diff --git a/substrate/Cargo.lock b/substrate/Cargo.lock
index 66910db9d3..1e44edc899 100644
--- a/substrate/Cargo.lock
+++ b/substrate/Cargo.lock
@@ -5085,6 +5085,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-timestamp",
  "substrate-build-script-utils",
  "substrate-frame-rpc-system",
+ "try-runtime-cli",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5097,6 +5098,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "frame-system",
  "frame-system-benchmarking",
  "frame-system-rpc-runtime-api",
+ "frame-try-runtime",
  "hex-literal",
  "pallet-aura",
  "pallet-balances",
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml
index 1f8ff0ae1e..ea14942afe 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,9 +55,15 @@ frame-benchmarking-cli = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../../../utils/frame/b
 # Local Dependencies
 node-template-runtime = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../runtime" }
 
+# CLI-specific dependencies
+try-runtime-cli = { version = "0.10.0-dev", optional = true, path = "../../../utils/frame/try-runtime/cli" }
+
 [build-dependencies]
 substrate-build-script-utils = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../../../utils/build-script-utils" }
 
 [features]
 default = []
 runtime-benchmarks = ["node-template-runtime/runtime-benchmarks"]
+# Enable features that allow the runtime to be tried and debugged. Name might be subject to change
+# in the near future.
+try-runtime = ["node-template-runtime/try-runtime", "try-runtime-cli"]
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/cli.rs b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/cli.rs
index d787f57f07..c4d27b71e4 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/cli.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/cli.rs
@@ -39,4 +39,12 @@ pub enum Subcommand {
 	/// The custom benchmark subcommand benchmarking runtime pallets.
 	#[clap(name = "benchmark", about = "Benchmark runtime pallets.")]
 	Benchmark(frame_benchmarking_cli::BenchmarkCmd),
+
+	/// Try some command against runtime state.
+	#[cfg(feature = "try-runtime")]
+	TryRuntime(try_runtime_cli::TryRuntimeCmd),
+
+	/// Try some command against runtime state. Note: `try-runtime` feature must be enabled.
+	#[cfg(not(feature = "try-runtime"))]
+	TryRuntime,
 }
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
index e1cfeaeb80..72c7a75b38 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node-template/node/src/command.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,23 @@ pub fn run() -> sc_cli::Result<()> {
 				     `--features runtime-benchmarks`."
 					.into())
 			},
+		#[cfg(feature = "try-runtime")]
+		Some(Subcommand::TryRuntime(cmd)) => {
+			let runner = cli.create_runner(cmd)?;
+			runner.async_run(|config| {
+				// we don't need any of the components of new_partial, just a runtime, or a task
+				// manager to do `async_run`.
+				let registry = config.prometheus_config.as_ref().map(|cfg| &cfg.registry);
+				let task_manager =
+					sc_service::TaskManager::new(config.tokio_handle.clone(), registry)
+						.map_err(|e| sc_cli::Error::Service(sc_service::Error::Prometheus(e)))?;
+				Ok((cmd.run::<Block, service::ExecutorDispatch>(config), task_manager))
+			})
+		},
+		#[cfg(not(feature = "try-runtime"))]
+		Some(Subcommand::TryRuntime) => Err("TryRuntime wasn't enabled when building the node. \
+				You can enable it with `--features try-runtime`."
+			.into()),
 		None => {
 			let runner = cli.create_runner(&cli.run)?;
 			runner.run_node_until_exit(|config| async move {
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml b/substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
index ca3b4d93e6..95021227cf 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pallet-grandpa = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../.
 pallet-randomness-collective-flip = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../frame/randomness-collective-flip" }
 pallet-sudo = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../frame/sudo" }
 frame-system = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../frame/system" }
+frame-try-runtime = { version = "0.10.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../frame/try-runtime", optional = true }
 pallet-timestamp = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../frame/timestamp" }
 pallet-transaction-payment = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../frame/transaction-payment" }
 frame-executive = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../frame/executive" }
@@ -94,3 +95,14 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"pallet-timestamp/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"sp-runtime/runtime-benchmarks",
 ]
+try-runtime = [
+	"frame-executive/try-runtime",
+	"frame-try-runtime",
+	"frame-system/try-runtime",
+	"pallet-balances/try-runtime",
+	"pallet-grandpa/try-runtime",
+	"pallet-randomness-collective-flip/try-runtime",
+	"pallet-sudo/try-runtime",
+	"pallet-timestamp/try-runtime",
+	"pallet-transaction-payment/try-runtime",
+]
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/src/lib.rs b/substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 0b39d76fe4..93cf234fa5 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node-template/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -515,4 +515,19 @@ impl_runtime_apis! {
 			Ok(batches)
 		}
 	}
+
+	#[cfg(feature = "try-runtime")]
+	impl frame_try_runtime::TryRuntime<Block> for Runtime {
+		fn on_runtime_upgrade() -> (Weight, Weight) {
+			// NOTE: intentional unwrap: we don't want to propagate the error backwards, and want to
+			// have a backtrace here. If any of the pre/post migration checks fail, we shall stop
+			// right here and right now.
+			let weight = Executive::try_runtime_upgrade().unwrap();
+			(weight, BlockWeights::get().max_block)
+		}
+
+		fn execute_block_no_check(block: Block) -> Weight {
+			Executive::execute_block_no_check(block)
+		}
+	}
 }