diff --git a/src.ts/providers/abstract-provider.ts b/src.ts/providers/abstract-provider.ts
index e70730e764..604fc13b70 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/abstract-provider.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/abstract-provider.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ export type Filter = {
     topics?: Array<string | Array<string>>,
 }
 
+// @TODO: This is not supported as an EventType yet, as it will
+//        need some additional work to adhere to the serialized
+//        format for events. But we want to allow it for getLogs
+//        for now.
+export type FilterByBlock = {
+    blockHash?: string,
+    address?: string,
+    topics?: Array<string | Array<string>>,
+}
+
 export interface Log {
     blockNumber?: number;
     blockHash?: string;
@@ -134,7 +144,7 @@ export abstract class Provider implements OnceBlockable {
     abstract getTransaction(transactionHash: string): Promise<TransactionResponse>;
     abstract getTransactionReceipt(transactionHash: string): Promise<TransactionReceipt>;
 
-    abstract getLogs(filter: Filter): Promise<Array<Log>>;
+    abstract getLogs(filter: Filter | FilterByBlock): Promise<Array<Log>>;
 
     abstract resolveName(name: string | Promise<string>): Promise<string>;
     abstract lookupAddress(address: string | Promise<string>): Promise<string>;
diff --git a/src.ts/providers/base-provider.ts b/src.ts/providers/base-provider.ts
index 625a0439f9..cc03f95a7d 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/base-provider.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/base-provider.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { Provider } from './abstract-provider';
 
 import {
     Block, BlockTag,
-    EventType, Filter,
+    EventType, Filter, FilterByBlock,
     Listener,
     Log,
     TransactionReceipt, TransactionRequest, TransactionResponse
@@ -366,7 +366,16 @@ const formatFilter = {
     topics: allowNull(checkTopics, undefined),
 };
 
+const formatFilterByBlock = {
+    blockHash: allowNull(checkHash, undefined),
+    address: allowNull(getAddress, undefined),
+    topics: allowNull(checkTopics, undefined),
+};
+
 function checkFilter(filter: any): any {
+    if (filter && filter.blockHash) {
+        return check(formatFilterByBlock, filter);
+    }
     return check(formatFilter, filter);
 }
 
@@ -1071,7 +1080,7 @@ export class BaseProvider extends Provider {
         });
     }
 
-    getLogs(filter: Filter): Promise<Array<Log>> {
+    getLogs(filter: Filter | FilterByBlock): Promise<Array<Log>> {
         return this.ready.then(() => {
             return resolveProperties(filter).then((filter) => {
                 return this._resolveNames(filter, ['address']).then((filter) => {
diff --git a/src.ts/providers/etherscan-provider.ts b/src.ts/providers/etherscan-provider.ts
index b728af973e..3aa388f1cc 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/etherscan-provider.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/etherscan-provider.ts
@@ -237,6 +237,16 @@ export class EtherscanProvider extends BaseProvider{
                         url += '&toBlock=' + checkLogTag(params.filter.toBlock);
                     }
 
+                    if (params.filter.blockHash) {
+                        try {
+                            errors.throwError("Etherscan does not support blockHash filters", errors.UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, {
+                                operation: "getLogs(blockHash)"
+                            });
+                        } catch (error) {
+                            return Promise.reject(error);
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     if (params.filter.address) {
                         url += '&address=' + params.filter.address;
                     }