diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/Cargo.toml
index 54902ddd68..e124765536 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ failure = "0.1"
 failure_derive = "0.1"
 genesis = { path = "../../eth2/genesis" }
 hashing = { path = "../../eth2/utils/hashing" }
+serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
+serde_json = "1.0"
 slot_clock = { path = "../../eth2/utils/slot_clock" }
 ssz = { path = "../../eth2/utils/ssz" }
 types = { path = "../../eth2/types" }
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/dump.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/dump.rs
index e4cb0844a8..1f1df9ea26 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/dump.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/dump.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use super::{BeaconChain, ClientDB, DBError, SlotClock};
+use serde_derive::Serialize;
 use types::{BeaconBlock, BeaconState, Hash256};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 pub struct SlotDump {
     pub beacon_block: BeaconBlock,
     pub beacon_block_root: Hash256,
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/chain.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/chain.rs
index c4d8062656..85dd4662e3 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/chain.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/chain.rs
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ fn it_can_produce_blocks() {
     let dump = rig.chain_dump().expect("Chain dump failed.");
 
     assert_eq!(dump.len(), blocks + 1); // + 1 for genesis block.
+
+    rig.dump_to_file("/tmp/chaindump.json".to_string(), &dump);
 }
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/utils/test_rig.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/utils/test_rig.rs
index a3a6417159..52d3fbdaea 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/utils/test_rig.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/utils/test_rig.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ use db::{
     stores::{BeaconBlockStore, BeaconStateStore},
     MemoryDB,
 };
+use serde_json::Result as SerdeResult;
 use slot_clock::TestingSlotClock;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use types::{ChainSpec, Keypair, Validator};
 
@@ -87,4 +90,10 @@ impl TestRig {
     pub fn chain_dump(&self) -> Result<Vec<SlotDump>, DumpError> {
         self.beacon_chain.chain_dump()
     }
+
+    pub fn dump_to_file(&self, filename: String, chain_dump: &Vec<SlotDump>) {
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(chain_dump).unwrap();
+        let mut file = File::create(filename).unwrap();
+        file.write_all(json.as_bytes());
+    }
 }