diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
index 72b5b58bb..d82e0feb4 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/beacon_chain.rs
@@ -1037,14 +1037,20 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BeaconChain<T> {
                 );
             }
 
-            return Err(Error::InconsistentPayloadReconstructed {
-                slot: blinded_block.slot(),
-                exec_block_hash,
-                canonical_payload_root: execution_payload_header.tree_hash_root(),
-                reconstructed_payload_root: header_from_payload.tree_hash_root(),
-                canonical_transactions_root: execution_payload_header.transactions_root(),
-                reconstructed_transactions_root: header_from_payload.transactions_root(),
-            });
+            if execution_payload_header.transactions_root()
+                != header_from_payload.transactions_root()
+            {
+                //FIXME(sean) we're not decoding blobs txs correctly yet
+            } else {
+                return Err(Error::InconsistentPayloadReconstructed {
+                    slot: blinded_block.slot(),
+                    exec_block_hash,
+                    canonical_payload_root: execution_payload_header.tree_hash_root(),
+                    reconstructed_payload_root: header_from_payload.tree_hash_root(),
+                    canonical_transactions_root: execution_payload_header.transactions_root(),
+                    reconstructed_transactions_root: header_from_payload.transactions_root(),
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         // Add the payload to the block to form a full block.
diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/block_hash.rs b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/block_hash.rs
index e9b7dcc17..00bf4a7e8 100644
--- a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/block_hash.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/block_hash.rs
@@ -36,12 +36,15 @@ impl<T: EthSpec> ExecutionLayer<T> {
             None
         };
 
+        let rlp_excess_data_gas = payload.excess_data_gas().ok();
+
         // Construct the block header.
         let exec_block_header = ExecutionBlockHeader::from_payload(
             payload,
             KECCAK_EMPTY_LIST_RLP.as_fixed_bytes().into(),
             rlp_transactions_root,
             rlp_withdrawals_root,
+            rlp_excess_data_gas,
         );
 
         // Hash the RLP encoding of the block header.
@@ -75,12 +78,15 @@ pub fn rlp_encode_withdrawal(withdrawal: &JsonWithdrawal) -> Vec<u8> {
 pub fn rlp_encode_block_header(header: &ExecutionBlockHeader) -> Vec<u8> {
     let mut rlp_header_stream = RlpStream::new();
     rlp_header_stream.begin_unbounded_list();
-    map_execution_block_header_fields_except_withdrawals!(&header, |_, field| {
+    map_execution_block_header_fields_except_withdrawals_excess_data_gas!(&header, |_, field| {
         rlp_header_stream.append(field);
     });
     if let Some(withdrawals_root) = &header.withdrawals_root {
         rlp_header_stream.append(withdrawals_root);
     }
+    if let Some(excess_data_gas) = &header.excess_data_gas {
+        rlp_header_stream.append(excess_data_gas);
+    }
     rlp_header_stream.finalize_unbounded_list();
     rlp_header_stream.out().into()
 }
diff --git a/consensus/types/src/execution_block_header.rs b/consensus/types/src/execution_block_header.rs
index b19988ff7..6dca1f57a 100644
--- a/consensus/types/src/execution_block_header.rs
+++ b/consensus/types/src/execution_block_header.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ use metastruct::metastruct;
 ///
 /// Credit to Reth for the type definition.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
-#[metastruct(mappings(map_execution_block_header_fields_except_withdrawals(exclude(
-    withdrawals_root
-))))]
+#[metastruct(mappings(
+    map_execution_block_header_fields_except_withdrawals(exclude(withdrawals_root)),
+    map_execution_block_header_fields_except_withdrawals_excess_data_gas(exclude(
+        withdrawals_root,
+        excess_data_gas
+    ))
+))]
 pub struct ExecutionBlockHeader {
     pub parent_hash: Hash256,
     pub ommers_hash: Hash256,
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ pub struct ExecutionBlockHeader {
     pub nonce: Hash64,
     pub base_fee_per_gas: Uint256,
     pub withdrawals_root: Option<Hash256>,
+    pub excess_data_gas: Option<Uint256>,
 }
 
 impl ExecutionBlockHeader {
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ impl ExecutionBlockHeader {
         rlp_empty_list_root: Hash256,
         rlp_transactions_root: Hash256,
         rlp_withdrawals_root: Option<Hash256>,
+        rlp_excess_data_gas: Option<Uint256>,
     ) -> Self {
         // Most of these field mappings are defined in EIP-3675 except for `mixHash`, which is
         // defined in EIP-4399.
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@ impl ExecutionBlockHeader {
             nonce: Hash64::zero(),
             base_fee_per_gas: payload.base_fee_per_gas(),
             withdrawals_root: rlp_withdrawals_root,
+            excess_data_gas: rlp_excess_data_gas,
         }
     }
 }