diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index faa1e879ab3..d43873dcbbc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2517,7 +2517,16 @@ version = "4.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f51c5d4ddabd36886dd3e1438cb358cdcb0d7c499cb99cb4ac2e38e18b5cb210"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
+ "dirs-sys 0.3.7",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "5.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a49173b84e034382284f27f1af4dcbbd231ffa358c0fe316541a7337f376a35"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys 0.4.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2536,7 +2545,7 @@ version = "4.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca3aa72a6f96ea37bbc5aa912f6788242832f75369bdfdadcb0e38423f100059"
 dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
+ "dirs-sys 0.3.7",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2550,6 +2559,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys-next"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -3970,6 +3991,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gear-key-finder"
+version = "1.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "directories 5.0.1",
+ "hex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gear-lazy-pages"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -7078,6 +7107,12 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "6.5.1"
@@ -10376,7 +10411,7 @@ version = "0.10.0-dev"
 source = "git+https://github.com/gear-tech/substrate.git?branch=gear-polkadot-v0.9.41-canary-no-sandbox#93aa762a96970dc7d5987a8c890a6be4912f3cd3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "directories",
+ "directories 4.0.1",
  "exit-future",
  "futures",
  "futures-timer",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95f1b55982d..268077f08a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ scale-value = "^0.10"                                                     # gsdk
 heck = "0.4.1"                                                            # gsdk-api-gen
 etc = "0.1.16"                                                            # gcli
 scale-decode = "0.7.0"                                                    # gsdk
+directories = "5.0.1"                                                     # utils/key-finder
 
 [profile.release]
 panic = "unwind"
diff --git a/utils/key-finder/Cargo.toml b/utils/key-finder/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3091e9f61bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/key-finder/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "gear-key-finder"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "gear-key-finder"
+
+[dependencies]
+hex = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc"] }
+directories.workspace = true
diff --git a/utils/key-finder/src/main.rs b/utils/key-finder/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfa56031ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/key-finder/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
+
+const VERSIONS: [&str; 7] = [
+    "staging_testnet",
+    "staging_testnet_v2",
+    "gear_staging_testnet_v3",
+    "gear_staging_testnet_v4",
+    "gear_staging_testnet_v5",
+    "gear_staging_testnet_v6",
+    "gear_staging_testnet_v7",
+];
+
+const PATHS: [&str; 2] = ["gear", "gear-node"];
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut found = false;
+    for path in PATHS {
+        let chains_path = ProjectDirs::from("", "", path)
+            .unwrap()
+            .data_local_dir()
+            .join("chains");
+        if chains_path.is_dir() {
+            for version in VERSIONS {
+                let mut key_path = chains_path.join(version);
+                key_path.extend(&["network", "secret_ed25519"]);
+                if key_path.is_file() {
+                    let key = std::fs::read(&key_path);
+                    if let Ok(key) = key {
+                        println!("Key found in \"{path}/{version}\": 0x{}", hex::encode(key));
+                        found = true;
+                    } else {
+                        eprintln!("Failed to read key from {path:?}",);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if !found {
+        println!("No key file was found. Please try to run this utility with `sudo`.");
+    }
+}