diff --git a/crates/node/builder/src/launch/engine.rs b/crates/node/builder/src/launch/engine.rs
index de794a258..3e699b913 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/src/launch/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/node/builder/src/launch/engine.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ where
             ),
         );
 
-        let RpcHandle { rpc_server_handles, rpc_registry, engine_events } =
+        let RpcHandle { rpc_server_handles, rpc_registry, engine_events, beacon_engine_handle } =
             add_ons.launch_add_ons(add_ons_ctx).await?;
 
         // TODO: migrate to devmode with https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/10104
@@ -406,7 +406,12 @@ where
             task_executor: ctx.task_executor().clone(),
             config: ctx.node_config().clone(),
             data_dir: ctx.data_dir().clone(),
-            add_ons_handle: RpcHandle { rpc_server_handles, rpc_registry, engine_events },
+            add_ons_handle: RpcHandle {
+                rpc_server_handles,
+                rpc_registry,
+                engine_events,
+                beacon_engine_handle,
+            },
         };
         // Notify on node started
         on_node_started.on_event(FullNode::clone(&full_node))?;
diff --git a/crates/node/builder/src/rpc.rs b/crates/node/builder/src/rpc.rs
index 9319ab775..630ed5ea2 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/crates/node/builder/src/rpc.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
 
-use crate::{BeaconConsensusEngineEvent, EthApiBuilderCtx};
+use crate::{BeaconConsensusEngineEvent, BeaconConsensusEngineHandle, EthApiBuilderCtx};
 use alloy_rpc_types::engine::ClientVersionV1;
 use futures::TryFutureExt;
 use reth_node_api::{
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ pub struct RpcHandle<Node: FullNodeComponents, EthApi: EthApiTypes> {
     /// dispatch events
     pub engine_events:
         EventSender<BeaconConsensusEngineEvent<<Node::Types as NodeTypes>::Primitives>>,
+    /// Handle to the beacon consensus engine.
+    pub beacon_engine_handle:
+        BeaconConsensusEngineHandle<<Node::Types as NodeTypesWithEngine>::Engine>,
 }
 
 impl<Node: FullNodeComponents, EthApi: EthApiTypes> Clone for RpcHandle<Node, EthApi> {
@@ -318,6 +321,7 @@ impl<Node: FullNodeComponents, EthApi: EthApiTypes> Clone for RpcHandle<Node, Et
             rpc_server_handles: self.rpc_server_handles.clone(),
             rpc_registry: self.rpc_registry.clone(),
             engine_events: self.engine_events.clone(),
+            beacon_engine_handle: self.beacon_engine_handle.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -449,7 +453,7 @@ where
         let engine_api = EngineApi::new(
             node.provider().clone(),
             config.chain.clone(),
-            beacon_engine_handle,
+            beacon_engine_handle.clone(),
             PayloadStore::new(node.payload_builder_handle().clone()),
             node.pool().clone(),
             Box::new(node.task_executor().clone()),
@@ -532,7 +536,12 @@ where
 
         on_rpc_started.on_rpc_started(ctx, handles.clone())?;
 
-        Ok(RpcHandle { rpc_server_handles: handles, rpc_registry: registry, engine_events })
+        Ok(RpcHandle {
+            rpc_server_handles: handles,
+            rpc_registry: registry,
+            engine_events,
+            beacon_engine_handle,
+        })
     }
 }