diff --git a/src/chainparamsbase.cpp b/src/chainparamsbase.cpp
index 90a3a6de9e..bbbd166d80 100644
--- a/src/chainparamsbase.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparamsbase.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ void SetupChainParamsBaseOptions()
     gArgs.AddArg("-fedpegscript", "The script for the federated peg.", false, OptionsCategory::CHAINPARAMS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-enforce_pak", "Causes standardness checks to enforce Pegout Authorization Key(PAK) validation, and miner to include PAK commitments when configured. Can not be set when acceptnonstdtx is set to true.", false, OptionsCategory::ELEMENTS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-multi_data_permitted", "Allow relay of multiple OP_RETURN outputs. (default: true)", false, OptionsCategory::ELEMENTS);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-pak", "Entries in the PAK list. Order of entries matter.", false, OptionsCategory::ELEMENTS);
 }
 
 static std::unique_ptr<CBaseChainParams> globalChainBaseParams;
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index ac01d3af03..8e883435b5 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 #include <openssl/crypto.h>
 
+#include <primitives/pak.h> // CPAKList
+
 #if ENABLE_ZMQ
 #include <zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.h>
 #include <zmq/zmqrpc.h>
@@ -1760,7 +1762,67 @@ bool AppInitMain()
         return false;
     }
 
-    // ********************************************************* Step 13: finished
+    // ********************************************************* Step 13: Load PAK List
+
+    //Entire list of PAK entries from conf must be of valid format
+    std::vector<std::string> pak_list_str = gArgs.GetArgs("-pak");
+    bool valid_paklist = true;
+    bool is_reject = false;
+    std::vector<std::vector<unsigned char> > offline_keys;
+    std::vector<std::vector<unsigned char> > online_keys;
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pak_list_str.size(); i++) {
+        if (pak_list_str[i] == "reject") {
+            is_reject = true;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        size_t colon_index = pak_list_str[i].find(":");
+        if (colon_index == std::string::npos) {
+            valid_paklist = false;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        std::string offline = pak_list_str[i].substr(0, colon_index);
+        std::string online = pak_list_str[i].substr(colon_index + 1);
+
+        if (!IsHex(offline) || !IsHex(online) || offline.size() != 66 || online.size() != 66) {
+            valid_paklist = false;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        online_keys.push_back(ParseHex(online));
+        offline_keys.push_back(ParseHex(offline));
+    }
+    // pak=reject must be alone
+    if (is_reject && offline_keys.size() > 0)
+        valid_paklist = false;
+    if (!valid_paklist)
+        return InitError(_("ERROR: Invalid PAK entries given in conf file."));
+    if (is_reject || offline_keys.size() > 0) {
+        CPAKList paklist;
+        if(CPAKList::FromBytes(paklist, offline_keys, online_keys, is_reject)) {
+            g_paklist_config = paklist;
+        } else {
+            return InitError(_("ERROR: Invalid PAK entries given in conf file."));
+        }
+    } else {
+        g_paklist_config = boost::none;
+    }
+
+    // Read and parse committed pak list from disk
+    CPAKList paklist;
+    offline_keys.resize(0);
+    online_keys.resize(0);
+    bool reject;
+    if (pblocktree->ReadPAKList(offline_keys, online_keys, reject)) {
+        if (CPAKList::FromBytes(paklist, offline_keys, online_keys, reject)) {
+            g_paklist_blockchain = paklist;
+        } else {
+            return InitError(_("ERROR: Read invalid PAK list."));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ********************************************************* Step 14: finished
 
     SetRPCWarmupFinished();