diff --git a/cmd.go b/cmd.go
index 52712ad..20a77c0 100644
--- a/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func CreateEVMCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 func CreateEVMGenerateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var cli, noformat, includemain bool
-	var infile, packageName, structName, bytecodefile, outfile, foundryBuildFile string
+	var infile, packageName, structName, bytecodefile, outfile, foundryBuildFile, hardhatBuildFile string
 	var rawABI, bytecode []byte
 	var readErr error
 	var aliases map[string]string
@@ -263,6 +263,22 @@ func CreateEVMGenerateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				readErr = json.Unmarshal(contents, &artifact)
 				rawABI = []byte(artifact.ABI)
 				bytecode = []byte(artifact.Bytecode.Object)
+			} else if hardhatBuildFile != "" {
+				var contents []byte
+				contents, readErr = os.ReadFile(hardhatBuildFile)
+				if readErr != nil {
+					return readErr
+				}
+
+				type hardhatBuildArtifact struct {
+					ABI      json.RawMessage `json:"abi"`
+					Bytecode string          `json:"bytecode"`
+				}
+
+				var artifact hardhatBuildArtifact
+				readErr = json.Unmarshal(contents, &artifact)
+				rawABI = []byte(artifact.ABI)
+				bytecode = []byte(artifact.Bytecode)
 			} else if infile != "" {
 				rawABI, readErr = os.ReadFile(infile)
 			} else {
@@ -316,8 +332,9 @@ func CreateEVMGenerateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	evmGenerateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&noformat, "noformat", false, "Set this flag if you do not want the generated code to be formatted (useful to debug errors)")
 	evmGenerateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&includemain, "includemain", false, "Set this flag if you want to generate a \"main\" function to execute the CLI and make the generated code self-contained - this option is ignored if --cli is not set")
 	evmGenerateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&outfile, "output", "o", "", "Path to output file (default stdout)")
-	evmGenerateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&foundryBuildFile, "foundry", "", "If your contract is compiled using Foundry, you can specify a path to the build file here (typically \"<foundry project root>/out/<solidit filename>/<contract name>.json\") instead of specifying --abi and --bytecode separately")
-	evmGenerateCmd.Flags().StringToStringVar(&aliases, "alias", nil, "A map of identifier aliaes (e.g. --alias name=somename)")
+	evmGenerateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&foundryBuildFile, "foundry", "", "If your contract is compiled using Foundry, you can specify a path to the build file here (typically \"<foundry project root>/out/<solidity filename>/<contract name>.json\") instead of specifying --abi and --bytecode separately")
+	evmGenerateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&hardhatBuildFile, "hardhat", "", "If your contract is compiled using Hardhat, you can specify a path to the build file here (typically \"<path to solidity file in hardhat artifact directory>/<contract name>.json\") instead of specifying --abi and --bytecode separately")
+	evmGenerateCmd.Flags().StringToStringVar(&aliases, "alias", nil, "A map of identifier aliases (e.g. --alias name=somename)")
 
 	return evmGenerateCmd
 }
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index bbe96c6..6e24004 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package version
 
-var SeerVersion string = "0.1.2"
+var SeerVersion string = "0.1.3"