diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/flags.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/flags.go
index 7db39479cbb24..b6054ea562baa 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/flags.go
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ var (
 	}
 	TraceDisableMemoryFlag = cli.BoolTFlag{
 		Name:  "trace.nomemory",
-		Usage: "Disable full memory dump in traces",
+		Usage: "Disable full memory dump in traces (deprecated)",
+	}
+	TraceEnableMemoryFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "trace.memory",
+		Usage: "Enable full memory dump in traces",
 	}
 	TraceDisableStackFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "trace.nostack",
@@ -40,7 +44,11 @@ var (
 	}
 	TraceDisableReturnDataFlag = cli.BoolTFlag{
 		Name:  "trace.noreturndata",
-		Usage: "Disable return data output in traces",
+		Usage: "Disable return data output in traces (deprecated)",
+	}
+	TraceEnableReturnDataFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "trace.returndata",
+		Usage: "Enable return data output in traces",
 	}
 	OutputBasedir = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "output.basedir",
diff --git a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
index 8f203b0eda398..9eca1e5a8ae0c 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/internal/t8ntool/transition.go
@@ -99,11 +99,23 @@ func Transition(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return NewError(ErrorIO, fmt.Errorf("failed creating output basedir: %v", err))
 	}
 	if ctx.Bool(TraceFlag.Name) {
+		if ctx.IsSet(TraceDisableMemoryFlag.Name) && ctx.IsSet(TraceEnableMemoryFlag.Name) {
+			return NewError(ErrorConfig, fmt.Errorf("can't use both flags --%s and --%s", TraceDisableMemoryFlag.Name, TraceEnableMemoryFlag.Name))
+		}
+		if ctx.IsSet(TraceDisableReturnDataFlag.Name) && ctx.IsSet(TraceEnableReturnDataFlag.Name) {
+			return NewError(ErrorConfig, fmt.Errorf("can't use both flags --%s and --%s", TraceDisableReturnDataFlag.Name, TraceEnableReturnDataFlag.Name))
+		}
+		if ctx.IsSet(TraceDisableMemoryFlag.Name) {
+			log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("--%s has been deprecated in favour of --%s", TraceDisableMemoryFlag.Name, TraceEnableMemoryFlag.Name))
+		}
+		if ctx.IsSet(TraceDisableReturnDataFlag.Name) {
+			log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("--%s has been deprecated in favour of --%s", TraceDisableReturnDataFlag.Name, TraceEnableReturnDataFlag.Name))
+		}
 		// Configure the EVM logger
 		logConfig := &vm.LogConfig{
 			DisableStack:     ctx.Bool(TraceDisableStackFlag.Name),
-			EnableMemory:     !ctx.Bool(TraceDisableMemoryFlag.Name),
-			EnableReturnData: !ctx.Bool(TraceDisableReturnDataFlag.Name),
+			EnableMemory:     !ctx.Bool(TraceDisableMemoryFlag.Name) || ctx.Bool(TraceEnableMemoryFlag.Name),
+			EnableReturnData: !ctx.Bool(TraceDisableReturnDataFlag.Name) || ctx.Bool(TraceEnableReturnDataFlag.Name),
 			Debug:            true,
 		}
 		var prevFile *os.File
diff --git a/cmd/evm/main.go b/cmd/evm/main.go
index 66d221a702e89..2f404d48e9031 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/main.go
@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ var stateTransitionCommand = cli.Command{
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
 		t8ntool.TraceFlag,
 		t8ntool.TraceDisableMemoryFlag,
+		t8ntool.TraceEnableMemoryFlag,
 		t8ntool.TraceDisableStackFlag,
 		t8ntool.TraceDisableReturnDataFlag,
+		t8ntool.TraceEnableReturnDataFlag,
 		t8ntool.OutputBasedir,
 		t8ntool.OutputAllocFlag,
 		t8ntool.OutputResultFlag,