diff --git a/packages/cli/src.ts/cli.ts b/packages/cli/src.ts/cli.ts
index 5fc3a388f7..2c9e772886 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src.ts/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src.ts/cli.ts
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ async function loadAccount(arg: string, plugin: Plugin, preventFile?: boolean):
 
     // Secure entry; use prompt with mask
     if (arg === "-") {
-        const content = await getPassword("Private Key / Mnemonic:");
+        const content = await getPassword("Private Key / Mnemonic: ");
         return loadAccount(content, plugin, true);
     }
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ async function loadAccount(arg: string, plugin: Plugin, preventFile?: boolean):
         let signerPromise: Promise<ethers.Wallet> = null;
         if (plugin.mnemonicPassword) {
             signerPromise = getPassword("Password (mnemonic): ").then((password) => {
-                let node = ethers.utils.HDNode.fromMnemonic(mnemonic, password).derivePath(ethers.utils.defaultPath);
+                let node = ethers.utils.HDNode.fromMnemonic(mnemonic, password).derivePath(plugin.mnemonicPath);
                 return new ethers.Wallet(node.privateKey, plugin.provider);
             });
 
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ async function loadAccount(arg: string, plugin: Plugin, preventFile?: boolean):
                 let progressBar = getProgressBar("Decrypting");
                 return scrypt.scrypt(passwordBytes, saltBytes, (1 << 20), 8, 1, 32, progressBar).then((key) => {
                     const derivedPassword = ethers.utils.hexlify(key).substring(2);
-                    const node = ethers.utils.HDNode.fromMnemonic(mnemonic, derivedPassword).derivePath(ethers.utils.defaultPath);
+                    const node = ethers.utils.HDNode.fromMnemonic(mnemonic, derivedPassword).derivePath(plugin.mnemonicPath);
                     return new ethers.Wallet(node.privateKey, plugin.provider);
                 });
             });
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ export abstract class Plugin {
 
     accounts: ReadonlyArray<WrappedSigner>;
     mnemonicPassword: boolean;
+    mnemonicPath: string;
     _xxxMnemonicPasswordHard: boolean;
 
     gasLimit: ethers.BigNumber;
@@ -566,6 +567,18 @@ export abstract class Plugin {
         // Accounts
 
         ethers.utils.defineReadOnly(this, "mnemonicPassword", argParser.consumeFlag("mnemonic-password"));
+
+        ethers.utils.defineReadOnly(this, "mnemonicPath", (function() {
+            let mnemonicPath = argParser.consumeOption("mnemonic-path");
+            if (mnemonicPath) {
+                if (mnemonicPath.match(/^[0-9]+$/)) {
+                    return `m/44'/60'/${ mnemonicPath }'/0/0`;
+                }
+                return mnemonicPath;
+            }
+            return ethers.utils.defaultPath;
+        })());
+
         ethers.utils.defineReadOnly(this, "_xxxMnemonicPasswordHard", argParser.consumeFlag("xxx-mnemonic-password"));
 
         let accounts: Array<WrappedSigner> = [ ];
@@ -859,6 +872,7 @@ export class CLI {
             console.log("  --account-rpc ADDRESS       Add the address from a JSON-RPC provider");
             console.log("  --account-rpc INDEX         Add the index from a JSON-RPC provider");
             console.log("  --mnemonic-password         Prompt for a password for mnemonics");
+            console.log("  --mnemonic-path             BIP-43 mnemonic path");
             console.log("  --xxx-mnemonic-password     Prompt for a (experimental) hard password");
             console.log("");
         }