diff --git a/web3.js/src/connection.ts b/web3.js/src/connection.ts
index 6036a03e4..f049dc180 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/connection.ts
+++ b/web3.js/src/connection.ts
@@ -1056,6 +1056,112 @@ const SlotNotificationResult = pick({
   result: SlotInfoResult,
 });
 
+/**
+ * Slot updates which can be used for tracking the live progress of a cluster.
+ * - `"firstShredReceived"`: connected node received the first shred of a block.
+ * Indicates that a new block that is being produced.
+ * - `"completed"`: connected node has received all shreds of a block. Indicates
+ * a block was recently produced.
+ * - `"optimisticConfirmation"`: block was optimistically confirmed by the
+ * cluster. It is not guaranteed that an optimistic confirmation notification
+ * will be sent for every finalized blocks.
+ * - `"root"`: the connected node rooted this block.
+ * - `"createdBank"`: the connected node has started validating this block.
+ * - `"frozen"`: the connected node has validated this block.
+ * - `"dead"`: the connected node failed to validate this block.
+ */
+export type SlotUpdate =
+  | {
+      type: 'firstShredReceived';
+      slot: number;
+      timestamp: number;
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'completed';
+      slot: number;
+      timestamp: number;
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'createdBank';
+      slot: number;
+      timestamp: number;
+      parent: number;
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'frozen';
+      slot: number;
+      timestamp: number;
+      stats: {
+        numTransactionEntries: number;
+        numSuccessfulTransactions: number;
+        numFailedTransactions: number;
+        maxTransactionsPerEntry: number;
+      };
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'dead';
+      slot: number;
+      timestamp: number;
+      err: string;
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'optimisticConfirmation';
+      slot: number;
+      timestamp: number;
+    }
+  | {
+      type: 'root';
+      slot: number;
+      timestamp: number;
+    };
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+const SlotUpdateResult = union([
+  pick({
+    type: union([
+      literal('firstShredReceived'),
+      literal('completed'),
+      literal('optimisticConfirmation'),
+      literal('root'),
+    ]),
+    slot: number(),
+    timestamp: number(),
+  }),
+  pick({
+    type: literal('createdBank'),
+    parent: number(),
+    slot: number(),
+    timestamp: number(),
+  }),
+  pick({
+    type: literal('frozen'),
+    slot: number(),
+    timestamp: number(),
+    stats: pick({
+      numTransactionEntries: number(),
+      numSuccessfulTransactions: number(),
+      numFailedTransactions: number(),
+      maxTransactionsPerEntry: number(),
+    }),
+  }),
+  pick({
+    type: literal('dead'),
+    slot: number(),
+    timestamp: number(),
+    err: string(),
+  }),
+]);
+
+/**
+ * Expected JSON RPC response for the "slotsUpdatesNotification" message
+ */
+const SlotUpdateNotificationResult = pick({
+  subscription: number(),
+  result: SlotUpdateResult,
+});
+
 /**
  * Expected JSON RPC response for the "signatureNotification" message
  */
@@ -1569,6 +1675,19 @@ type SlotSubscriptionInfo = {
   subscriptionId: SubscriptionId | null; // null when there's no current server subscription id
 };
 
+/**
+ * Callback function for slot update notifications
+ */
+export type SlotUpdateCallback = (slotUpdate: SlotUpdate) => void;
+
+/**
+ * @private
+ */
+type SlotUpdateSubscriptionInfo = {
+  callback: SlotUpdateCallback;
+  subscriptionId: SubscriptionId | null; // null when there's no current server subscription id
+};
+
 /**
  * Callback function for signature status notifications
  */
@@ -1815,6 +1934,11 @@ export class Connection {
     [id: number]: LogsSubscriptionInfo;
   } = {};
 
