diff --git a/cmd/minid/cmd/root.go b/cmd/minid/cmd/root.go
index f5d493a..3d84c43 100644
--- a/cmd/minid/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/minid/cmd/root.go
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ import (
 	servertypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/tx/signing"
 	authcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/client/cli"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx"
+	txmodule "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx/config"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/crisis"
 	genutilcli "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/genutil/client/cli"
@@ -89,6 +92,25 @@ func NewRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			// This needs to go after ReadFromClientConfig, as that function
+			// sets the RPC client needed for SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL.
+			enabledSignModes := append(tx.DefaultSignModes, signing.SignMode_SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL)
+			txConfigWithTextual, err := tx.NewTxConfigWithOptions(
+				codec.NewProtoCodec(interfaceRegistry),
+				tx.ConfigOptions{
+					EnabledSignModes:           enabledSignModes,
+					TextualCoinMetadataQueryFn: txmodule.NewGRPCCoinMetadataQueryFn(initClientCtx),
+				},
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			initClientCtx = initClientCtx.WithTxConfig(txConfigWithTextual)
+			if err := client.SetCmdClientContextHandler(initClientCtx, cmd); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
 			if err := client.SetCmdClientContextHandler(initClientCtx, cmd); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}