diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/contract.rs b/crates/primitives/src/contract.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe8ddc3575
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+++ b/crates/primitives/src/contract.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+//! Helpers for deriving contract addresses
+
+use crate::{keccak256, Address, H256, U256};
+use reth_rlp::Encodable;
+use reth_rlp_derive::RlpEncodable;
+
+/// The address for an Ethereum contract is deterministically computed from the
+/// address of its creator (sender) and how many transactions the creator has
+/// sent (nonce). The sender and nonce are RLP encoded and then hashed with Keccak-256.
+pub fn get_contract_address(sender: impl Into<Address>, nonce: impl Into<U256>) -> Address {
+    #[derive(RlpEncodable)]
+    struct S {
+        sender: Address,
+        nonce: U256,
+    }
+    let sender = S { sender: sender.into(), nonce: nonce.into() };
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    sender.encode(&mut buf);
+    let hash = keccak256(buf);
+    let addr: [u8; 20] = hash[12..].try_into().expect("correct len");
+    Address::from(addr)
+}
+
+/// Returns the CREATE2 address of a smart contract as specified in
+/// [EIP1014](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-1014.md)
+///
+/// keccak256( 0xff ++ senderAddress ++ salt ++ keccak256(init_code))[12..]
+///
+/// where `salt` is always 32 bytes (a stack item).
+pub fn get_create2_address(
+    from: impl Into<Address>,
+    salt: [u8; 32],
+    init_code: impl AsRef<[u8]>,
+) -> Address {
+    let init_code_hash = keccak256(init_code);
+    get_create2_address_from_hash(from, salt, init_code_hash)
+}
+
+/// Returns the CREATE2 address of a smart contract as specified in
+/// [EIP1014](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-1014.md),
+/// taking the pre-computed hash of the init code as input.
+///
+/// keccak256( 0xff ++ senderAddress ++ salt ++ keccak256(init_code))[12..]
+pub fn get_create2_address_from_hash(
+    from: impl Into<Address>,
+    salt: [u8; 32],
+    init_code_hash: impl Into<H256>,
+) -> Address {
+    let from = from.into();
+    let init_code_hash = init_code_hash.into();
+    // always 85 bytes: 0xff+20+salt+code_hash
+    let mut preimage = [0xff; 85];
+
+    // 20bytes address
+    preimage[1..21].copy_from_slice(from.as_bytes());
+    // 32bytes salt
+    preimage[21..53].copy_from_slice(&salt[..]);
+    // 32bytes code hash
+    preimage[53..].copy_from_slice(init_code_hash.as_ref());
+
+    let hash = keccak256(&preimage[..]);
+    let addr: [u8; 20] = hash[12..].try_into().expect("correct len");
+    Address::from(addr)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn contract_address() {
+        // http://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/760/how-is-the-address-of-an-ethereum-contract-computed
+        let from = "6ac7ea33f8831ea9dcc53393aaa88b25a785dbf0".parse::<Address>().unwrap();
+        for (nonce, expected) in [
+            "cd234a471b72ba2f1ccf0a70fcaba648a5eecd8d",
+            "343c43a37d37dff08ae8c4a11544c718abb4fcf8",
+            "f778b86fa74e846c4f0a1fbd1335fe81c00a0c91",
+            "fffd933a0bc612844eaf0c6fe3e5b8e9b6c1d19c",
+        ]
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        {
+            let address = get_contract_address(from, U256::from(nonce));
+            assert_eq!(address, expected.parse::<Address>().unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    // Test vectors from https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-1014.md#examples
+    fn create2_address() {
+        for (from, salt, init_code, expected) in &[
+            (
+                "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "00",
+                "4D1A2e2bB4F88F0250f26Ffff098B0b30B26BF38",
+            ),
+            (
+                "deadbeef00000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "00",
+                "B928f69Bb1D91Cd65274e3c79d8986362984fDA3",
+            ),
+            (
+                "deadbeef00000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "000000000000000000000000feed000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "00",
+                "D04116cDd17beBE565EB2422F2497E06cC1C9833",
+            ),
+            (
+                "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "deadbeef",
+                "70f2b2914A2a4b783FaEFb75f459A580616Fcb5e",
+            ),
+            (
+                "00000000000000000000000000000000deadbeef",
+                "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000cafebabe",
+                "deadbeef",
+                "60f3f640a8508fC6a86d45DF051962668E1e8AC7",
+            ),
+            (
+                "00000000000000000000000000000000deadbeef",
+                "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000cafebabe",
+                "deadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeef",
+                "1d8bfDC5D46DC4f61D6b6115972536eBE6A8854C",
+            ),
+            (
+                "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+                "",
+                "E33C0C7F7df4809055C3ebA6c09CFe4BaF1BD9e0",
+            ),
+        ] {
+            // get_create2_address()
+            let from = from.parse::<Address>().unwrap();
+            let salt = hex::decode(salt).unwrap();
+            let init_code = hex::decode(init_code).unwrap();
+            let expected = expected.parse::<Address>().unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(expected, get_create2_address(from, salt.clone().try_into().unwrap(), init_code.clone()));
+
+            // get_create2_address_from_hash()
+            let init_code_hash = keccak256(init_code);
+            assert_eq!(expected, get_create2_address_from_hash(from, salt.try_into().unwrap(), init_code_hash))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs b/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
index 5a53052812..4685244ccb 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mod block;
 pub mod bloom;
 mod chain;
 pub mod constants;
+pub mod contract;
 mod error;
 pub mod filter;
 mod forkid;