diff --git a/beacon_node/rest_api/tests/test.rs b/beacon_node/rest_api/tests/test.rs
index 345cb8974e..37d03b4f20 100644
--- a/beacon_node/rest_api/tests/test.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/rest_api/tests/test.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,44 @@ fn sign_block<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
     block.signature = Signature::new(&message, domain, &keypair.sk);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn validator_produce_attestation() {
+    let mut env = build_env();
+
+    let node = LocalBeaconNode::production(env.core_context());
+    let remote_node = node.remote_node().expect("should produce remote node");
+
+    let beacon_chain = node
+        .client
+        .beacon_chain()
+        .expect("client should have beacon chain");
+    let state = beacon_chain.head().beacon_state.clone();
+
+    let validator_index = 0;
+    let validator_pubkey = state.validators[validator_index].pubkey.clone();
+    let duties = state
+        .get_attestation_duties(validator_index, RelativeEpoch::Current)
+        .expect("should have attestation duties cache")
+        .expect("should have attestation duties");
+
+    let attestation = env
+        .runtime()
+        .block_on(remote_node.http.validator().produce_attestation(
+            duties.slot,
+            duties.shard,
+            &validator_pubkey,
+            false,
+        ))
+        .expect("should fetch attestation from http api");
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        attestation.data.crosslink.shard, duties.shard,
+        "should have same shard"
+    );
+
+    // TODO: try to push the attestation.
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn validator_duties() {
     let mut env = build_env();
diff --git a/eth2/utils/remote_beacon_node/src/lib.rs b/eth2/utils/remote_beacon_node/src/lib.rs
index 538218ccc8..9fd8ec2294 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/remote_beacon_node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/eth2/utils/remote_beacon_node/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ use ssz::Encode;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use types::{BeaconBlock, BeaconState, Epoch, EthSpec, Hash256, PublicKey, Signature, Slot};
+use types::{
+    Attestation, BeaconBlock, BeaconState, Epoch, EthSpec, Hash256, PublicKey, Signature, Slot,
+};
 use url::Url;
 
 pub use rest_api::{HeadResponse, ValidatorDuty};
@@ -161,6 +163,30 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> Validator<E> {
             .map_err(Into::into)
     }
 
+    /// Produces an unsigned attestation.
+    pub fn produce_attestation(
+        &self,
+        slot: Slot,
+        shard: u64,
+        validator_pubkey: &PublicKey,
+        poc_bit: bool,
+    ) -> impl Future<Item = Attestation<E>, Error = Error> {
+        let query_params = vec![
+            ("slot".into(), format!("{}", slot)),
+            ("shard".into(), format!("{}", shard)),
+            ("poc_bit".into(), format!("{}", poc_bit as u8)),
+            (
+                "validator_pubkey".into(),
+                pubkey_as_string(validator_pubkey),
+            ),
+        ];
+
+        let client = self.0.clone();
+        self.url("attestation")
+            .into_future()
+            .and_then(move |url| client.json_get(url, query_params))
+    }
+
     /// Returns the duties required of the given validator pubkeys in the given epoch.
     pub fn get_duties(
         &self,