diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index d64c73acd..45d4b63da 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ pub fn build_cli() -> App<'static, 'static> {
                 .help("Listen to all WebSocket interfaces (default is local)")
                 .takes_value(false),
         )
+        .arg(
+             Arg::with_name("pruning")
+                 .long("pruning")
+                 .help("State Db PruningMode archiveall|archivecanonical|constrained (default is Constrained(256))")
+                 .takes_value(true),
+         )
         .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("validator").about(
             "Enable validator mode",
         ).arg(
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 92e50a7dc..8b15e3885 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use Arc;
 
 use client_db;
-use state_db;
 use substrate_client;
 
 pub use chainx_api::{TBackend, TClient, TClientBlockBuilder, TExecutor};
 use chainx_executor::NativeExecutor;
 use cli::ChainSpec;
 use state_machine::ExecutionStrategy;
+use state_db::PruningMode;
 
 const FINALIZATION_WINDOW: u64 = 32;
 
-pub fn build_client(db_path: &str, chainspec: ChainSpec) -> Arc<TClient> {
+pub fn build_client(db_path: &str, chainspec: ChainSpec, pruning: PruningMode) -> Arc<TClient> {
     let backend = Arc::new(
         TBackend::new(
             client_db::DatabaseSettings {
                 cache_size: None,
                 path: PathBuf::from(db_path),
-                pruning: state_db::PruningMode::default(),
+                pruning: pruning,
             },
             FINALIZATION_WINDOW,
         )
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 43f92b5dc..9d3c44245 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,20 @@ fn main() {
             ChainSpec::Multi
         }
     };
+    let pruning = match matches.value_of("pruning").unwrap_or("constrained") {
+         "archiveall" => {
+             info!("Pruning is ArchiveAll mode");
+             state_db::PruningMode::ArchiveAll
+         }
+         "archivecanonical" => {
+             info!("Pruning is ArchiveCanonical mode");
+             state_db::PruningMode::ArchiveCanonical
+         }
+         "constrained" | _ => {
+             info!("Pruning is Constrained mode");
+             state_db::PruningMode::default()
+         }
+     };
     let port = match matches.value_of("port") {
         Some(port) => port
             .parse()
@@ -99,8 +113,8 @@ fn main() {
     );
 
     let db_path = matches.value_of("db-path").unwrap_or("./.chainx");
-    let client = client::build_client(db_path, chainspec);
-
+    let client = client::build_client(db_path, chainspec, pruning);
+    
     let (exit_send, exit) = exit_future::signal();
     let mut runtime = Runtime::new().expect("failed to start runtime on current thread");
     let task_executor = runtime.executor();