diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/AbstractWorldUpdater.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/AbstractWorldUpdater.java
index c7b8c22f71..c106fdb77f 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/AbstractWorldUpdater.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/AbstractWorldUpdater.java
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractWorldUpdater<W extends WorldView, A extends Accoun
     private Wei balance;
 
     @Nullable private BytesValue updatedCode; // Null if the underlying code has not been updated.
+    @Nullable private Hash updatedCodeHash;
 
     // Only contains update storage entries, but may contains entry with a value of 0 to signify
     // deletion.
@@ -248,6 +249,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractWorldUpdater<W extends WorldView, A extends Accoun
       return updatedCode == null ? account.getCode() : updatedCode;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Hash getCodeHash() {
+      if (updatedCode == null) {
+        // Note that we set code for new account, so it's only null if account isn't.
+        return account.getCodeHash();
+      } else {
+        // Cache the hash of updated code to avoid DOS attacks which repeatedly request hash
+        // of updated code and cause us to regenerate it.
+        if (updatedCodeHash == null) {
+          updatedCodeHash = Hash.hash(updatedCode);
+        }
+        return updatedCodeHash;
+      }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean hasCode() {
       // Note that we set code for new account, so it's only null if account isn't.
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/Account.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/Account.java
index 96d972004f..8c3df6ee9f 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/Account.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/Account.java
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ public interface Account {
    */
   BytesValue getCode();
 
+  /**
+   * The hash of the EVM bytecode associated with this account.
+   *
+   * @return the hash of the account code (which may be {@link Hash#EMPTY}.
+   */
+  Hash getCodeHash();
+
   /**
    * Whether the account has (non empty) EVM bytecode associated to it.
    *
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/ConstantinopleGasCalculator.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/ConstantinopleGasCalculator.java
index e287d53a3e..1237d659f4 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/ConstantinopleGasCalculator.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/ConstantinopleGasCalculator.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public class ConstantinopleGasCalculator extends SpuriousDragonGasCalculator {
   private static final Gas SSTORE_DIRTY_RETURN_TO_UNUSED_REFUND_AMOUNT = Gas.of(19800);
   private static final Gas SSTORE_DIRTY_RETURN_TO_ORIGINAL_VALUE_REFUND_AMOUNT = Gas.of(4800);
 
+  private static final Gas EXTCODE_HASH_COST = Gas.of(400);
+
   @Override
   public Gas create2OperationGasCost(final MessageFrame frame) {
     final UInt256 initCodeLength = frame.getStackItem(2).asUInt256();
@@ -87,4 +89,9 @@ public class ConstantinopleGasCalculator extends SpuriousDragonGasCalculator {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public Gas extCodeHashOperationGasCost() {
+    return EXTCODE_HASH_COST;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/FrontierGasCalculator.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/FrontierGasCalculator.java
index 1c8067dc68..d0e5c82f8b 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/FrontierGasCalculator.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/FrontierGasCalculator.java
@@ -338,6 +338,12 @@ public class FrontierGasCalculator implements GasCalculator {
         frame, extCodeBaseGasCost(), COPY_WORD_GAS_COST, offset, length);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Gas extCodeHashOperationGasCost() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+        "EXTCODEHASH not supported by " + getClass().getSimpleName());
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Gas getExtCodeSizeOperationGasCost() {
     return extCodeBaseGasCost();
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/MainnetEvmRegistries.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/MainnetEvmRegistries.java
index e74562e3ea..4ba7ccc69b 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/MainnetEvmRegistries.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/mainnet/MainnetEvmRegistries.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.DupOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.EqOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.ExpOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.ExtCodeCopyOperation;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.ExtCodeHashOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.ExtCodeSizeOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.GasLimitOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.GasOperation;
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ public abstract class MainnetEvmRegistries {
     builder.add(SarOperation::new);
     builder.add(ShlOperation::new);
     builder.add(ShrOperation::new);
+    builder.add(ExtCodeHashOperation::new);
 
