diff --git a/lib/services/block/index.js b/lib/services/block/index.js
index 1ffab141..58cbd832 100644
--- a/lib/services/block/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/block/index.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ var BlockService = function(options) {
   this._recentBlockHashes = new LRU(this._recentBlockHashesCount);
   this._readAheadBlockCount = options.readAheadBlockCount || 2; // this is the number of blocks to direct the p2p service to read aheead
   this._pauseSync = options.pause;
+  this._reorgToBlock = options.reorgToBlock;
 };
 
 inherits(BlockService, BaseService);
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ BlockService.prototype._checkTip = function(callback) {
 
     header = header || self._header.getLastHeader();
 
-    if (header.hash === self._tip.hash) {
+    if (header.hash === self._tip.hash && !self._reorgToBlock) {
       log.info('Block Service: saved tip is good to go.');
       return callback();
     }
@@ -652,6 +653,15 @@ BlockService.prototype._findLatestValidBlockHeader = function(callback) {
 
   var self = this;
 
+  if (self._reorgToBlock) {
+    return self._header.getBlockHeader(self._reorgToBlock, function(err, header) {
+      if (err || !header) {
+        return callback(err || new Error('Block Service: header not found to reorg to.'));
+      }
+      callback(null, header);
+    });
+  }
+
   var blockServiceHash = self._tip.hash;
   var blockServiceHeight = self._tip.height;
   var iterCount = 0;