diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fc24e0eb6..87b8ec6575 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 Changes:
 
+- When cloning an API instance the runtimeChain is now properly set from source
 - Allow `paymentInfo` on any extrinsic (already signed) with optional `{ blockHash: <hash> }` param for historic queries
 - Optimize derive `receivedHeartbeats` to not re-create the full object
 - Add `staking.stakerPrefs` derive to retrieve validatorPrefs over a range of eras
diff --git a/packages/api/src/base/Init.ts b/packages/api/src/base/Init.ts
index 49a18a4f9c..666b98a8d1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/base/Init.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/base/Init.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ export default abstract class Init<ApiType extends ApiTypes> extends Decorate<Ap
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/require-await
   private async _metaFromSource (source: ApiBase<any>): Promise<Metadata> {
     this._extrinsicType = source.extrinsicVersion;
+    this._runtimeChain = source.runtimeChain;
     this._runtimeVersion = source.runtimeVersion;
     this._genesisHash = source.genesisHash;
     this.registry.setChainProperties(source.registry.getChainProperties());
diff --git a/packages/api/src/base/index.ts b/packages/api/src/base/index.ts
index 8e233164e8..597ddfaca0 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/base/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/base/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Hash, RuntimeVersion } from '@polkadot/types/interfaces';
 import { CallFunction, RegistryError, SignerPayloadRawBase } from '@polkadot/types/types';
 import { ApiInterfaceRx, ApiOptions, ApiTypes, DecoratedRpc, DecorateMethod, QueryableConsts, QueryableStorage, QueryableStorageMulti, SubmittableExtrinsics, Signer } from '../types';
 
-import { Metadata } from '@polkadot/types';
+import { Metadata, Text } from '@polkadot/types';
 import { assert, isString, isUndefined, u8aToHex, u8aToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import Init from './Init';
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ export default abstract class ApiBase<ApiType extends ApiTypes> extends Init<Api
     return assertResult(this._rpc);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @description Contains the chain information for the current node.
+   */
+  public get runtimeChain (): Text {
+    return assertResult(this._runtimeChain);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @description Yields the current attached runtime metadata. Generally this is only used to construct extrinsics & storage, but is useful for current runtime inspection.
    */