+  /** @internal */ _slotUpdateSubscriptionCounter: number = 0;
+  /** @internal */ _slotUpdateSubscriptions: {
+    [id: number]: SlotUpdateSubscriptionInfo;
+  } = {};
+
   /**
    * Establish a JSON RPC connection
    *
@@ -1887,6 +2011,10 @@ export class Connection {
       'slotNotification',
       this._wsOnSlotNotification.bind(this),
     );
+    this._rpcWebSocket.on(
+      'slotsUpdatesNotification',
+      this._wsOnSlotUpdatesNotification.bind(this),
+    );
     this._rpcWebSocket.on(
       'signatureNotification',
       this._wsOnSignatureNotification.bind(this),
@@ -3323,13 +3451,16 @@ export class Connection {
     Object.values(this._programAccountChangeSubscriptions).forEach(
       s => (s.subscriptionId = null),
     );
+    Object.values(this._rootSubscriptions).forEach(
+      s => (s.subscriptionId = null),
+    );
     Object.values(this._signatureSubscriptions).forEach(
       s => (s.subscriptionId = null),
     );
     Object.values(this._slotSubscriptions).forEach(
       s => (s.subscriptionId = null),
     );
-    Object.values(this._rootSubscriptions).forEach(
+    Object.values(this._slotUpdateSubscriptions).forEach(
       s => (s.subscriptionId = null),
     );
   }
@@ -3345,6 +3476,9 @@ export class Connection {
       this._programAccountChangeSubscriptions,
     ).map(Number);
     const slotKeys = Object.keys(this._slotSubscriptions).map(Number);
+    const slotUpdateKeys = Object.keys(this._slotUpdateSubscriptions).map(
+      Number,
+    );
     const signatureKeys = Object.keys(this._signatureSubscriptions).map(Number);
     const rootKeys = Object.keys(this._rootSubscriptions).map(Number);
     const logsKeys = Object.keys(this._logsSubscriptions).map(Number);
@@ -3352,6 +3486,7 @@ export class Connection {
       accountKeys.length === 0 &&
       programKeys.length === 0 &&
       slotKeys.length === 0 &&
+      slotUpdateKeys.length === 0 &&
       signatureKeys.length === 0 &&
       rootKeys.length === 0 &&
       logsKeys.length === 0
@@ -3400,6 +3535,11 @@ export class Connection {
       this._subscribe(sub, 'slotSubscribe', []);
     }
 
+    for (let id of slotUpdateKeys) {
+      const sub = this._slotUpdateSubscriptions[id];
+      this._subscribe(sub, 'slotsUpdatesSubscribe', []);
+    }
+
     for (let id of signatureKeys) {
       const sub = this._signatureSubscriptions[id];
       const args: any[] = [sub.signature];
@@ -3639,6 +3779,49 @@ export class Connection {
   /**
    * @internal
    */
+  _wsOnSlotUpdatesNotification(notification: Object) {
+    const res = create(notification, SlotUpdateNotificationResult);
+    for (const sub of Object.values(this._slotUpdateSubscriptions)) {
+      if (sub.subscriptionId === res.subscription) {
+        sub.callback(res.result);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Register a callback to be invoked upon slot updates. {@link SlotUpdate}'s
+   * may be useful to track live progress of a cluster.
+   *
+   * @param callback Function to invoke whenever the slot updates
+   * @return subscription id
+   */
+  onSlotUpdate(callback: SlotUpdateCallback): number {
+    const id = ++this._slotUpdateSubscriptionCounter;
+    this._slotUpdateSubscriptions[id] = {
+      callback,
+      subscriptionId: null,
+    };
+    this._updateSubscriptions();
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Deregister a slot update notification callback
+   *
+   * @param id subscription id to deregister
+   */
+  async removeSlotUpdateListener(id: number): Promise<void> {
+    if (this._slotUpdateSubscriptions[id]) {
+      const subInfo = this._slotUpdateSubscriptions[id];
+      delete this._slotUpdateSubscriptions[id];
+      await this._unsubscribe(subInfo, 'slotsUpdatesUnsubscribe');
+      this._updateSubscriptions();
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown slot update id: ${id}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   _buildArgs(
     args: Array<any>,
     override?: Commitment,