diff --git a/storage-bigtable/src/bigtable.rs b/storage-bigtable/src/bigtable.rs
index ac2de0ee4c..d2e01e4c11 100644
--- a/storage-bigtable/src/bigtable.rs
+++ b/storage-bigtable/src/bigtable.rs
@@ -458,6 +458,31 @@ impl<F: FnMut(Request<()>) -> InterceptedRequestResult> BigTable<F> {
         Ok(rows.into_iter().map(|r| r.0).collect())
     }
 
+    /// Check whether a row key exists in a `table`
+    pub async fn row_key_exists(&mut self, table_name: &str, row_key: RowKey) -> Result<bool> {
+        self.refresh_access_token().await;
+
+        let response = self
+            .client
+            .read_rows(ReadRowsRequest {
+                table_name: format!("{}{}", self.table_prefix, table_name),
+                app_profile_id: self.app_profile_id.clone(),
+                rows_limit: 1,
+                rows: Some(RowSet {
+                    row_keys: vec![row_key.into_bytes()],
+                    row_ranges: vec![],
+                }),
+                filter: Some(RowFilter {
+                    filter: Some(row_filter::Filter::StripValueTransformer(true)),
+                }),
+            })
+            .await?
+            .into_inner();
+
+        let rows = self.decode_read_rows_response(response).await?;
+        Ok(!rows.is_empty())
+    }
+
     /// Get latest data from `table`.
     ///
     /// All column families are accepted, and only the latest version of each column cell will be
diff --git a/storage-bigtable/src/lib.rs b/storage-bigtable/src/lib.rs
index fa96d3a102..2349e0b762 100644
--- a/storage-bigtable/src/lib.rs
+++ b/storage-bigtable/src/lib.rs
@@ -535,6 +535,22 @@ impl LedgerStorage {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Does the confirmed block exist in the Bigtable
+    pub async fn confirmed_block_exists(&self, slot: Slot) -> Result<bool> {
+        debug!(
+            "LedgerStorage::confirmed_block_exists request received: {:?}",
+            slot
+        );
+        inc_new_counter_debug!("storage-bigtable-query", 1);
+        let mut bigtable = self.connection.client();
+
+        let block_exists = bigtable
+            .row_key_exists("blocks", slot_to_blocks_key(slot))
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(block_exists)
+    }
+
     pub async fn get_signature_status(&self, signature: &Signature) -> Result<TransactionStatus> {
         debug!(
             "LedgerStorage::get_signature_status request received: {:?}",