diff --git a/certifiers/client/provider.go b/certifiers/client/provider.go
index 6240da11c..0c0add6a1 100644
--- a/certifiers/client/provider.go
+++ b/certifiers/client/provider.go
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ func NewHTTPProvider(remote string) certifiers.Provider {
 	}
 }
 
+// StatusClient returns the internal node as a StatusClient
+func (p *provider) StatusClient() rpcclient.StatusClient {
+	return p.node
+}
+
 // StoreCommit is a noop, as clients can only read from the chain...
 func (p *provider) StoreCommit(_ certifiers.FullCommit) error { return nil }
 
diff --git a/certifiers/client/provider_test.go b/certifiers/client/provider_test.go
index c63cd6a1e..82955c22f 100644
--- a/certifiers/client/provider_test.go
+++ b/certifiers/client/provider_test.go
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-package client_test
+package client
 
 import (
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	rpctest "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/test"
-
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/certifiers"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/certifiers/client"
 	certerr "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/certifiers/errors"
+	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
+	rpctest "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/test"
 )
 
 func TestProvider(t *testing.T) {
@@ -20,11 +18,12 @@ func TestProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := rpctest.GetConfig()
 	rpcAddr := cfg.RPC.ListenAddress
 	chainID := cfg.ChainID
-	p := client.NewHTTPProvider(rpcAddr)
+	p := NewHTTPProvider(rpcAddr)
 	require.NotNil(t, p)
 
 	// let it produce some blocks
-	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	err := rpcclient.WaitForHeight(p.(*provider).node, 6, nil)
+	require.Nil(err)
 
 	// let's get the highest block
 	seed, err := p.LatestCommit()