diff --git a/liteapi/pool/connection.go b/liteapi/pool/connection.go
index 9f83e55a..241cfcdc 100644
--- a/liteapi/pool/connection.go
+++ b/liteapi/pool/connection.go
@@ -56,18 +56,7 @@ func (c *connection) Run(ctx context.Context, detectArchive bool) {
 		}
 		c.SetMasterHead(head)
 		for {
-			if err := c.client.WaitMasterchainSeqno(ctx, head.Seqno+1, 15_000); err != nil {
-				// TODO: log error
-				time.Sleep(1000 * time.Millisecond)
-				// we want to request seqno again with LiteServerGetMasterchainInfo
-				// to avoid situation when this server has been offline for too long,
-				// and it doesn't contain a block with the latest known seqno anymore.
-				break
-			}
-			if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				return
-			}
-			res, err := c.client.LiteServerGetMasterchainInfo(ctx)
+			res, err := c.client.WaitMasterchainBlock(ctx, head.Seqno+1, 15_000)
 			if err != nil {
 				// TODO: log error
 				time.Sleep(1000 * time.Millisecond)
@@ -79,7 +68,7 @@ func (c *connection) Run(ctx context.Context, detectArchive bool) {
 			if ctx.Err() != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			head = res.Last.ToBlockIdExt()
+			head = res.Id.ToBlockIdExt()
 			c.SetMasterHead(head)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/liteclient/client.go b/liteclient/client.go
index 5dc82464..f805d0fd 100644
--- a/liteclient/client.go
+++ b/liteclient/client.go
@@ -227,3 +227,50 @@ func (c *Client) WaitMasterchainSeqno(ctx context.Context, seqno uint32, timeout
 func (c *Client) AverageRoundTrip() time.Duration {
 	return c.connection.AverageRoundTrip()
 }
+
+func (c *Client) WaitMasterchainBlock(ctx context.Context, seqno uint32, timeout uint32) (res LiteServerBlockHeaderC, err error) {
+	var (
+		mc     int    = -1
+		uintMc uint32 = uint32(mc)
+	)
+	request := LiteServerLookupBlockRequest{
+		Mode: 1,
+		Id: TonNodeBlockIdC{
+			Workchain: uintMc,
+			Shard:     0x8000000000000000,
+			Seqno:     seqno,
+		},
+	}
+	data := make([]byte, 0, 38)
+	data = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(data, magicLiteServerWaitMasterchainSeqno)
+	data = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(data, seqno)
+	data = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(data, timeout)
+	payload, err := tl.Marshal(struct {
+		tl.SumType
+		Req LiteServerLookupBlockRequest `tlSumType:"fac8f71e"`
+	}{SumType: "Req", Req: request})
+	if err != nil {
+		return res, err
+	}
+	data = append(data, payload...)
+	resp, err := c.liteServerRequest(ctx, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return res, err
+	}
+	if len(resp) < 4 {
+		return res, fmt.Errorf("not enough bytes for tag")
+	}
+	tag := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(resp[:4])
+	if tag == 0xbba9e148 {
+		var errRes LiteServerErrorC
+		if err = tl.Unmarshal(bytes.NewReader(resp[4:]), &errRes); err != nil {
+			return res, err
+		}
+		return res, errRes
+	}
+	if tag == 0x752d8219 {
+		err = tl.Unmarshal(bytes.NewReader(resp[4:]), &res)
+		return res, err
+	}
+	return res, fmt.Errorf("invalid tag")
+}
diff --git a/liteclient/client_test.go b/liteclient/client_test.go
index e8c1a8b4..20a82b42 100644
--- a/liteclient/client_test.go
+++ b/liteclient/client_test.go
@@ -228,3 +228,25 @@ func TestGeneratedMethod6(t *testing.T) {
 		fmt.Printf("Address: %s Queue size: %d\n", addr.String(), a.Size)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestClient_WaitMasterchainBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	c, err := createTestLiteServerConnection()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewConnection() failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	client := NewClient(c)
+	resp, err := client.LiteServerGetMasterchainInfo(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LiteServerGetMasterchainInfo() failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	seqno := resp.Last.Seqno + 2
+	//fmt.Printf("Current seqno: %d waiting seqno: %d\n", resp.Last.Seqno, seqno)
+	resp1, err := client.WaitMasterchainBlock(context.Background(), seqno, 15000)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WaitMasterchainSeqno() failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	//fmt.Printf("Result seqno: %d\n", resp1.Id.Seqno)
+	if resp1.Id.Seqno != seqno {
+		t.Fatalf("Invalid result seqno")
+	}
+}