diff --git a/src/lib_node_services/node_rpc_services.ml b/src/lib_node_services/node_rpc_services.ml
index f59f7a77b..c89edd1ca 100644
--- a/src/lib_node_services/node_rpc_services.ml
+++ b/src/lib_node_services/node_rpc_services.ml
@@ -568,6 +568,24 @@ module Workers = struct
 
   end
 
+  module Block_validator = struct
+
+    let state =
+      let open Data_encoding in
+      RPC_service.post_service
+        ~description:"Introspect the state of the block_validator worker."
+        ~query: RPC_query.empty
+        ~error: Data_encoding.empty
+        ~input: empty
+        ~output:
+          (Worker_types.full_status_encoding
+             Block_validator_worker_state.Request.encoding
+             (Block_validator_worker_state.Event.encoding Error.encoding)
+             Error.encoding)
+        RPC_path.(root / "workers" / "block_validator")
+
+  end
+
 end
 
 
diff --git a/src/lib_node_services/node_rpc_services.mli b/src/lib_node_services/node_rpc_services.mli
index 98ad0a008..b819b4cc3 100644
--- a/src/lib_node_services/node_rpc_services.mli
+++ b/src/lib_node_services/node_rpc_services.mli
@@ -188,6 +188,19 @@ module Workers : sig
         RPC_service.t
 
   end
+
+  module Block_validator : sig
+
+    open Block_validator_worker_state
+
+    val state :
+      ([ `POST ], unit,
+       unit, unit, unit,
+       (Request.view, Event.t) Worker_types.full_status, unit)
+        RPC_service.t
+
+  end
+
 end
 
 module Network : sig
diff --git a/src/lib_node_shell/node_rpc.ml b/src/lib_node_shell/node_rpc.ml
index 059c7af7c..7ce9d93f6 100644
--- a/src/lib_node_shell/node_rpc.ml
+++ b/src/lib_node_shell/node_rpc.ml
@@ -471,6 +471,18 @@ let build_rpc_directory node =
              backlog = Prevalidator.last_events w ;
              current_request = Prevalidator.current_request w }) in
 
+  (* Workers : Block_validator *)
+
+  let dir  =
+    RPC_directory.register0 dir Services.Workers.Block_validator.state
+      (fun () () ->
+         let w = Block_validator.running_worker () in
+         RPC_answer.return
+           { Worker_types.status = Block_validator.status w ;
+             pending_requests = Block_validator.pending_requests w ;
+             backlog = Block_validator.last_events w ;
+             current_request = Block_validator.current_request w }) in
+
   (* Network : Global *)
 
   let dir =