diff --git a/net/remote/remote-node.sh b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
index 0036e449a9..58cb8a0fd5 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-node.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ local|tar)
     fi
 
     if [[ $nodeType = blockstreamer ]]; then
+      # Sneak the mint-id.json from the bootstrap leader and run another drone
+      # with it on the blockstreamer node.  Typically the blockstreamer node has
+      # a static IP/DNS name for hosting the blockexplorer web app, and is
+      # a location that somebody would expect to be able to airdrop from
+      scp "$entrypointIp":~/solana/config-local/mint-id.json config-local/
+      ./multinode-demo/drone.sh > drone.log 2>&1 &
+
       npm install @solana/blockexplorer@1
       npx solana-blockexplorer > blockexplorer.log 2>&1 &