diff --git a/beacon_chain/validators/beacon_validators.nim b/beacon_chain/validators/beacon_validators.nim
index 8db3e9290..184456af4 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/validators/beacon_validators.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/validators/beacon_validators.nim
@@ -1402,7 +1402,22 @@ proc sendSyncCommitteeContributions(
 
 proc handleProposal(node: BeaconNode, head: BlockRef, slot: Slot):
     Future[BlockRef] {.async: (raises: [CancelledError]).} =
-  return head
+  ## Perform the proposal for the given slot, iff we have a validator attached
+  ## that is supposed to do so, given the shuffling at that slot for the given
+  ## head - to compute the proposer, we need to advance a state to the given
+  ## slot
+  let
+    proposer = node.dag.getProposer(head, slot).valueOr:
+      return head
+    proposerKey = node.dag.validatorKey(proposer).get().toPubKey
+    validator = node.getValidatorForDuties(proposer, slot).valueOr:
+      debug "Expecting block proposal", headRoot = shortLog(head.root),
+                                        slot = shortLog(slot),
+                                        proposer_index = proposer,
+                                        proposer = shortLog(proposerKey)
+      return head
+
+  return await proposeBlock(node, validator, proposer, head, slot)
 
 proc signAndSendAggregate(
     node: BeaconNode, validator: AttachedValidator, shufflingRef: ShufflingRef,