     return builder.build();
   }
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/GasCalculator.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/GasCalculator.java
index 9d49a1ac68..0bfddf5016 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/GasCalculator.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/GasCalculator.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.BalanceOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.BlockHashOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.ExpOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.ExtCodeCopyOperation;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.ExtCodeHashOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.ExtCodeSizeOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.JumpDestOperation;
 import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations.LogOperation;
@@ -252,6 +253,13 @@ public interface GasCalculator {
    */
   Gas extCodeCopyOperationGasCost(MessageFrame frame, UInt256 offset, UInt256 length);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the cost for executing a {@link ExtCodeHashOperation}.
+   *
+   * @return the cost for executing the external code hash operation
+   */
+  Gas extCodeHashOperationGasCost();
+
   /**
    * Returns the cost for executing a {@link ExtCodeSizeOperation}.
    *
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/operations/ExtCodeHashOperation.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/operations/ExtCodeHashOperation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b71850a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/operations/ExtCodeHashOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations;
+
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Account;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Address;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Gas;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.AbstractOperation;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.GasCalculator;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.MessageFrame;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.Words;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.util.bytes.Bytes32;
+
+public class ExtCodeHashOperation extends AbstractOperation {
+
+  public ExtCodeHashOperation(final GasCalculator gasCalculator) {
+    super(0x3F, "EXTCODEHASH", 1, 1, false, 1, gasCalculator);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Gas cost(final MessageFrame frame) {
+    return gasCalculator().extCodeHashOperationGasCost();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void execute(final MessageFrame frame) {
+    final Address address = Words.toAddress(frame.popStackItem());
+    final Account account = frame.getWorldState().get(address);
+    if (account == null) {
+      frame.pushStackItem(Bytes32.ZERO);
+    } else {
+      frame.pushStackItem(account.getCodeHash());
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/worldstate/DefaultMutableWorldState.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/worldstate/DefaultMutableWorldState.java
index f319896a91..31f0da02cb 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/worldstate/DefaultMutableWorldState.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/worldstate/DefaultMutableWorldState.java
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ public class DefaultMutableWorldState implements MutableWorldState {
       return !getCode().isEmpty();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Hash getCodeHash() {
+      return codeHash;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public UInt256 getStorageValue(final UInt256 key) {
       final Optional<BytesValue> val = storageTrie().get(Hash.hash(key.getBytes()));
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/HashTest.java b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/HashTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adecb1341c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/core/HashTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class HashTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldGetExpectedValueForEmptyHash() {
+    assertThat(Hash.EMPTY)
+        .isEqualTo(
+            Hash.fromHexString("c5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470"));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/operations/ExtCodeHashOperationTest.java b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/operations/ExtCodeHashOperationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b86a7011b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/net/consensys/pantheon/ethereum/vm/operations/ExtCodeHashOperationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+package