diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ef79b4585261..ed7762a1c115 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ WORKDIR /root
 # Copy over binaries from the build-env
 COPY --from=build-env /go/bin/simd /usr/bin/simd
 
-EXPOSE 26656 26657 1317
+EXPOSE 26656 26657 1317 9090
 
 # Run simd by default, omit entrypoint to ease using container with simcli
 CMD ["simd"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7e7ce18cbc8b..ce93ce58750a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: '3'
+version: "3"
 
 services:
   simdnode0:
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "26656-26657:26656-26657"
       - "1317:1317"
+      - "9090:9090"
     environment:
       - ID=0
       - LOG=${LOG:-simd.log}
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "26659-26660:26656-26657"
       - "1318:1317"
+      - "9090:9090"
     environment:
       - ID=1
       - LOG=${LOG:-simd.log}
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "26661-26662:26656-26657"
       - "1319:1317"
+      - "9090:9090"
     volumes:
       - ./build:/simd:Z
     networks:
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "26663-26664:26656-26657"
       - "1320:1317"
+      - "9090:9090"
     volumes:
       - ./build:/simd:Z
     networks:
@@ -67,5 +71,4 @@ networks:
     ipam:
       driver: default
       config:
-      -
-        subnet: 192.168.10.0/16
+        - subnet: 192.168.10.0/16
diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 801aaa06d0ab..e57594290f6e 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	defaultMinGasPrices = ""
+
+	// DefaultGRPCAddress is the default address the gRPC server binds to.
+	DefaultGRPCAddress = "0.0.0.0:9090"
 )
 
 // BaseConfig defines the server's basic configuration
@@ -145,8 +148,8 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			RPCMaxBodyBytes:    1000000,
 		},
 		GRPC: GRPCConfig{
-			Enable:  false,
-			Address: "0.0.0.0:9090",
+			Enable:  true,
+			Address: DefaultGRPCAddress,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/server/config/toml.go b/server/config/toml.go
index 31fe268ec29e..5eb71184ef18 100644
--- a/server/config/toml.go
+++ b/server/config/toml.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ inter-block-cache = {{ .BaseConfig.InterBlockCache }}
 
 [telemetry]
 
-# Prefixed with keys to separate services
+# Prefixed with keys to separate services.
 service-name = "{{ .Telemetry.ServiceName }}"
 
 # Enabled enables the application telemetry functionality. When enabled,
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ service-name = "{{ .Telemetry.ServiceName }}"
 # other sinks such as Prometheus.
 enabled = {{ .Telemetry.Enabled }}
 
-# Enable prefixing gauge values with hostname
+# Enable prefixing gauge values with hostname.
 enable-hostname = {{ .Telemetry.EnableHostname }}
 
-# Enable adding hostname to labels
+# Enable adding hostname to labels.
 enable-hostname-label = {{ .Telemetry.EnableHostnameLabel }}
 
-# Enable adding service to labels
+# Enable adding service to labels.
 enable-service-label = {{ .Telemetry.EnableServiceLabel }}
 
 # PrometheusRetentionTime, when positive, enables a Prometheus metrics sink.
@@ -94,23 +94,35 @@ enable = {{ .API.Enable }}
 # Swagger defines if swagger documentation should automatically be registered.
 swagger = {{ .API.Swagger }}
 
-# Address defines the API server to listen on
+# Address defines the API server to listen on.
 address = "{{ .API.Address }}"
 
-# MaxOpenConnections defines the number of maximum open connections
+# MaxOpenConnections defines the number of maximum open connections.
 max-open-connections = {{ .API.MaxOpenConnections }}
 
-# RPCReadTimeout defines the Tendermint RPC read timeout (in seconds)
+# RPCReadTimeout defines the Tendermint RPC read timeout (in seconds).
 rpc-read-timeout = {{ .API.RPCReadTimeout }}
 
-# RPCWriteTimeout defines the Tendermint RPC write timeout (in seconds)
+# RPCWriteTimeout defines the Tendermint RPC write timeout (in seconds).
 rpc-write-timeout = {{ .API.RPCWriteTimeout }}
 
