diff --git a/eth/api.go b/eth/api.go
index e02c0ca4d2..7387459c94 100644
--- a/eth/api.go
+++ b/eth/api.go
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) Coinbase() (common.Address, error) {
 	return api.Etherbase()
 }
 
+// Hashrate returns the POW hashrate
+func (api *PublicEthereumAPI) Hashrate() hexutil.Uint64 {
+	return hexutil.Uint64(api.e.Miner().Hashrate())
+}
+
 // PublicMinerAPI provides an API to control the miner.
 // It offers only methods that operate on data that pose no security risk when it is publicly accessible.
 type PublicMinerAPI struct {