diff --git a/eth/p2p/providers.nim b/eth/p2p/providers.nim
index a8744e7..3bb75dc 100644
--- a/eth/p2p/providers.nim
+++ b/eth/p2p/providers.nim
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 
 import
   chronos,
+  chronos/timer,
   chronicles,
-  std/tables,
+  std/tables, sequtils,
   stew/byteutils, # toBytes
   discoveryv5/[protocol, node],
   libp2p/routing_record,
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ type
     cId: NodeId
 
   ProvidersMessage* = object
-    total*: uint32
-    enrs*: seq[PeerRecord]
+    total: uint32
+    provs: seq[PeerRecord]
 
 func getField*(pb: ProtoBuffer, field: int,
                nid: var NodeId): ProtoResult[bool] {.inline.} =
@@ -63,6 +64,24 @@ func write*(pb: var ProtoBuffer, field: int, pr: PeerRecord) =
   ## Write PeerRecord value ``pr`` to object ``pb`` using ProtoBuf's encoding.
   write(pb, field, pr.encode())
 
+proc getRepeatedField*(pb: ProtoBuffer, field: int,
+                       value: var seq[PeerRecord]): ProtoResult[bool] {.
+     inline.} =
+  var items: seq[seq[byte]]
+  value.setLen(0)
+  let res = ? pb.getRepeatedField(field, items)
+  if not(res):
+    ok(false)
+  else:
+    for item in items:
+      let ma = PeerRecord.decode(item)
+      if ma.isOk():
+        value.add(ma.get())
+      else:
+        value.setLen(0)
+        return err(ProtoError.IncorrectBlob)
+    ok(true)
+
 proc decode*(
   T: typedesc[AddProviderMessage],
   buffer: openArray[byte]): Result[AddProviderMessage, ProtoError] =
@@ -124,3 +143,134 @@ proc addProvider*(p: ProvidersProtocol, cId: NodeId, pr: PeerRecord): Future[seq
       p.sendAddProvider(n, cId, pr)
     else:
       p.addProviderLocal(cId, pr)
+
+## ---- GetProviders ----
+
+const
+  protoIdGetProviders = "GP".toBytes()
+
+proc decode*(
+  T: typedesc[GetProvidersMessage],
+  buffer: openArray[byte]): Result[GetProvidersMessage, ProtoError] =
+
+  let pb = initProtoBuffer(buffer)
+  var msg = GetProvidersMessage()
+
+  ? pb.getRequiredField(1, msg.cId)
+
+  ok(msg)
+
+proc encode*(msg: GetProvidersMessage): seq[byte] =
+  var pb = initProtoBuffer()
+
+  pb.write(1, msg.cId)
+
+  pb.finish()
+  pb.buffer
+
+proc decode*(
+  T: typedesc[ProvidersMessage],
+  buffer: openArray[byte]): Result[ProvidersMessage, ProtoError] =
+
+  let pb = initProtoBuffer(buffer)
+  var msg = ProvidersMessage()
+
+  ? pb.getRequiredField(1, msg.total)
+  discard ? pb.getRepeatedField(2, msg.provs)
+
+  ok(msg)
+
+proc encode*(msg: ProvidersMessage): seq[byte] =
+  var pb = initProtoBuffer()
+
+  pb.write(1, msg.total)
+  for prov in msg.provs:
+    pb.write(2, prov)
+
+  pb.finish()
+  pb.buffer
+
+proc sendGetProviders(p: ProvidersProtocol, dst: Node,
+                       cId: NodeId): Future[ProvidersMessage]
+                       {.async.} =
+  let msg = GetProvidersMessage(cId: cId)
+  trace "sendGetProviders", msg
+  let respbytes = await p.discovery.talkReq(dst, protoIdGetProviders, msg.encode())
+  if respbytes.isOK():
+    let a = respbytes.get()
+    result = ProvidersMessage.decode(a).get()
+  else:
+    trace "sendGetProviders", msg
+    result = ProvidersMessage() #TODO: add error handling
+
+proc getProvidersLocal*(
+    p: ProvidersProtocol,
+    cId: NodeId,
+    maxitems: int = 5,
+  ): seq[PeerRecord] {.raises: [KeyError,Defect].}=
+  result = if (cId in p.providers): p.providers[cId] else: @[]
+
+proc getProviders*(
+    p: ProvidersProtocol,
+    cId: NodeId,
+    maxitems: int = 5,
+    timeout: timer.Duration = chronos.milliseconds(5000)
+  ): Future[seq[PeerRecord]] {.async.} =
+  ## Search for providers of the given cId.
+
+  # What providers do we know about?
+  result = p.getProvidersLocal(cId, maxitems)
+  trace "local providers:", result
+
+  let nodesNearby = await p.discovery.lookup(cId)
+  trace "nearby:", nodesNearby
+  var providersFut: seq[Future[ProvidersMessage]]
+  for n in nodesNearby:
+    if n != p.discovery.localNode:
+      providersFut.add(p.sendGetProviders(n, cId))
+
+  while providersFut.len > 0:
+    let providersMsg = await one(providersFut)
+    # trace "Got providers response", providersMsg
+
+    let index = providersFut.find(providersMsg)
+    if index != -1:
+      providersFut.del(index)
+
+    let providersMsg2 = await providersMsg
+    trace "2", providersMsg2
+
+    let providers = providersMsg.read.provs
+    result = result.concat(providers).deduplicate
+    # TODO: hsndle timeout
+    #
+  trace "getProviders collected: ", result
+
+proc recvGetProviders(p: ProvidersProtocol, nodeId: NodeId, payload: openArray[byte]) : ProvidersMessage
+    {.raises: [Defect].} =
+  trace "recvGetProviders"
+  let msg = GetProvidersMessage.decode(payload).get()
+  trace "<<< get_providers ",  src = nodeId, dst = p.discovery.localNode.id, cid = msg.cId
+  #TODO: add checks, add signed version
+  let provs = p.providers.getOrDefault(msg.cId)
+
+  trace "providers:", provs
+  ##TODO: handle multiple messages
+  ProvidersMessage(total: 1, provs: provs)
+
+
+proc registerGetProviders(p: ProvidersProtocol) =
+  proc handler(protocol: TalkProtocol, request: seq[byte], fromId: NodeId, fromUdpAddress: Address): seq[byte]
+    {.gcsafe, raises: [Defect].} =
+    let returnMsg = recvGetProviders(p, fromId, request)
+    trace "returnMsg", returnMsg
+    returnMsg.encode() # TODO: response
+
+  let protocol = TalkProtocol(protocolHandler: handler)
+  discard p.discovery.registerTalkProtocol(protoIdGetProviders, protocol) #TODO: handle error
+
+proc newProvidersProtocol*(d: protocol.Protocol) : ProvidersProtocol =
+  result.new()
+  result.discovery = d
+  result.registerAddProvider()
+  result.registerGetProviders()