-# RPCMaxBodyBytes defines the Tendermint maximum response body (in bytes)
+# RPCMaxBodyBytes defines the Tendermint maximum response body (in bytes).
 rpc-max-body-bytes = {{ .API.RPCMaxBodyBytes }}
 
-# EnableUnsafeCORS defines if CORS should be enabled (unsafe - use it at your own risk)
+# EnableUnsafeCORS defines if CORS should be enabled (unsafe - use it at your own risk).
 enabled-unsafe-cors = {{ .API.EnableUnsafeCORS }}
+
+###############################################################################
+###                           gRPC Configuration                            ###
+###############################################################################
+
+[grpc]
+
+# Enable defines if the gRPC server should be enabled.
+enable = {{ .GRPC.Enable }}
+
+# Address defines the gRPC server address to bind to.
+address = "{{ .GRPC.Address }}"
 `
 
 var configTemplate *template.Template
diff --git a/server/grpc/server_test.go b/server/grpc/server_test.go
index b2806e9b6e44..8e6ab335e174 100644
--- a/server/grpc/server_test.go
+++ b/server/grpc/server_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGRPC() {
 		*bankRes.GetBalance(),
 	)
 	blockHeight := header.Get(servergrpc.GRPCBlockHeightHeader)
-	s.Require().NotEqual("", blockHeight[0]) // Should contain the block height
+	s.Require().NotEmpty(blockHeight[0]) // Should contain the block height
 
 	// Request metadata should work
 	bankRes, err = bankClient.Balance(
diff --git a/server/start.go b/server/start.go
index 810080f6f7f2..64dba2d3c6c6 100644
--- a/server/start.go
+++ b/server/start.go
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ const (
 	FlagPruningInterval   = "pruning-interval"
 )
 
+// GRPC-related flags.
+const (
+	flagGRPCEnable  = "grpc.enable"
+	flagGRPCAddress = "grpc.address"
+)
+
 // StartCmd runs the service passed in, either stand-alone or in-process with
 // Tendermint.
 func StartCmd(appCreator types.AppCreator, defaultNodeHome string) *cobra.Command {
@@ -123,6 +129,9 @@ which accepts a path for the resulting pprof file.
 	cmd.Flags().Uint64(FlagPruningInterval, 0, "Height interval at which pruned heights are removed from disk (ignored if pruning is not 'custom')")
 	cmd.Flags().Uint(FlagInvCheckPeriod, 0, "Assert registered invariants every N blocks")
 
+	cmd.Flags().Bool(flagGRPCEnable, true, "Define if the gRPC server should be enabled")
+	cmd.Flags().String(flagGRPCAddress, config.DefaultGRPCAddress, "the gRPC server address to listen on")
+
 	// add support for all Tendermint-specific command line options
 	tcmd.AddNodeFlags(cmd)
 	return cmd
diff --git a/testutil/network/network.go b/testutil/network/network.go
index 2f87aa0435a7..5e6c2f5d87d1 100644
--- a/testutil/network/network.go
+++ b/testutil/network/network.go
@@ -193,10 +193,11 @@ func New(t *testing.T, cfg Config) *Network {
 		tmCfg := ctx.Config
 		tmCfg.Consensus.TimeoutCommit = cfg.TimeoutCommit
 
-		// Only allow the first validator to expose an RPC and API server/client
-		// due to Tendermint in-process constraints.
+		// Only allow the first validator to expose an RPC, API and gRPC
+		// server/client due to Tendermint in-process constraints.
 		apiAddr := ""
 		tmCfg.RPC.ListenAddress = ""
+		appCfg.GRPC.Enable = false
 		if i == 0 {
 			apiListenAddr, _, err := server.FreeTCPAddr()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -439,6 +440,10 @@ func (n *Network) Cleanup() {
 		if v.api != nil {
 			_ = v.api.Close()
 		}
+
+		if v.grpc != nil {
+			v.grpc.Stop()
+		}
 	}
 
 	if n.Config.CleanupDir {