diff --git a/packages/api/src/beacon/client/beacon.ts b/packages/api/src/beacon/client/beacon.ts
index 7a92afe15c6f..ef1e1983577d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/beacon/client/beacon.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/beacon/client/beacon.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function getClient(config: ChainForkConfig, httpClient: IHttpClient): Api
   const reqSerializers = getReqSerializers(config);
   const returnTypes = getReturnTypes();
   // Some routes return JSON, use a client auto-generator
-  const client = generateGenericJsonClient<Api, ReqTypes>(routesData, reqSerializers, returnTypes, httpClient);
+  const client = generateGenericJsonClient<Api, ReqTypes>(routesData, reqSerializers, returnTypes, httpClient) as Api;
   const fetchOptsSerializer = getFetchOptsSerializers<Api, ReqTypes>(routesData, reqSerializers);
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/builder/client.ts b/packages/api/src/builder/client.ts
index ed344b9c0e7f..381732b81433 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/builder/client.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/builder/client.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {IHttpClient, generateGenericJsonClient} from "../utils/client/index.js";
+import {IHttpClient, generateGenericJsonClient, ApiWithExtraOpts} from "../utils/client/index.js";
 import {Api, ReqTypes, routesData, getReqSerializers, getReturnTypes} from "./routes.js";
 
 /**
  * REST HTTP client for builder routes
  */
-export function getClient(config: ChainForkConfig, httpClient: IHttpClient): Api {
+export function getClient(config: ChainForkConfig, httpClient: IHttpClient): ApiWithExtraOpts<Api> {
   const reqSerializers = getReqSerializers(config);
   const returnTypes = getReturnTypes();
   // All routes return JSON, use a client auto-generator
diff --git a/packages/api/src/builder/index.ts b/packages/api/src/builder/index.ts
index 76100fba2057..531ceac1b624 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/builder/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/builder/index.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import {ChainForkConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
-import {HttpClient, HttpClientModules, HttpClientOptions, IHttpClient} from "../utils/client/httpClient.js";
-import {Api} from "./routes.js";
+import {
+  HttpClient,
+  HttpClientModules,
+  HttpClientOptions,
+  IHttpClient,
+  ApiWithExtraOpts,
+} from "../utils/client/index.js";
+import {Api as BuilderApi} from "../builder/routes.js";
 import * as builder from "./client.js";
 
 // NOTE: Don't export server here so it's not bundled to all consumers
 
-export type {Api};
-
 // Note: build API does not have namespaces as routes are declared at the "root" namespace
 
+export type Api = ApiWithExtraOpts<BuilderApi>;
 type ClientModules = HttpClientModules & {
   config: ChainForkConfig;
   httpClient?: IHttpClient;
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/client/client.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/client/client.ts
index a88b68553898..1782ceea57fd 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/client/client.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/client/client.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,17 @@ import {APIClientHandler} from "../../interfaces.js";
 import {FetchOpts, HttpError, IHttpClient} from "./httpClient.js";
 import {HttpStatusCode} from "./httpStatusCode.js";
 
-// See /packages/api/src/routes/index.ts for reasoning
-
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 
+type ExtraOpts = {retryAttempts?: number};
+type ParamatersWithOptionalExtaOpts<T extends (...args: any) => any> = [...Parameters<T>, ExtraOpts] | Parameters<T>;
+
+export type ApiWithExtraOpts<T extends Record<string, APIClientHandler>> = {
+  [K in keyof T]: (...args: ParamatersWithOptionalExtaOpts<T[K]>) => ReturnType<T[K]>;
+};
+
+// See /packages/api/src/routes/index.ts for reasoning
+
 /**
  * Format FetchFn opts from Fn arguments given a route definition and request serializer.
  * For routes that return only JSOn use @see getGenericJsonClient
@@ -58,22 +65,38 @@ export function generateGenericJsonClient<
   reqSerializers: ReqSerializers<Api, ReqTypes>,
   returnTypes: ReturnTypes<Api>,
   fetchFn: IHttpClient
-): Api {
+): ApiWithExtraOpts<Api> {
   return mapValues(routesData, (routeDef, routeId) => {
     const fetchOptsSerializer = getFetchOptsSerializer(routeDef, reqSerializers[routeId], routeId as string);
     const returnType = returnTypes[routeId as keyof ReturnTypes<Api>] as TypeJson<any> | null;
 
