diff --git a/web3.js/module.d.ts b/web3.js/module.d.ts
index 6b881ab769..dd4e043a38 100644
--- a/web3.js/module.d.ts
+++ b/web3.js/module.d.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ declare module '@solana/web3.js' {
 
   export type SignatureStatusResult = SignatureSuccess | TransactionError;
 
+  export type SignatureStatus = {
+    slot: number;
+    status: SignatureSuccess | TransactionError;
+  };
+
   export type BlockhashAndFeeCalculator = {
     blockhash: Blockhash;
     feeCalculator: FeeCalculator;
@@ -183,7 +188,11 @@ declare module '@solana/web3.js' {
     getSignatureStatus(
       signature: TransactionSignature,
       commitment?: Commitment,
-    ): Promise<SignatureSuccess | TransactionError | null>;
+    ): Promise<SignatureStatus | null>;
+    getSignatureStatusBatch(
+      signatures: Array<TransactionSignature>,
+      commitment?: Commitment,
+    ): Promise<Array<SignatureStatus | null>>;
     getTransactionCount(commitment?: Commitment): Promise<number>;
     getTotalSupply(commitment?: Commitment): Promise<number>;
     getVersion(): Promise<Version>;
diff --git a/web3.js/module.flow.js b/web3.js/module.flow.js
index 6ac0d7d863..74c0e9712f 100644
--- a/web3.js/module.flow.js
+++ b/web3.js/module.flow.js
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ declare module '@solana/web3.js' {
     | SignatureSuccess
     | TransactionError;
 
+  declare export type SignatureStatus = {
+    slot: number,
+    status: SignatureSuccess | TransactionError,
+  };
+
   declare export type BlockhashAndFeeCalculator = {
     blockhash: Blockhash,
     feeCalculator: FeeCalculator,
@@ -198,7 +203,11 @@ declare module '@solana/web3.js' {
     getSignatureStatus(
       signature: TransactionSignature,
       commitment: ?Commitment,
-    ): Promise<SignatureSuccess | TransactionError | null>;
+    ): Promise<SignatureStatus | null>;
+    getSignatureStatusBatch(
+      signatures: Array<TransactionSignature>,
+      commitment: ?Commitment,
+    ): Promise<Array<SignatureStatus | null>>;
     getTransactionCount(commitment: ?Commitment): Promise<number>;
     getTotalSupply(commitment: ?Commitment): Promise<number>;
     getVersion(): Promise<Version>;
diff --git a/web3.js/src/connection.js b/web3.js/src/connection.js
index 38f31d1b8c..e28f8762ff 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/connection.js
+++ b/web3.js/src/connection.js
@@ -452,7 +452,15 @@ const GetVoteAccounts = jsonRpcResult(
  * Expected JSON RPC response for the "getSignatureStatus" message
  */
 const GetSignatureStatusRpcResult = jsonRpcResult(
-  struct.union(['null', SignatureStatusResult]),
+  struct.array([
+    struct.union([
+      'null',
+      struct({
+        slot: 'number',
+        status: SignatureStatusResult,
+      }),
+    ]),
+  ]),
 );
 
 /**
@@ -660,6 +668,18 @@ export type TransactionError = {|
   Err: Object,
 |};
 
+/**
+ * Signature status
+ *
+ * @typedef {Object} SignatureStatus
+ * @property {number} slot when the transaction was processed
+ * @property {SignatureStatus | TransactionError} status
+ */
+export type SignatureStatus = {
+  slot: number,
+  status: SignatureSuccess | TransactionError,
+};
+
 /**
  * A connection to a fullnode JSON RPC endpoint
  */
@@ -944,8 +964,20 @@ export class Connection {
   async getSignatureStatus(
     signature: TransactionSignature,
     commitment: ?Commitment,
-  ): Promise<SignatureSuccess | TransactionError | null> {
-    const args = this._argsWithCommitment([signature], commitment);
+  ): Promise<SignatureStatus | null> {
+    const res = await this.getSignatureStatusBatch([signature], commitment);
+    assert(res.length === 1);
+    return res[0];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the current status of a signature
+   */
+  async getSignatureStatusBatch(
+    signatures: Array<TransactionSignature>,
+    commitment: ?Commitment,
+  ): Promise<Array<SignatureStatus | null>> {
+    const args = this._argsWithCommitment([signatures], commitment);
     const unsafeRes = await this._rpcRequest('getSignatureStatus', args);
     const res = GetSignatureStatusRpcResult(unsafeRes);
     if (res.error) {
diff --git a/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-raw-transaction.js b/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-raw-transaction.js
index e1c0c6df1a..d4c05b7dba 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-raw-transaction.js
+++ b/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-raw-transaction.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export async function sendAndConfirmRawTransaction(
     }
   }
 
-  if (status && 'Ok' in status) {
+  if (status && status.status && 'Ok' in status.status) {
     return signature;
   }
 
diff --git a/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-transaction.js b/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-transaction.js
index f3ed5a3122..4c82a1e0b2 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-transaction.js
+++ b/web3.js/src/util/send-and-confirm-transaction.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ async function _sendAndConfirmTransaction(
       await sleep((500 * DEFAULT_TICKS_PER_SLOT) / NUM_TICKS_PER_SECOND);
     }
 
