diff --git a/balancer-js/hardhat.config.zkevm.ts b/balancer-js/hardhat.config.zkevm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..591be8898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/balancer-js/hardhat.config.zkevm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import '@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers';
+
+/**
+ * @type import('hardhat/config').HardhatUserConfig
+ */
+export default {
+  networks: {
+    hardhat: {
+      chainId: 1101,
+    },
+  },
+};
diff --git a/balancer-js/package.json b/balancer-js/package.json
index 05ac61949..3a3d0b288 100644
--- a/balancer-js/package.json
+++ b/balancer-js/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "node:polygon": "npx hardhat --tsconfig tsconfig.testing.json --config hardhat.config.polygon.ts node --fork $(. ./.env && echo $ALCHEMY_URL_POLYGON) --port 8137",
     "node:arbitrum": "npx hardhat --tsconfig tsconfig.testing.json --config hardhat.config.arbitrum.ts node --fork $(. ./.env && echo $ALCHEMY_URL_ARBITRUM) --port 8161",
     "node:gnosis": "npx hardhat --tsconfig tsconfig.testing.json --config hardhat.config.gnosis.ts node --fork $(. ./.env && echo $RPC_URL_GNOSIS) --port 8100",
+    "node:zkevm": "npx hardhat --tsconfig tsconfig.testing.json --config hardhat.config.zkevm.ts node --fork $(. ./.env && echo $ALCHEMY_URL_ZKEVM) --port 8101",
     "typechain:generate": "npx typechain --target ethers-v5 --out-dir src/contracts './src/lib/abi/*.json'"
   },
   "devDependencies": {