diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ec2a9fefe..9711340795 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 * [#1609](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1609) Fix query address-by-acc-num by account_id instead of id.
 * [#1611](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1611) Fix multisig account failed on threshold encode after send tx.
+* [#1617](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1617) Fix unsuppored sign mode SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL for bank transfer.
 
 *Sep 13, 2024*
 
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 6f1f68ed31..b068b08b88 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	stdruntime "runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 
 	"filippo.io/age"
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ import (
 	mempool "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/mempool"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/msgservice"
+	sigtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/tx/signing"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth"
 	authcodec "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/codec"
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/posthandler"
 	authsims "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/simulation"
 	authtx "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx"
+	txmodule "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/tx/config"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/vesting"
 	vestingtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/vesting/types"
@@ -514,6 +517,21 @@ func New(
 		authAddr,
 		logger,
 	)
+	// optional: enable sign mode textual by overwriting the default tx config (after setting the bank keeper)
+	enabledSignModes := slices.Clone(authtx.DefaultSignModes)
+	enabledSignModes = append(enabledSignModes, sigtypes.SignMode_SIGN_MODE_TEXTUAL)
+	txConfigOpts := authtx.ConfigOptions{
+		EnabledSignModes:           enabledSignModes,
+		TextualCoinMetadataQueryFn: txmodule.NewBankKeeperCoinMetadataQueryFn(app.BankKeeper),
+	}
+	txConfig, err := authtx.NewTxConfigWithOptions(
+		appCodec,
+		txConfigOpts,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	app.txConfig = txConfig
 	app.StakingKeeper = stakingkeeper.NewKeeper(
 		appCodec,
 		runtime.NewKVStoreService(keys[stakingtypes.StoreKey]),
@@ -981,7 +999,7 @@ func New(
 	app.SetPreBlocker(app.PreBlocker)
 	app.SetBeginBlocker(app.BeginBlocker)
 	app.SetEndBlocker(app.EndBlocker)
-	if err := app.setAnteHandler(encodingConfig.TxConfig,
+	if err := app.setAnteHandler(txConfig,
 		cast.ToUint64(appOpts.Get(srvflags.EVMMaxTxGasWanted)),
 		cast.ToStringSlice(appOpts.Get(FlagBlockedAddresses)),
 	); err != nil {
diff --git a/integration_tests/test_basic.py b/integration_tests/test_basic.py
index 623b1284aa..820a2c6635 100644
--- a/integration_tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_basic.py
@@ -985,3 +985,14 @@ def test_multi_acc(cronos):
     acc = cli.account(multi_addr)
     res = cli.account_by_num(acc["account"]["value"]["base_account"]["account_number"])
     assert res["account_address"] == multi_addr
+
+
+def test_textual(cronos):
+    cli = cronos.cosmos_cli()
+    rsp = cli.transfer(
+        cli.address("validator"),
+        cli.address("signer2"),
+        "1basetcro",
+        sign_mode="textual",
+    )
+    assert rsp["code"] == 0, rsp["raw_log"]