diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-eagles-judge.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-eagles-judge.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32e61e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-eagles-judge.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'ethereum-mars': patch
+---
+
+Allow to pass waffle and ganache providers in opts
diff --git a/packages/mars/src/options/Options.ts b/packages/mars/src/options/Options.ts
index 4ccc0dd..e31bbba 100644
--- a/packages/mars/src/options/Options.ts
+++ b/packages/mars/src/options/Options.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import { BigNumber } from 'ethers'
+import { BigNumber, providers } from 'ethers'
 import type Ganache from 'ganache-core'
 
+export type NetworkLike = string | Ganache.Provider | providers.JsonRpcProvider
+
 export interface Options {
   /**
    * Private key of the account to be used to sign deployment transactions.
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ export interface Options {
    * If this is a name, then it is used to locate an ethereum network in one of the services (Infura, Alchemy etc.)
    * If this is a URL or a provider instance, then it is used to construct an RPC provider to an existing network node.
    */
-  network?: string | Ganache.Provider
+  network?: NetworkLike
   /**
    * API key to Infura service. See: https://infura.io/
    */
diff --git a/packages/mars/src/options/config.ts b/packages/mars/src/options/config.ts
index 46aa6dc..c0f6bf6 100644
--- a/packages/mars/src/options/config.ts
+++ b/packages/mars/src/options/config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Options } from './Options'
 import { ensureMultisigConfig } from '../multisig/multisigConfig'
 import { logConfig } from '../logging'
 import { chains } from './chain'
+import { JsonRpcProvider } from '@ethersproject/providers'
 
 export async function getConfig(options: Options): Promise<ExecuteOptions> {
   const merged = {
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ export async function getConfig(options: Options): Promise<ExecuteOptions> {
   }
 }
 
-function isNetworkProvider(network: string | Ganache.Provider): network is Ganache.Provider {
+function isNetworkProvider(
+  network: string | Ganache.Provider | providers.JsonRpcProvider
+): network is Ganache.Provider | providers.JsonRpcProvider {
   return !!network && typeof network === 'object' && (network as Ganache.Provider).send !== undefined
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +81,9 @@ async function getSigner(options: Options) {
   let rpcUrl: string | undefined
   let provider: providers.JsonRpcProvider | undefined
 
-  if (isNetworkProvider(network)) {
+  if (JsonRpcProvider.isProvider(network)) {
+    provider = network
+  } else if (isNetworkProvider(network)) {
     // this causes 'MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected.' when many contracts in use
     // details at https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/issues/1648
     provider = new providers.Web3Provider(network as any)
diff --git a/packages/mars/test/options/config.test.ts b/packages/mars/test/options/config.test.ts
index 16e2299..d6aa44a 100644
--- a/packages/mars/test/options/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/mars/test/options/config.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { BigNumber, Wallet } from 'ethers'
+import Ganache from 'ganache-core'
 import { getConfig } from '../../src/options'
+import { MockProvider } from 'ethereum-waffle'
 
 const PRIVATE_KEY_1 = `0x${'1'.repeat(64)}`
 const PRIVATE_KEY_2 = `0x${'2'.repeat(64)}`
@@ -44,6 +46,29 @@ describe('getConfig', () => {
     expect((result3.signer as Wallet).privateKey).to.equal(PRIVATE_KEY_3)
   })
 
+  it('can pass ganache as network', async () => {
+    const ganache = Ganache.provider({ networkId: 1337 })
+    const config = await getConfig({ ...defaults, network: ganache, privateKey: PRIVATE_KEY_1 })
+
+    expect((config.signer as Wallet).privateKey).to.equal(PRIVATE_KEY_1)
+
+    const network = await config.provider.getNetwork()
+    expect(network.chainId).to.equal(1337)
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function
+    ganache.close(() => {})
+  })
+
+  it('can pass Waffle MockProvider as network', async () => {
+    const waffle = new MockProvider({ ganacheOptions: { networkId: 1337 } })
+    const config = await getConfig({ ...defaults, network: waffle, privateKey: PRIVATE_KEY_1 })
+
+    expect((config.signer as Wallet).privateKey).to.equal(PRIVATE_KEY_1)
+
+    const network = await config.provider.getNetwork()
+    expect(network.chainId).to.equal(1337)
+  })
+
   it('dry run implies noConfirm', async () => {
     const result = await getConfig({ dryRun: true, ...defaults })
     expect(result.noConfirm).to.equal(true)