diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/commands.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/commands.rs
index 89e9cd71c..a142ff99e 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/src/commands.rs
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/commands.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 //! Commands
 //!
 //! `cuprated` [`Command`] definition and handling.
-use std::{io, thread::sleep, time::Duration};
+use std::{io, path::PathBuf, thread::sleep, time::Duration};
 
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use clap::{builder::TypedValueParser, Parser, ValueEnum};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tower::{Service, ServiceExt};
@@ -11,12 +12,14 @@ use tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter;
 use cuprate_consensus_context::{
     BlockChainContextRequest, BlockChainContextResponse, BlockchainContextService,
 };
+use cuprate_dandelion_tower::TxState;
 use cuprate_helper::time::secs_to_hms;
 
 use crate::{
     constants::PANIC_CRITICAL_SERVICE_ERROR,
-    logging::{self, CupratedTracingFilter},
+    logging::{self, eprintln_red, CupratedTracingFilter},
     statics,
+    txpool::{IncomingTxHandler, IncomingTxs},
 };
 
 /// A command received from [`io::stdin`].
@@ -50,6 +53,12 @@ pub enum Command {
 
     /// Print the height of first block not contained in the fast sync hashes.
     FastSyncStopHeight,
+
+    /// Broadcast a transaction to the network.
+    BroadcastTx {
+        /// The path to the file containing the raw hex string of the tx.
+        tx_file: PathBuf,
+    },
 }
 
 /// The log output target.
@@ -91,6 +100,7 @@ pub fn command_listener(incoming_commands: mpsc::Sender<Command>) -> ! {
 pub async fn io_loop(
     mut incoming_commands: mpsc::Receiver<Command>,
     mut context_service: BlockchainContextService,
+    mut incoming_tx_handler: IncomingTxHandler,
 ) {
     loop {
         let Some(command) = incoming_commands.recv().await else {
@@ -131,6 +141,34 @@ pub async fn io_loop(
 
                 println!("{stop_height}");
             }
+            Command::BroadcastTx { tx_file } => {
+                let tx = match std::fs::read_to_string(tx_file) {
+                    Ok(tx) => tx,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln_red(&format!("Failed to read file: {e}"));
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
+
+                let Ok(tx) = hex::decode(tx) else {
+                    eprintln_red("Invalid tx hex");
+                    continue;
+                };
+
+                let res = incoming_tx_handler
+                    .ready()
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .call(IncomingTxs {
+                        txs: vec![Bytes::from(tx)],
+                        state: TxState::Local,
+                    })
+                    .await;
+
+                if let Err(e) = res {
+                    eprintln_red(&format!("{e}"));
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs b/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
index 8dc97e29d..2c8b84a0b 100644
--- a/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
+++ b/binaries/cuprated/src/main.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ fn main() {
             context_svc.clone(),
             blockchain_read_handle.clone(),
         );
-        if incoming_tx_handler_tx.send(tx_handler).is_err() {
+        if incoming_tx_handler_tx.send(tx_handler.clone()).is_err() {
             unreachable!()
         }
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ fn main() {
             std::thread::spawn(|| commands::command_listener(command_tx));
 
             // Wait on the io_loop, spawned on a separate task as this improves performance.
-            tokio::spawn(commands::io_loop(command_rx, context_svc))
+            tokio::spawn(commands::io_loop(command_rx, context_svc, tx_handler))
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
         } else {