairos-cli/src/commands/deposit.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use crate::client;
 use crate::common::args::{
     AmountArg, ChainNameArg, ContractHashArg, PrivateKeyPathArg, RecipientArg,
@@ -5,12 +8,15 @@ use crate::common::args::{
 use crate::error::CliError;
 
 use casper_client_types::{crypto::SecretKey, ContractHash};
-use clap::Parser;
+use clap::{Args as ClapArgs, Parser};
 use hex::FromHex;
 use reqwest::Url;
 
 use kairos_crypto::error::CryptoError;
 
+const DEFAULT_DEPOSIT_SESSION_WASM: &[u8] =
+    include_bytes!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/deposit-session-optimized.wasm"));
+
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 pub struct Args {
     #[clap(flatten)]
@@ -22,6 +28,8 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[clap(flatten)]
     recipient: RecipientArg,
     #[clap(flatten)]
+    session_path: SessionPathArg,
+    #[clap(flatten)]
     chain_name: ChainNameArg,
 }
 
@@ -46,8 +54,21 @@ pub fn run(args: Args, kairos_server_address: Url) -> Result<String, CliError> {
         Some(name) => name,
     };
 
+    let deposit_session_wasm: Vec<u8> = match args.session_path.field {
+        Some(deposit_session_wasm_path) => {
+            fs::read(&deposit_session_wasm_path).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                panic!(
+                    "Failed to read the deposit session wasm as bytes from file: {:?}.\n{}",
+                    deposit_session_wasm_path, err
+                )
+            })
+        }
+        None => DEFAULT_DEPOSIT_SESSION_WASM.to_vec(),
+    };
+
     client::deposit(
         &kairos_server_address,
+        &deposit_session_wasm,
         &depositor_secret_key,
         &chain_name,
         &contract_hash,
@@ -68,3 +89,15 @@ pub fn run(args: Args, kairos_server_address: Url) -> Result<String, CliError> {
         output
     })
 }
+
+#[derive(ClapArgs, Debug)]
+pub struct SessionPathArg {
+    #[arg(
+        id = "session-path",
+        long,
+        short = 's',
+        value_name = "PATH",
+        help = "Path to the custom WASM session code for deposit"
+    )]
+    pub field: Option<PathBuf>,
+}