diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index f4ac30a30dd9..3145e773b5ce 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package config
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
@@ -269,7 +270,10 @@ func (c *Config) GetMinGasPrices() sdk.DecCoins {
 		return sdk.DecCoins{}
 	}
 
-	gasPrices, err := sdk.ParseDecCoins(c.MinGasPrices)
+	// replace `;` with `,` to support both `;` and `,` as separators in server config
+	minGasPrices := strings.ReplaceAll(c.MinGasPrices, ";", ",")
+
+	gasPrices, err := sdk.ParseDecCoins(minGasPrices)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid minimum gas prices: %v", err))
 	}
diff --git a/server/config/config_test.go b/server/config/config_test.go
index d4562374f779..841ad3519ee9 100644
--- a/server/config/config_test.go
+++ b/server/config/config_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -31,6 +32,15 @@ func TestGetAndSetMinimumGas(t *testing.T) {
 	require.EqualValues(t, cfg.GetMinGasPrices(), input)
 }
 
+func TestGetMinimumGasWithSemicolon(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.MinGasPrices = "0.001bar;5.00foo;0.01zoo"
+
+	exp, err := sdk.ParseDecCoins(strings.ReplaceAll(cfg.MinGasPrices, ";", ","))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.EqualValues(t, cfg.GetMinGasPrices(), exp)
+}
+
 func TestIndexEventsMarshalling(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedIn := `index-events = ["key1", "key2", ]` + "\n"
 	cfg := DefaultConfig()