diff --git a/.changeset/early-geckos-rescue.md b/.changeset/early-geckos-rescue.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f631ce993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/early-geckos-rescue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@celo/celocli': minor
+---
+
+feat: Running celocli lockedgold:lock will now automatically register the eoa as an account if needed before locking
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/lockedgold/lock.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/lockedgold/lock.test.ts
index 4c3b5c6a2..7e0ca1018 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/lockedgold/lock.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/lockedgold/lock.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { newKitFromWeb3 } from '@celo/contractkit'
 import { testWithGanache } from '@celo/dev-utils/lib/ganache-test'
+import { ux } from '@oclif/core'
+import BigNumber from 'bignumber.js'
 import Web3 from 'web3'
-import { LONG_TIMEOUT_MS, testLocally } from '../../test-utils/cliUtils'
+import {
+  LONG_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  stripAnsiCodesFromNestedArray,
+  testLocally,
+} from '../../test-utils/cliUtils'
 import Register from '../account/register'
 import Lock from './lock'
 import Unlock from './unlock'
@@ -27,4 +33,72 @@ testWithGanache('lockedgold:lock cmd', (web3: Web3) => {
     },
     LONG_TIMEOUT_MS
   )
+  describe('when EOA is not yet an account', () => {
+    it('performs the registration and locks the value', async () => {
+      const eoaAddresses = await web3.eth.getAccounts()
+      const eoa = eoaAddresses[1]
+      const kit = newKitFromWeb3(web3)
+      const accountsContract = await kit.contracts.getAccounts()
+      const lockedGoldContract = await kit.contracts.getLockedGold()
+
+      const logSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'log')
+      const actionSpy = jest.spyOn(ux.action, 'stop')
+
+      // pre check
+      expect(await accountsContract.isAccount(eoa)).toBe(false)
+
+      await testLocally(Lock, ['--from', eoa, '--value', '100'])
+
+      expect(stripAnsiCodesFromNestedArray(logSpy.mock.calls)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          [
+            "Running Checks:",
+          ],
+          [
+            "   ✔  Value [100] is > 0 ",
+          ],
+          [
+            "All checks passed",
+          ],
+          [
+            "Address will be registered with Account contract to enable locking.",
+          ],
+          [
+            "SendTransaction: register",
+          ],
+          [
+            "txHash: 0x9322aba7cf28f466f1377b1da9a1e7ed94c3109aa5fd2f4ea23caab371f1cb0f",
+          ],
+          [
+            "Running Checks:",
+          ],
+          [
+            "   ✔  Account has at least 0.0000000000000001 CELO ",
+          ],
+          [
+            "All checks passed",
+          ],
+          [
+            "SendTransaction: lock",
+          ],
+          [
+            "txHash: 0x947e5f8c97fdfabf688b3879f5856e1165c3578f2741d2481c3c961aa83bba51",
+          ],
+        ]
+      `)
+
+      expect(actionSpy.mock.calls).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        [
+          [],
+          [],
+        ]
+      `)
+
+      expect(await accountsContract.isAccount(eoa)).toBe(true)
+
+      expect(await lockedGoldContract.getAccountTotalLockedGold(eoa)).toEqBigNumber(
+        new BigNumber('100')
+      )
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/lockedgold/lock.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/lockedgold/lock.ts
index bc6102db3..f4b6f9a0d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/lockedgold/lock.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/lockedgold/lock.ts
@@ -32,10 +32,20 @@ export default class Lock extends BaseCommand {
 
     await newCheckBuilder(this)
       .addCheck(`Value [${value.toFixed()}] is > 0`, () => value.gt(0))
-      .isAccount(address)
       .runChecks()
 
-    const lockedGold = await kit.contracts.getLockedGold()
+    const [lockedGold, accountsContract] = await Promise.all([
+      kit.contracts.getLockedGold(),
+      kit.contracts.getAccounts(),
+    ])
+
+    const isAccount = await accountsContract.isAccount(address)
+
+    if (!isAccount) {
+      console.log('Address will be registered with Account contract to enable locking.')
+      await displaySendTx('register', accountsContract.createAccount())
+    }
+
     const pendingWithdrawalsValue = await lockedGold.getPendingWithdrawalsTotalValue(address)
     const relockValue = BigNumber.minimum(pendingWithdrawalsValue, value)
     const lockValue = value.minus(relockValue)