-    if (status && 'Ok' in status) {
+    if (status && 'Ok' in status.status) {
       break;
     }
     if (--sendRetries <= 0) {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async function _sendAndConfirmTransaction(
       );
     }
 
-    if (status && status.Err && !('AccountInUse' in status.Err)) {
+    if (status && status.status.Err && !('AccountInUse' in status.status.Err)) {
       throw new Error(
         `Transaction ${signature} failed (${JSON.stringify(status)})`,
       );
diff --git a/web3.js/test/connection.test.js b/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
index 1d46c4c55b..85d1b5cf8b 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
+++ b/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
@@ -100,13 +100,20 @@ test('get program accounts', async () => {
     {
       method: 'getSignatureStatus',
       params: [
-        '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+        [
+          '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+        ],
         {commitment: 'recent'},
       ],
     },
     {
       error: null,
-      result: {Ok: null},
+      result: [
+        {
+          slot: 0,
+          status: {Ok: null},
+        },
+      ],
     },
   ]);
   let transaction = SystemProgram.assign({
@@ -131,13 +138,20 @@ test('get program accounts', async () => {
     {
       method: 'getSignatureStatus',
       params: [
-        '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+        [
+          '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+        ],
         {commitment: 'recent'},
       ],
     },
     {
       error: null,
-      result: {Ok: null},
+      result: [
+        {
+          slot: 0,
+          status: {Ok: null},
+        },
+      ],
     },
   ]);
   transaction = SystemProgram.assign({
@@ -471,7 +485,7 @@ test('confirm transaction - error', async () => {
     url,
     {
       method: 'getSignatureStatus',
-      params: [badTransactionSignature],
+      params: [[badTransactionSignature]],
     },
     errorResponse,
   ]);
@@ -1011,18 +1025,64 @@ test('transaction', async () => {
     {
       method: 'getSignatureStatus',
       params: [
-        '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+        [
+          '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+        ],
         {commitment: 'recent'},
       ],
     },
     {
       error: null,
-      result: {Ok: null},
+      result: [
+        {
+          slot: 0,
+          status: {Ok: null},
+        },
+      ],
     },
   ]);
-  await expect(connection.getSignatureStatus(signature)).resolves.toEqual({
-    Ok: null,
-  });
+
+  const response = await connection.getSignatureStatus(signature);
+  if (response !== null) {
+    expect(typeof response.slot).toEqual('number');
+    expect(response.status).toEqual({Ok: null});
+  } else {
+    expect(response).not.toBeNull();
+  }
+
+  const unprocessedSignature =
+    '8WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk';
+  mockRpc.push([
+    url,
+    {
+      method: 'getSignatureStatus',
+      params: [
+        [
+          '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+          unprocessedSignature,
+        ],
+        {commitment: 'recent'},
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      error: null,
+      result: [
+        {
+          slot: 0,
+          status: {Ok: null},
+        },
+        null,
+      ],
+    },
+  ]);
+
+  const responses = await connection.getSignatureStatusBatch([
+    signature,
+    unprocessedSignature,
+  ]);
+  expect(responses.length).toEqual(2);
+  expect(responses[0]).toEqual(response);
+  expect(responses[1]).toBeNull();
 
   mockRpc.push([
     url,
@@ -1120,9 +1180,14 @@ test('multi-instruction transaction', async () => {
     expect(++i).toBeLessThan(10);
     await sleep(500);
   }
-  await expect(connection.getSignatureStatus(signature)).resolves.toEqual({
-    Ok: null,
-  });
+
+  const response = await connection.getSignatureStatus(signature);
+  if (response !== null) {
+    expect(typeof response.slot).toEqual('number');
+    expect(response.status).toEqual({Ok: null});
+  } else {
+    expect(response).not.toBeNull();
+  }
 
   // accountFrom may have less than LAMPORTS_PER_SOL due to transaction fees
   expect(await connection.getBalance(accountFrom.publicKey)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
diff --git a/web3.js/test/transaction-payer.test.js b/web3.js/test/transaction-payer.test.js
index 5a383e6518..71ee5a4f13 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/transaction-payer.test.js
+++ b/web3.js/test/transaction-payer.test.js
@@ -148,18 +148,29 @@ test('transaction-payer', async () => {
     {
       method: 'getSignatureStatus',
       params: [
-        '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+        [
+          '3WE5w4B7v59x6qjyC4FbG2FEKYKQfvsJwqSxNVmtMjT8TQ31hsZieDHcSgqzxiAoTL56n2w5TncjqEKjLhtF4Vk',
+        ],
         {commitment: 'recent'},
       ],
     },
     {
       error: null,
-      result: {Ok: null},
+      result: [
+        {
+          slot: 0,
+          status: {Ok: null},
+        },
+      ],
     },
   ]);
-  await expect(connection.getSignatureStatus(signature)).resolves.toEqual({
-    Ok: null,
-  });
+  const response = await connection.getSignatureStatus(signature);
+  if (response !== null) {
+    expect(typeof response.slot).toEqual('number');
+    expect(response.status).toEqual({Ok: null});
+  } else {
+    expect(response).not.toBeNull();
+  }
 
   mockRpc.push([
     url,