diff --git a/clients/consensus/rpc/beaconstream.go b/clients/consensus/rpc/beaconstream.go
index 855f3a21..be6fd92c 100644
--- a/clients/consensus/rpc/beaconstream.go
+++ b/clients/consensus/rpc/beaconstream.go
@@ -93,7 +93,14 @@ func (bs *BeaconStream) startStream() {
 					Ready: true,
 				}
 			case err := <-stream.Errors:
-				bs.logger.Warnf("beacon block stream error: %v", err)
+				if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "INTERNAL_ERROR; received from peer") {
+					// this seems to be a go bug, silently reconnect to the stream
+					time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+					stream.RetryNow()
+				} else {
+					bs.logger.Warnf("beacon block stream error: %v", err)
+				}
+
 				select {
 				case bs.ReadyChan <- &BeaconStreamStatus{
 					Ready: false,
diff --git a/clients/consensus/rpc/eventstream/eventstream.go b/clients/consensus/rpc/eventstream/eventstream.go
index 920e39e2..3afb3f26 100644
--- a/clients/consensus/rpc/eventstream/eventstream.go
+++ b/clients/consensus/rpc/eventstream/eventstream.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package eventstream
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ type Stream struct {
 	isClosed bool
 	// isClosedMutex is a mutex protecting concurrent read/write access of isClosed
 	closeMutex sync.Mutex
+	// retrySleepCancel is a function that can be called to cancel the retry sleep
+	retrySleepCancel context.CancelFunc
 }
 
 type StreamEvent interface {
@@ -114,6 +117,13 @@ func (stream *Stream) Close() {
 	}()
 }
 
+// RetryNow will force the stream to reconnect a disconnected stream immediately.
+func (stream *Stream) RetryNow() {
+	if cancelFn := stream.retrySleepCancel; cancelFn != nil {
+		cancelFn()
+	}
+}
+
 // Go's http package doesn't copy headers across when it encounters
 // redirects so we need to do that manually.
 func checkRedirect(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
@@ -215,7 +225,11 @@ func (stream *Stream) retryRestartStream() {
 			stream.Logger.Printf("Reconnecting in %0.4f secs\n", backoff.Seconds())
 		}
 
-		time.Sleep(backoff)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), backoff)
+		stream.retrySleepCancel = cancel
+		<-ctx.Done()
+
+		stream.retrySleepCancel = nil
 
 		if stream.isClosed {
 			return