diff --git a/.changeset/good-rocks-trade.md b/.changeset/good-rocks-trade.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6f9089c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/good-rocks-trade.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"permissionless": minor
+---
+
+providerToSmartAccountSigner accepts keyword args
diff --git a/packages/permissionless-test/ep-0.7/walletClientToCustomSigner.test.ts b/packages/permissionless-test/ep-0.7/walletClientToCustomSigner.test.ts
index b785f9b1..dff3c9c0 100644
--- a/packages/permissionless-test/ep-0.7/walletClientToCustomSigner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/permissionless-test/ep-0.7/walletClientToCustomSigner.test.ts
@@ -244,20 +244,14 @@ describe("Simple Account from walletClient", () => {
         const publicClient = await getPublicClient()
 
         const bundlerClient = getBundlerClient()
+        const pimlicoPaymaster = getPimlicoPaymasterClient()
 
         const smartAccountClient = await getSmartAccountClient({
             account: await getSignerToSimpleSmartAccount({
                 signer: await getCustomSignerToSimpleSmartAccount()
             }),
-            sponsorUserOperation: async ({
-                entryPoint: _entryPoint,
-                userOperation
-            }) => {
-                const pimlicoPaymaster = getPimlicoPaymasterClient()
-                return pimlicoPaymaster.sponsorUserOperation({
-                    userOperation,
-                    entryPoint: getEntryPoint()
-                })
+            middleware: {
+                sponsorUserOperation: pimlicoPaymaster.sponsorUserOperation
             }
         })
 
@@ -304,20 +298,14 @@ describe("Simple Account from walletClient", () => {
         const publicClient = await getPublicClient()
 
         const bundlerClient = getBundlerClient()
+        const pimlicoPaymaster = getPimlicoPaymasterClient()
 
         const smartAccountClient = await getSmartAccountClient({
             account: await getSignerToSimpleSmartAccount({
                 signer: await getCustomSignerToSimpleSmartAccount()
             }),
-            sponsorUserOperation: async ({
-                entryPoint: _entryPoint,
-                userOperation
-            }) => {
-                const pimlicoPaymaster = getPimlicoPaymasterClient()
-                return pimlicoPaymaster.sponsorUserOperation({
-                    userOperation,
-                    entryPoint: getEntryPoint()
-                })
+            middleware: {
+                sponsorUserOperation: pimlicoPaymaster.sponsorUserOperation
             }
         })
 
diff --git a/packages/permissionless/utils/providerToSmartAccountSigner.ts b/packages/permissionless/utils/providerToSmartAccountSigner.ts
index 23b34c4d..efbaaa56 100644
--- a/packages/permissionless/utils/providerToSmartAccountSigner.ts
+++ b/packages/permissionless/utils/providerToSmartAccountSigner.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import {
 } from "viem"
 import { walletClientToSmartAccountSigner } from "./walletClientToSmartAccountSigner"
 
-export const providerToSmartAccountSigner = async (
-    provider: EIP1193Provider,
+export const providerToSmartAccountSigner = async ({
+    provider,
+    signerAddress
+}: {
+    provider: EIP1193Provider
     signerAddress?: Hex
-) => {
+}) => {
     let account: Hex
     if (!signerAddress) {
         ;[account] = await provider.request({ method: "eth_requestAccounts" })