diff --git a/runtime/src/lib.rs b/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 9d36900c27dfdbfdb21739e0c0b353cda8140a5b..714c0c90da852b25fcb58254174d2cc06aed6793 100644
--- a/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use sp_runtime::{
 	transaction_validity::{TransactionValidity, TransactionSource},
 };
 use sp_runtime::traits::{
-	BlakeTwo256, Block as BlockT, IdentityLookup, Verify, IdentifyAccount, NumberFor, Saturating,
+	BlakeTwo256, Block as BlockT, Verify, IdentifyAccount, NumberFor, Saturating,
 };
 use sp_api::impl_runtime_apis;
 use sp_consensus_aura::sr25519::AuthorityId as AuraId;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
 	spec_name: create_runtime_str!("node-template"),
 	impl_name: create_runtime_str!("node-template"),
 	authoring_version: 1,
-	spec_version: 1,
+	spec_version: 100,
 	impl_version: 1,
 	apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
 	transaction_version: 1,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ impl frame_system::Trait for Runtime {
 	/// The aggregated dispatch type that is available for extrinsics.
 	type Call = Call;
 	/// The lookup mechanism to get account ID from whatever is passed in dispatchers.
-	type Lookup = IdentityLookup<AccountId>;
+	type Lookup = multiaddress::AccountIdLookup<AccountId, ()>;
 	/// The index type for storing how many extrinsics an account has signed.
 	type Index = Index;
 	/// The index type for blocks.
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ construct_runtime!(
 );
 
 /// The address format for describing accounts.
-pub type Address = AccountId;
+mod multiaddress;
+pub type Address = multiaddress::MultiAddress<AccountId, ()>;
 /// Block header type as expected by this runtime.
 pub type Header = generic::Header<BlockNumber, BlakeTwo256>;
 /// Block type as expected by this runtime.
diff --git a/runtime/src/multiaddress.rs b/runtime/src/multiaddress.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..be41bb7861a7a6f899f6bbd685966b0d7710b8cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/src/multiaddress.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// This file is part of Substrate.
+
+// Copyright (C) 2017-2021 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// 	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//! MultiAddress type is a wrapper for multiple downstream account formats.
+//! Copied from `sp_runtime::multiaddress`, and can be removed and replaced when
+//! updating to a newer version of Substrate.
+
+use codec::{Encode, Decode, Codec};
+use sp_std::{vec::Vec, marker::PhantomData, fmt::Debug};
+use sp_runtime::{RuntimeDebug, traits::{LookupError, StaticLookup}};
+
+/// A multi-format address wrapper for on-chain accounts.
+#[derive(Encode, Decode, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, RuntimeDebug)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(Hash))]
+pub enum MultiAddress<AccountId, AccountIndex> {
+	/// It's an account ID (pubkey).
+	Id(AccountId),
+	/// It's an account index.
+	Index(#[codec(compact)] AccountIndex),
+	/// It's some arbitrary raw bytes.
+	Raw(Vec<u8>),
+	/// It's a 32 byte representation.
+	Address32([u8; 32]),
+	/// Its a 20 byte representation.
+	Address20([u8; 20]),
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl<AccountId, AccountIndex> std::fmt::Display for MultiAddress<AccountId, AccountIndex>
+where
+	AccountId: std::fmt::Debug,
+	AccountIndex: std::fmt::Debug,
+{
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		use sp_core::hexdisplay::HexDisplay;
+		match self {
+			MultiAddress::Raw(inner) => write!(f, "MultiAddress::Raw({})", HexDisplay::from(inner)),
+			MultiAddress::Address32(inner) => write!(f, "MultiAddress::Address32({})", HexDisplay::from(inner)),
+			MultiAddress::Address20(inner) => write!(f, "MultiAddress::Address20({})", HexDisplay::from(inner)),
+			_ => write!(f, "{:?}", self),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl<AccountId, AccountIndex> From<AccountId> for MultiAddress<AccountId, AccountIndex> {
+	fn from(a: AccountId) -> Self {
+		MultiAddress::Id(a)
+	}
+}
+
+impl<AccountId: Default, AccountIndex> Default for MultiAddress<AccountId, AccountIndex> {
+	fn default() -> Self {
+		MultiAddress::Id(Default::default())
+	}
+}
+
+/// A lookup implementation returning the `AccountId` from a `MultiAddress`.
+pub struct AccountIdLookup<AccountId, AccountIndex>(PhantomData<(AccountId, AccountIndex)>);
+impl<AccountId, AccountIndex> StaticLookup for AccountIdLookup<AccountId, AccountIndex>
+where
+	AccountId: Codec + Clone + PartialEq + Debug,
+	AccountIndex: Codec + Clone + PartialEq + Debug,
+	MultiAddress<AccountId, AccountIndex>: Codec,
+{
+	type Source = MultiAddress<AccountId, AccountIndex>;
+	type Target = AccountId;
+	fn lookup(x: Self::Source) -> Result<Self::Target, LookupError> {
+		match x {
+			MultiAddress::Id(i) => Ok(i),
+			_ => Err(LookupError),
+		}
+	}
+	fn unlookup(x: Self::Target) -> Self::Source {
+		MultiAddress::Id(x)
+	}
+}