diff --git a/core/execution.go b/core/execution.go
index a7bb596516dd2313ded86774d1e84a716a78d097..43f4b58fb0b546554011d073b1c7ffabe89b7239 100644
--- a/core/execution.go
+++ b/core/execution.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ func (self *Execution) exec(code, contextAddr []byte, caller vm.ContextRef) (ret
 	evm := vm.New(env, vm.DebugVmTy)
 
 	if env.Depth() == vm.MaxCallDepth {
-		// Consume all gas (by not returning it) and return a depth error
+		caller.ReturnGas(self.Gas, self.price)
+
 		return nil, vm.DepthError{}
 	}
 
diff --git a/vm/address.go b/vm/address.go
index 611979c94137d0b21b35a15c01574878d455265a..be4284421d5eb03c9a73bc760080215d4f7dfc91 100644
--- a/vm/address.go
+++ b/vm/address.go
@@ -21,19 +21,31 @@ func (self PrecompiledAccount) Call(in []byte) []byte {
 }
 
 var Precompiled = map[string]*PrecompiledAccount{
+	// ECRECOVER
 	string(ethutil.LeftPadBytes([]byte{1}, 20)): &PrecompiledAccount{func(l int) *big.Int {
 		return GasEcrecover
 	}, ecrecoverFunc},
+
+	// SHA256
 	string(ethutil.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 20)): &PrecompiledAccount{func(l int) *big.Int {
 		n := big.NewInt(int64(l+31)/32 + 1)
 		n.Mul(n, GasSha256)
 		return n
 	}, sha256Func},
+
+	// RIPEMD160
 	string(ethutil.LeftPadBytes([]byte{3}, 20)): &PrecompiledAccount{func(l int) *big.Int {
 		n := big.NewInt(int64(l+31)/32 + 1)
 		n.Mul(n, GasRipemd)
 		return n
 	}, ripemd160Func},
+
+	string(ethutil.LeftPadBytes([]byte{4}, 20)): &PrecompiledAccount{func(l int) *big.Int {
+		n := big.NewInt(int64(l+31)/32 + 1)
+		n.Mul(n, GasMemCpy)
+
+		return n
+	}, memCpy},
 }
 
 func sha256Func(in []byte) []byte {
@@ -54,3 +66,7 @@ func ecrecoverFunc(in []byte) []byte {
 
 	return ethutil.LeftPadBytes(crypto.Sha3(crypto.Ecrecover(append(hash, sig...))[1:])[12:], 32)
 }
+
+func memCpy(in []byte) []byte {
+	return in
+}
diff --git a/vm/common.go b/vm/common.go
index 529bbdeb185bea5712a6702ab2d05b848dc4a006..acf18eede1cb764e13cc4867e92278d2c8853128 100644
--- a/vm/common.go
+++ b/vm/common.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ var (
 	GasSha256       = big.NewInt(50)
 	GasRipemd       = big.NewInt(50)
 	GasEcrecover    = big.NewInt(500)
+	GasMemCpy       = big.NewInt(1)
 
 	Pow256 = ethutil.BigPow(2, 256)