net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.operations;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.chain.Blockchain;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Address;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.AddressHelpers;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.BlockHeaderTestFixture;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Gas;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Hash;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.Wei;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.core.WorldUpdater;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.db.WorldStateArchive;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.mainnet.ConstantinopleGasCalculator;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.Code;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.MessageFrame;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.MessageFrame.Type;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.vm.Words;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.ethereum.worldstate.KeyValueStorageWorldStateStorage;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.services.kvstore.InMemoryKeyValueStorage;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.util.bytes.Bytes32;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.util.bytes.BytesValue;
+import net.consensys.pantheon.util.uint.UInt256;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ExtCodeHashOperationTest {
+
+  private static final Address ADDRESS1 = AddressHelpers.ofValue(11111111);
+  private static final Address REQUESTED_ADDRESS = AddressHelpers.ofValue(22222222);
+
+  private final Blockchain blockchain = mock(Blockchain.class);
+
+  private final WorldStateArchive worldStateArchive =
+      new WorldStateArchive(new KeyValueStorageWorldStateStorage(new InMemoryKeyValueStorage()));
+  private final WorldUpdater worldStateUpdater = worldStateArchive.getMutable().updater();
+
+  private final ExtCodeHashOperation operation =
+      new ExtCodeHashOperation(new ConstantinopleGasCalculator());
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldCharge400Gas() {
+    assertThat(operation.cost(createMessageFrame(REQUESTED_ADDRESS))).isEqualTo(Gas.of(400));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldReturnZeroWhenAccountDoesNotExist() {
+    final Bytes32 result = executeOperation(REQUESTED_ADDRESS);
+    assertThat(result).isEqualTo(Bytes32.ZERO);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldReturnHashOfEmptyDataWhenAccountExistsButDoesNotHaveCode() {
+    worldStateUpdater.getOrCreate(REQUESTED_ADDRESS);
+    assertThat(executeOperation(REQUESTED_ADDRESS)).isEqualTo(Hash.EMPTY);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldReturnZeroWhenPrecompiledContractHasNoBalance() {
+    assertThat(executeOperation(Address.ECREC)).isEqualTo(Bytes32.ZERO);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldReturnEmptyCodeHashWhenPrecompileHasBalance() {
+    // Sending money to a precompile causes it to exist in the world state archive.
+    worldStateUpdater.getOrCreate(Address.ECREC).setBalance(Wei.of(10));
+    assertThat(executeOperation(Address.ECREC)).isEqualTo(Hash.EMPTY);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldGetHashOfAccountCodeWhenCodeIsPresent() {
+    final BytesValue code = BytesValue.fromHexString("0xabcdef");
+    worldStateUpdater.getOrCreate(REQUESTED_ADDRESS).setCode(code);
+    assertThat(executeOperation(REQUESTED_ADDRESS)).isEqualTo(Hash.hash(code));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldZeroOutLeftMostBitsToGetAddress() {
+    // If EXTCODEHASH of A is X, then EXTCODEHASH of A + 2**160 is X.
+    final BytesValue code = BytesValue.fromHexString("0xabcdef");
+    worldStateUpdater.getOrCreate(REQUESTED_ADDRESS).setCode(code);
+    final Bytes32 value =
+        Words.fromAddress(REQUESTED_ADDRESS)
+            .asUInt256()
+            .plus(UInt256.of(2).pow(UInt256.of(160)))
+            .getBytes();
+    final MessageFrame frame = createMessageFrame(value);
+    operation.execute(frame);
+    assertThat(frame.getStackItem(0)).isEqualTo(Hash.hash(code));
+  }
+
+  private Bytes32 executeOperation(final Address requestedAddress) {
+    final MessageFrame frame = createMessageFrame(requestedAddress);
+    operation.execute(frame);
+    return frame.getStackItem(0);
+  }
+
+  private MessageFrame createMessageFrame(final Address requestedAddress) {
+    final Bytes32 stackItem = Words.fromAddress(requestedAddress);
+    return createMessageFrame(stackItem);
+  }
+
+  private MessageFrame createMessageFrame(final Bytes32 stackItem) {
+    final MessageFrame frame =
+        new MessageFrame.Builder()
+            .type(Type.MESSAGE_CALL)
+            .initialGas(Gas.MAX_VALUE)
+            .inputData(BytesValue.EMPTY)
+            .depth(1)
+            .gasPrice(Wei.ZERO)
+            .contract(ADDRESS1)
+            .address(ADDRESS1)
+            .originator(ADDRESS1)
+            .sender(ADDRESS1)
+            .worldState(worldStateUpdater)
+            .messageFrameStack(new ArrayDeque<>())
+            .blockHeader(new BlockHeaderTestFixture().buildHeader())
+            .value(Wei.ZERO)
+            .apparentValue(Wei.ZERO)
+            .code(new Code(BytesValue.EMPTY))
+            .blockchain(blockchain)
+            .completer(messageFrame -> {})
+            .build();
+
+    frame.pushStackItem(stackItem);
+    return frame;
+  }
+}