diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13ce78d179..e7fc218aaa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   * Checks that only `Array<Felt252>` can be received by the program main function when running with with either `--proof_mode` or `--append_return_values`.
   * Copies the input value to the output segment right after the output in the format `[array_len, arr[0], arr[1],.., arr[n]]`.
 
+                  * feat: specify initial value for `exec_scopes` in `cairo_run_program` [1772](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1772)
+
 * fix: make MemorySegmentManager.finalize() public [#1771](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1771)
 
 * feat: load Cairo PIE from bytes [#1773](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1773)
diff --git a/vm/src/cairo_run.rs b/vm/src/cairo_run.rs
index d48f7c5552..b940295354 100644
--- a/vm/src/cairo_run.rs
+++ b/vm/src/cairo_run.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use bincode::enc::write::Writer;
 
 use thiserror_no_std::Error;
 
+use crate::types::exec_scope::ExecutionScopes;
 #[cfg(feature = "test_utils")]
 use arbitrary::{self, Arbitrary};
 
@@ -46,10 +47,12 @@ impl<'a> Default for CairoRunConfig<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn cairo_run_program(
+/// Runs a program with a customized execution scope.
+pub fn cairo_run_program_with_initial_scope(
     program: &Program,
     cairo_run_config: &CairoRunConfig,
     hint_processor: &mut dyn HintProcessor,
+    exec_scopes: ExecutionScopes,
 ) -> Result<CairoRunner, CairoRunError> {
     let secure_run = cairo_run_config
         .secure_run
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ pub fn cairo_run_program(
         cairo_run_config.trace_enabled,
     )?;
 
+    cairo_runner.exec_scopes = exec_scopes;
+
     let end = cairo_runner.initialize(allow_missing_builtins)?;
     // check step calculation
 
@@ -95,6 +100,19 @@ pub fn cairo_run_program(
     Ok(cairo_runner)
 }
 
+pub fn cairo_run_program(
+    program: &Program,
+    cairo_run_config: &CairoRunConfig,
+    hint_processor: &mut dyn HintProcessor,
+) -> Result<CairoRunner, CairoRunError> {
+    cairo_run_program_with_initial_scope(
+        program,
+        cairo_run_config,
+        hint_processor,
+        ExecutionScopes::new(),
+    )
+}
+
 pub fn cairo_run(
     program_content: &[u8],
     cairo_run_config: &CairoRunConfig,