diff --git a/web3.js/src/connection.js b/web3.js/src/connection.js
index 1381f8a7e6..da06416b39 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/connection.js
+++ b/web3.js/src/connection.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ const GetTransactionCountRpcResult = jsonRpcResult('number');
 /**
  * Expected JSON RPC response for the "getRecentBlockhash" message
  */
-const GetRecentBlockhash = jsonRpcResult('string');
+const GetRecentBlockhash = jsonRpcResult(['string', 'object']);
 
 /**
  * Expected JSON RPC response for the "requestAirdrop" message
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ export class Connection {
       throw new Error(res.error.message);
     }
     assert(typeof res.result !== 'undefined');
-    return res.result;
+    // TODO: deserialize and expose FeeCalculator in res.result[1]
+    return res.result[0];
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/web3.js/test/mockrpc/get-recent-blockhash.js b/web3.js/test/mockrpc/get-recent-blockhash.js
index 0689002942..f6a4f5f4a3 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/mockrpc/get-recent-blockhash.js
+++ b/web3.js/test/mockrpc/get-recent-blockhash.js
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ export function mockGetRecentBlockhash() {
     },
     {
       error: null,
-      result: recentBlockhash.publicKey.toBase58(),
+      result: [
+        recentBlockhash.publicKey.toBase58(),
+        { /* empty fee calculator */}
+      ]
     },
   ]);
 }