diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f50dc156ee..df8f1d8f58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to
 ### Added
 
 - @cosmjs/stargate: Add support for different account types in `accountFromAny`
-  and `StargateClient`. Added vesting accounts `BaseVestingAccount`,
-  `ContinuousVestingAccount`, `DelayedVestingAccount` and
+  and `StargateClient`. Added `ModuleAccount` and vesting accounts
+  `BaseVestingAccount`, `ContinuousVestingAccount`, `DelayedVestingAccount` and
   `PeriodicVestingAccount`.
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
index f4a1aef120..99d862639f 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { assert, assertDefinedAndNotNull } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 import Long from "long";
 
-import { BaseAccount } from "./codec/cosmos/auth/v1beta1/auth";
+import { BaseAccount, ModuleAccount } from "./codec/cosmos/auth/v1beta1/auth";
 import { MsgData, TxMsgData } from "./codec/cosmos/base/abci/v1beta1/abci";
 import { Coin } from "./codec/cosmos/base/v1beta1/coin";
 import {
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ export function accountFromAny(input: Any): Account {
 
     case "/cosmos.auth.v1beta1.BaseAccount":
       return accountFromBaseAccount(BaseAccount.decode(value));
+    case "/cosmos.auth.v1beta1.ModuleAccount": {
+      const baseAccount = ModuleAccount.decode(value).baseAccount;
+      assert(baseAccount);
+      return accountFromBaseAccount(baseAccount);
+    }
 
     // vesting