diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3941aa7ec3..3c0863bd3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3648,6 +3648,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "unused_port",
  "validator_client",
  "validator_dir",
+ "validator_manager",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/lighthouse/Cargo.toml b/lighthouse/Cargo.toml
index b74e1516f4..3b0416cf0f 100644
--- a/lighthouse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lighthouse/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ directory = { path = "../common/directory" }
 unused_port = { path = "../common/unused_port" }
 database_manager = { path = "../database_manager" }
 slasher = { path = "../slasher" }
+validator_manager = { path = "../validator_manager" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
diff --git a/lighthouse/src/main.rs b/lighthouse/src/main.rs
index 7897494cc4..89928f1edd 100644
--- a/lighthouse/src/main.rs
+++ b/lighthouse/src/main.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ fn main() {
         .subcommand(validator_client::cli_app())
         .subcommand(account_manager::cli_app())
         .subcommand(database_manager::cli_app())
+        .subcommand(validator_manager::cli_app())
         .get_matches();
 
     // Configure the allocator early in the process, before it has the chance to use the default values for
@@ -498,6 +499,16 @@ fn run<E: EthSpec>(
         return Ok(());
     }
 
+    if let Some(sub_matches) = matches.subcommand_matches(account_manager::CMD) {
+        eprintln!("Running validator manager for {} network", network_name);
+
+        // Pass the entire `environment` to the account manager so it can run blocking operations.
+        validator_manager::run(sub_matches, environment)?;
+
+        // Exit as soon as account manager returns control.
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     if let Some(sub_matches) = matches.subcommand_matches(database_manager::CMD) {
         info!(log, "Running database manager for {} network", network_name);
         // Pass the entire `environment` to the database manager so it can run blocking operations.
diff --git a/validator_manager/src/lib.rs b/validator_manager/src/lib.rs
index 5507b5aaa0..add88991aa 100644
--- a/validator_manager/src/lib.rs
+++ b/validator_manager/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,19 +15,28 @@ pub fn cli_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
 }
 
 /// Run the account manager, returning an error if the operation did not succeed.
-pub async fn run<'a, T: EthSpec>(
+pub fn run<'a, T: EthSpec>(
     matches: &'a ArgMatches<'a>,
-    env: Environment<T>,
+    mut env: Environment<T>,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
-    match matches.subcommand() {
-        (validators::CMD, Some(matches)) => validators::cli_run(matches, env).await?,
-        (unknown, _) => {
-            return Err(format!(
-                "{} is not a valid {} command. See --help.",
-                unknown, CMD
-            ));
-        }
-    }
+    let context = env.core_context();
 
-    Ok(())
+    context
+        .executor
+        // This `block_on_dangerous` call reasonable since it is at the very highest level of the
+        // application, the rest of which is all async. All other functions below this should be
+        // async and should never call `block_on_dangerous` themselves.
+        .block_on_dangerous(
+            async {
+                match matches.subcommand() {
+                    (validators::CMD, Some(matches)) => validators::cli_run(matches, env).await,
+                    (unknown, _) => Err(format!(
+                        "{} is not a valid {} command. See --help.",
+                        unknown, CMD
+                    )),
+                }
+            },
+            "validator_manager",
+        )
+        .ok_or("Shutting down")?
 }