-    return async function request(...args: Parameters<Api[keyof Api]>): Promise<ReturnType<Api[keyof Api]>> {
+    return async function request(
+      ...args: ParamatersWithOptionalExtaOpts<Api[keyof Api]>
+    ): Promise<ReturnType<Api[keyof Api]>> {
       try {
+        // extract the extraOpts if provided
+        //
+        const argLen = (args as any[])?.length ?? 0;
+        const lastArg = (args as any[])[argLen] as ExtraOpts | undefined;
+        const retryAttempts = lastArg?.retryAttempts;
+        const extraOpts = {retryAttempts};
+
         if (returnType) {
-          const res = await fetchFn.json<unknown>(fetchOptsSerializer(...args));
+          // open extraOpts first if some serializer wants to add some overriding param
+          const res = await fetchFn.json<unknown>({
+            ...extraOpts,
+            ...fetchOptsSerializer(...(args as Parameters<Api[keyof Api]>)),
+          });
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment, @typescript-eslint/return-await
           return {ok: true, response: returnType.fromJson(res.body), status: res.status} as ReturnType<Api[keyof Api]>;
         } else {
           // We need to avoid parsing the response as the servers might just
           // response status 200 and close the request instead of writing an
           // empty json response. We return the status code.
-          const res = await fetchFn.request(fetchOptsSerializer(...args));
+          const res = await fetchFn.request({
+            ...extraOpts,
+            ...fetchOptsSerializer(...(args as Parameters<Api[keyof Api]>)),
+          });
 
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/return-await
           return {ok: true, response: undefined, status: res.status} as ReturnType<Api[keyof Api]>;
@@ -98,5 +121,5 @@ export function generateGenericJsonClient<
         throw err;
       }
     };
-  }) as unknown as Api;
+  }) as unknown as ApiWithExtraOpts<Api>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/client/httpClient.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/client/httpClient.ts
index 674c6ddadbe8..db470da9f091 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/client/httpClient.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/client/httpClient.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {ErrorAborted, Logger, TimeoutError, isValidHttpUrl, toBase64} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {ErrorAborted, Logger, TimeoutError, isValidHttpUrl, toBase64, retry} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {ReqGeneric, RouteDef} from "../index.js";
 import {ApiClientResponse, ApiClientSuccessResponse} from "../../interfaces.js";
 import {fetch, isFetchError} from "./fetch.js";
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export type FetchOpts = {
   /** Optional, for metrics */
   routeId?: string;
   timeoutMs?: number;
+  retryAttempts?: number;
 };
 
 export interface IHttpClient {
@@ -181,6 +182,18 @@ export class HttpClient implements IHttpClient {
   private async requestWithBodyWithRetries<T>(
     opts: FetchOpts,
     getBody: (res: Response) => Promise<T>
+  ): Promise<{status: HttpStatusCode; body: T}> {
+    return retry(
+      async (_attempt) => {
+        return this.requestWithBodyWithFallbacks<T>(opts, getBody);
+      },
+      {retries: opts?.retryAttempts ?? 1, retryDelay: 10}
+    );
+  }
+
+  private async requestWithBodyWithFallbacks<T>(
+    opts: FetchOpts,
+    getBody: (res: Response) => Promise<T>
   ): Promise<{status: HttpStatusCode; body: T}> {
     // Early return when no fallback URLs are setup
     if (this.urlsOpts.length === 1) {
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/execution/builder/http.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/execution/builder/http.ts
index c47e8471f199..b4013c384f81 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/execution/builder/http.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/execution/builder/http.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class ExecutionBuilderHttp implements IExecutionBuilder {
   async submitBlindedBlock(
     signedBlindedBlock: allForks.SignedBlindedBeaconBlock
   ): Promise<allForks.SignedBeaconBlockOrContents> {
-    const res = await this.api.submitBlindedBlock(signedBlindedBlock);
+    const res = await this.api.submitBlindedBlock(signedBlindedBlock, {retryAttempts: 3});
     ApiError.assert(res, "execution.builder.submitBlindedBlock");
     const {data} = res.response;