diff --git a/beacon_chain/libp2p_backend.nim b/beacon_chain/libp2p_backend.nim
index 6b9b93b14..0a394775d 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/libp2p_backend.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/libp2p_backend.nim
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ proc init*(T: type Eth2Node, daemon: DaemonAPI): Future[T] {.async.} =
       if msg.libp2pProtocol.len > 0:
         await daemon.addHandler(@[msg.libp2pProtocol], msg.thunk)
 
-proc readMsg(stream: P2PStream,
-             MsgType: type,
-             withResponseCode: bool,
-             deadline: Future[void]): Future[Option[MsgType]] {.gcsafe.}
+proc readChunk(stream: P2PStream,
+               MsgType: type,
+               withResponseCode: bool,
+               deadline: Future[void]): Future[Option[MsgType]] {.gcsafe.}
 
 proc readSizePrefix(transp: StreamTransport,
                     deadline: Future[void]): Future[int] {.async.} =
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ proc readMsgBytes(stream: P2PStream,
     logScope: responseCode = ResponseCode(responseCode)
     case ResponseCode(responseCode)
     of InvalidRequest, ServerError:
-      let responseErrMsg = await readMsg(stream, string, false, deadline)
+      let responseErrMsg = await readChunk(stream, string, false, deadline)
       debug "P2P request resulted in error", responseErrMsg
       return
     of Success:
@@ -236,18 +236,40 @@ proc readMsgBytesOrClose(stream: P2PStream,
   result = await stream.readMsgBytes(withResponseCode, deadline)
   if result.len == 0: await stream.close()
 
-proc readMsg(stream: P2PStream,
-             MsgType: type,
-             withResponseCode: bool,
-             deadline: Future[void]): Future[Option[MsgType]] {.gcsafe, async.} =
+proc readChunk(stream: P2PStream,
+               MsgType: type,
+               withResponseCode: bool,
+               deadline: Future[void]): Future[Option[MsgType]] {.gcsafe, async.} =
   var msgBytes = await stream.readMsgBytesOrClose(withResponseCode, deadline)
   try:
-    if msgBytes.len > 0: return some SSZ.decode(msgBytes, MsgType)
+    if msgBytes.len > 0:
+      return some SSZ.decode(msgBytes, MsgType)
   except SerializationError as err:
     debug "Failed to decode a network message",
           msgBytes, errMsg = err.formatMsg("<msg>")
     return
 
+proc readResponse(
+       stream: P2PStream,
+       MsgType: type,
+       deadline: Future[void]): Future[Option[MsgType]] {.gcsafe, async.} =
+
+  when MsgType is seq:
+    type E = ElemType(MsgType)
+    var results: MsgType
+    while true:
+      # This loop will keep reading messages until the deadline is over
+      # or the other side closes the stream or provides an invalid respose.
+      # The underlying use of `readMsgBytesOrClose` will ensure that the
+      # stream is closed on our side as well.
+      let nextRes = await readChunk(stream, E, true, deadline)
+      if nextRes.isNone: break
+      results.add nextRes.get
+    if results.len > 0:
+      return some(results)
+  else:
+    return await readChunk(stream, MsgType, true, deadline)
+
 proc encodeErrorMsg(responseCode: ResponseCode, errMsg: string): Bytes =
   var s = init OutputStream
   s.append byte(responseCode)
@@ -323,7 +345,7 @@ proc makeEth2Request(peer: Peer, protocolId: string, requestBytes: Bytes,
     await disconnectAndRaise(peer, FaultOrError, "Incomplete send")
 
   # Read the response
-  return await stream.readMsg(ResponseMsg, true, deadline)
+  return await stream.readResponse(ResponseMsg, deadline)
 
 proc p2pStreamName(MsgType: type): string =
   mixin msgProtocol, protocolInfo, msgId