diff --git a/beacon_node/rest_api/tests/test.rs b/beacon_node/rest_api/tests/test.rs
index 47cb670544..7b0add4be2 100644
--- a/beacon_node/rest_api/tests/test.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/rest_api/tests/test.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use types::{
     test_utils::generate_deterministic_keypair, BeaconBlock, ChainSpec, Domain, Epoch, EthSpec,
     MinimalEthSpec, PublicKey, RelativeEpoch, Signature, Slot,
 };
+use version;
 
 type E = MinimalEthSpec;
 
@@ -559,3 +560,18 @@ fn eth2_config() {
         "should match genesis time from head state"
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn get_version() {
+    let mut env = build_env();
+
+    let node = LocalBeaconNode::production(env.core_context(), testing_client_config());
+    let remote_node = node.remote_node().expect("should produce remote node");
+
+    let version = env
+        .runtime()
+        .block_on(remote_node.http.node().get_version())
+        .expect("should fetch eth2 config from http api");
+
+    assert_eq!(version::version(), version, "result should be as expected");
+}
diff --git a/eth2/utils/remote_beacon_node/src/lib.rs b/eth2/utils/remote_beacon_node/src/lib.rs
index 180f325adb..31960d925b 100644
--- a/eth2/utils/remote_beacon_node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/eth2/utils/remote_beacon_node/src/lib.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> HttpClient<E> {
         Spec(self.clone())
     }
 
+    pub fn node(&self) -> Node<E> {
+        Node(self.clone())
+    }
+
     fn url(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Url, Error> {
         self.url.join(path).map_err(|e| e.into())
     }
@@ -419,6 +423,26 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> Spec<E> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Provides the functions on the `/node` endpoint of the node.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Node<E>(HttpClient<E>);
+
+impl<E: EthSpec> Node<E> {
+    fn url(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Url, Error> {
+        self.0
+            .url("node/")
+            .and_then(move |url| url.join(path).map_err(Error::from))
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_version(&self) -> impl Future<Item = String, Error = Error> {
+        let client = self.0.clone();
+        self.url("version")
+            .into_future()
+            .and_then(move |url| client.json_get(url, vec![]))
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 #[serde(bound = "T: EthSpec")]
 pub struct BlockResponse<T: EthSpec> {