diff --git a/ethclient/ethclient.go b/ethclient/ethclient.go
index 1195929f7d..d1a8aec60b 100644
--- a/ethclient/ethclient.go
+++ b/ethclient/ethclient.go
@@ -696,6 +696,16 @@ func (ec *Client) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transaction) er
 	return ec.c.CallContext(ctx, nil, "eth_sendRawTransaction", hexutil.Encode(data))
 }
 
+// SendTransactionSync combining transaction submission and receipt retrieval into a single RPC call
+// TODO: testing
+func (ec *Client) SendRawTransactionSync(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transaction) error {
+	data, err := tx.MarshalBinary()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return ec.c.CallContext(ctx, nil, "eth_sendRawTransactionSync", hexutil.Encode(data))
+}
+
 // RevertErrorData returns the 'revert reason' data of a contract call.
 //
 // This can be used with CallContract and EstimateGas, and only when the server is Geth.
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api.go b/internal/ethapi/api.go
index 554f525290..96aa32225d 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api.go
@@ -1636,6 +1636,38 @@ func (api *TransactionAPI) SendRawTransaction(ctx context.Context, input hexutil
 	return SubmitTransaction(ctx, api.b, tx)
 }
 
+func (api *TransactionAPI) SendRawTransactionSync(ctx context.Context, input hexutil.Bytes, timeout int64) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	tx := new(types.Transaction)
+	if err := tx.UnmarshalBinary(input); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	hash, err := SubmitTransaction(ctx, api.b, tx)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// waiting for receipt
+	timer := time.NewTimer(time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second)
+	defer timer.Stop()
+
+	<-timer.C
+	receipt, err := api.GetTransactionReceipt(ctx, hash)
+	// If the timeout expires without obtaining a receipt, return code error 4
+	if receipt == nil {
+		return nil, &timeoutError{
+			message: "the timeout expires without obtaining a receipt",
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return receipt, nil
+
+}
+
 // Sign calculates an ECDSA signature for:
 // keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message).
 //
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
index c0a8fe9a58..30c0e90fc6 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/api_test.go
@@ -3885,3 +3885,7 @@ func (b configTimeBackend) HeaderByNumber(_ context.Context, n rpc.BlockNumber)
 func (b configTimeBackend) CurrentHeader() *types.Header {
 	return &types.Header{Time: b.time}
 }
+
+func TestSendRawTransactionSync(t *testing.T) {
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/ethapi/errors.go b/internal/ethapi/errors.go
index 154938fa0e..23542a8c24 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/errors.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/errors.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ const (
 	errCodeInvalidParams           = -32602
 	errCodeReverted                = -32000
 	errCodeVMError                 = -32015
+	errCodeTimeout                 = 4
 )
 
 func txValidationError(err error) *invalidTxError {
@@ -168,3 +169,8 @@ type blockGasLimitReachedError struct{ message string }
 
 func (e *blockGasLimitReachedError) Error() string  { return e.message }
 func (e *blockGasLimitReachedError) ErrorCode() int { return errCodeBlockGasLimitReached }
+
+type timeoutError struct{ message string }
+
+func (e *timeoutError) Error() string  { return e.message }
+func (e *timeoutError) ErrorCode() int { return errCodeTimeout }