diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1130edd46..cfa24a16f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5664,6 +5664,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-rpc-api",
  "reth-rpc-types",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/Cargo.toml
index e9c7b8aec..c3e5cafd4 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 
 # misc
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.18", features = ["client", "async-client"] }
+serde_json.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "rt"] }
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/assets/noop-tracer.js b/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/assets/noop-tracer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6906e3ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/assets/noop-tracer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	// required function that is invoked when a step fails
+	fault: function(log, db) { },
+	// required function that returns the result of the tracer: empty object
+	result: function(ctx, db) { return {}; },
+	// optional function that is invoked for every opcode
+	step: function(log, db) { }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/src/debug.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/src/debug.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da94fb3ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/src/debug.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+//! Helpers for testing debug trace calls.
+
+use reth_primitives::H256;
+use reth_rpc_api::clients::DebugApiClient;
+use reth_rpc_types::trace::geth::{GethDebugTracerType, GethDebugTracingOptions};
+
+const NOOP_TRACER: &str = include_str!("../assets/noop-tracer.js");
+
+/// An extension trait for the Trace API.
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+pub trait DebugApiExt {
+    /// The provider type that is used to make the requests.
+    type Provider;
+
+    /// Same as [DebugApiClient::debug_trace_transaction] but returns the result as json.
+    async fn debug_trace_transaction_json(
+        &self,
+        hash: H256,
+        opts: GethDebugTracingOptions,
+    ) -> Result<serde_json::Value, jsonrpsee::core::Error>;
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl<T: DebugApiClient + Sync> DebugApiExt for T {
+    type Provider = T;
+
+    async fn debug_trace_transaction_json(
+        &self,
+        hash: H256,
+        opts: GethDebugTracingOptions,
+    ) -> Result<serde_json::Value, jsonrpsee::core::Error> {
+        let mut params = jsonrpsee::core::params::ArrayParams::new();
+        params.insert(hash).unwrap();
+        params.insert(opts).unwrap();
+        self.request("debug_traceTransaction", params).await
+    }
+}
+
+/// A javascript tracer that does nothing
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
+pub struct NoopJsTracer;
+
+impl From<NoopJsTracer> for GethDebugTracingOptions {
+    fn from(_: NoopJsTracer) -> Self {
+        GethDebugTracingOptions {
+            tracer: Some(GethDebugTracerType::JsTracer(NOOP_TRACER.to_string())),
+            tracer_config: serde_json::Value::Object(Default::default()).into(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl From<NoopJsTracer> for Option<GethDebugTracingOptions> {
+    fn from(_: NoopJsTracer) -> Self {
+        Some(NoopJsTracer.into())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::{
+        debug::{DebugApiExt, NoopJsTracer},
+        utils::parse_env_url,
+    };
+    use jsonrpsee::http_client::HttpClientBuilder;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[ignore]
+    async fn can_trace_noop_sepolia() {
+        // random tx <https://sepolia.etherscan.io/tx/0x5525c63a805df2b83c113ebcc8c7672a3b290673c4e81335b410cd9ebc64e085>
+        let tx =
+            "0x5525c63a805df2b83c113ebcc8c7672a3b290673c4e81335b410cd9ebc64e085".parse().unwrap();
+        let url = parse_env_url("RETH_RPC_TEST_NODE_URL").unwrap();
+        let client = HttpClientBuilder::default().build(url).unwrap();
+        let res =
+            client.debug_trace_transaction_json(tx, NoopJsTracer::default().into()).await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(res, serde_json::Value::Object(Default::default()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/src/lib.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/src/lib.rs
index a3e2b6af1..67f20baff 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 //! Reth RPC testing utilities.
 
+pub mod debug;
 pub mod trace;
 
 pub mod utils;