diff --git a/arbitrum/apibackend.go b/arbitrum/apibackend.go
index 50ad7802ad..6c1c765b29 100644
--- a/arbitrum/apibackend.go
+++ b/arbitrum/apibackend.go
@@ -132,16 +132,16 @@ type SyncProgressBackend interface {
 	BlockMetadataByNumber(ctx context.Context, blockNum uint64) (common.BlockMetadata, error)
 }
 
-func createRegisterAPIBackend(backend *Backend, filterConfig filters.Config, fallbackClientUrl string, fallbackClientTimeout time.Duration, archiveRedirects []BlockRedirectConfig) (*filters.FilterSystem, error) {
+func createRegisterAPIBackend(backend *Backend, filterConfig filters.Config, fallbackClientUrl string, fallbackClientTimeout time.Duration, archiveRedirects []BlockRedirectConfig) (*filters.FilterSystem, ReceiptFetcher, error) {
 	fallbackClient, err := CreateFallbackClient(fallbackClientUrl, fallbackClientTimeout, false)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	var archiveClientsManager *archiveFallbackClientsManager
 	if len(archiveRedirects) != 0 {
 		archiveClientsManager, err = newArchiveFallbackClientsManager(archiveRedirects)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 	}
 	backend.apiBackend = &APIBackend{
@@ -150,8 +150,20 @@ func createRegisterAPIBackend(backend *Backend, filterConfig filters.Config, fal
 		archiveClientsManager: archiveClientsManager,
 	}
 	filterSystem := filters.NewFilterSystem(backend.apiBackend, filterConfig)
-	backend.stack.RegisterAPIs(backend.apiBackend.GetAPIs(filterSystem))
-	return filterSystem, nil
+	apis := backend.apiBackend.GetAPIs(filterSystem)
+	var receiptFetcher ReceiptFetcher
+	for _, api := range apis {
+		var ok bool
+		receiptFetcher, ok = api.Service.(ReceiptFetcher)
+		if ok {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if receiptFetcher == nil {
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("no receipt fetcher found in APIs")
+	}
+	backend.stack.RegisterAPIs(apis)
+	return filterSystem, receiptFetcher, nil
 }
 
 func (a *APIBackend) SetSyncBackend(sync SyncProgressBackend) error {
diff --git a/arbitrum/backend.go b/arbitrum/backend.go
index 06df137739..1107d6ae74 100644
--- a/arbitrum/backend.go
+++ b/arbitrum/backend.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/shutdowncheck"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 )
 
 type Backend struct {
@@ -30,7 +29,8 @@ type Backend struct {
 	txFeed event.Feed
 	scope  event.SubscriptionScope
 
-	filterMaps *filtermaps.FilterMaps
+	filterMaps     *filtermaps.FilterMaps
+	receiptFetcher ReceiptFetcher
 
 	shutdownTracker *shutdowncheck.ShutdownTracker
 
@@ -84,13 +84,15 @@ func NewBackend(stack *node.Node, config *Config, chainDb ethdb.Database, publis
 		backend.stack.ApplyAPIFilter(rpcFilter)
 	}
 
-	filterSystem, err := createRegisterAPIBackend(backend, filterConfig, config.ClassicRedirect, config.ClassicRedirectTimeout, config.BlockRedirects)
+	filterSystem, receiptFetcher, err := createRegisterAPIBackend(backend, filterConfig, config.ClassicRedirect, config.ClassicRedirectTimeout, config.BlockRedirects)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	backend.filterSystem = filterSystem
+	backend.receiptFetcher = receiptFetcher
 	return backend, filterSystem, nil
 }
+
 func (b *Backend) newChainView(head *types.Header) *filtermaps.ChainView {
 	if head == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -100,11 +102,12 @@ func (b *Backend) newChainView(head *types.Header) *filtermaps.ChainView {
 
 func (b *Backend) AccountManager() *accounts.Manager { return b.stack.AccountManager() }
 func (b *Backend) APIBackend() *APIBackend           { return b.apiBackend }
-func (b *Backend) APIs() []rpc.API                   { return b.apiBackend.GetAPIs(b.filterSystem) }
 func (b *Backend) ArbInterface() ArbInterface        { return b.arb }
 func (b *Backend) BlockChain() *core.BlockChain      { return b.arb.BlockChain() }
 func (b *Backend) ChainDb() ethdb.Database           { return b.chainDb }
+func (b *Backend) Config() *Config                   { return b.config }
 func (b *Backend) Engine() consensus.Engine          { return b.arb.BlockChain().Engine() }
+func (b *Backend) ReceiptFetcher() ReceiptFetcher    { return b.receiptFetcher }
 func (b *Backend) Stack() *node.Node                 { return b.stack }
 
 func (b *Backend) ResetWithGenesisBlock(gb *types.Block) {
diff --git a/arbitrum/receipt.go b/arbitrum/receipt.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80f3c9c2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arbitrum/receipt.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package arbitrum
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+)
+
+type ReceiptFetcher interface {
+	GetTransactionReceipt(ctx context.Context, hash common.Hash) (map[string]interface{}, error)
+}