diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/helpers/light_fetch.rs b/rpc/src/v1/helpers/light_fetch.rs
index f50796473..7167a7316 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/helpers/light_fetch.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/helpers/light_fetch.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ use light::request::Field;
 
 use sync::{LightNetworkDispatcher, ManageNetwork, LightSyncProvider};
 
-use ethereum_types::Address;
+use ethereum_types::{Address, U256};
 use hash::H256;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use fastmap::H256FastMap;
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ use v1::types::{BlockNumber, CallRequest, Log, Transaction};
 
 const NO_INVALID_BACK_REFS_PROOF: &str = "Fails only on invalid back-references; back-references here known to be valid; qed";
 const WRONG_RESPONSE_AMOUNT_TYPE_PROOF: &str = "responses correspond directly with requests in amount and type; qed";
+const DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE: u64 = 21_000;
 
 pub fn light_all_transactions<S, OD>(dispatch: &Arc<dispatch::LightDispatcher<S, OD>>) -> impl Iterator<Item=PendingTransaction>
 where
@@ -231,7 +232,6 @@ where
 
 	/// Helper for getting proved execution.
 	pub fn proved_read_only_execution(&self, req: CallRequest, num: Option<BlockNumber>) -> impl Future<Item = ExecutionResult, Error = Error> + Send {
-		const DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE: u64 = 21_000;
 		// (21000 G_transaction + 32000 G_create + some marginal to allow a few operations)
 		const START_GAS: u64 = 60_000;
 
@@ -257,18 +257,9 @@ where
 			None => Either::B(self.account(from, id).map(|acc| acc.map(|a| a.nonce))),
 		};
 
-		let gas_price_percentile = self.gas_price_percentile;
 		let gas_price_fut = match req.gas_price {
 			Some(price) => Either::A(future::ok(price)),
-			None => Either::B(dispatch::light::fetch_gas_price_corpus(
-				self.sync.clone(),
-				self.client.clone(),
-				self.on_demand.clone(),
-				self.cache.clone(),
-			).map(move |corp| match corp.percentile(gas_price_percentile) {
-				Some(percentile) => *percentile,
-				None => DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE.into(),
-			}))
+			None => Either::B(self.gas_price()),
 		};
 
 		// if nonce resolves, this should too since it'll be in the LRU-cache.
@@ -307,6 +298,23 @@ where
 		}))
 	}
 
+	/// Helper to fetch the corpus gas price from 1) the cache 2) the network then it tries to estimate the percentile
+	/// using `gas_price_percentile` if the estimated percentile is zero the `DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE` is returned
+	pub fn gas_price(&self) -> impl Future<Item = U256, Error = Error> + Send {
+		let gas_price_percentile = self.gas_price_percentile;
+
+		dispatch::light::fetch_gas_price_corpus(
+			self.sync.clone(),
+			self.client.clone(),
+			self.on_demand.clone(),
+			self.cache.clone(),
+		)
+		.map(move |corp| {
+			corp.percentile(gas_price_percentile)
+				.map_or_else(|| DEFAULT_GAS_PRICE.into(), |percentile| *percentile)
+		})
+	}
+
 	/// Get a block itself. Fails on unknown block ID.
 	pub fn block(&self, id: BlockId) -> impl Future<Item = encoded::Block, Error = Error> + Send {
 		let mut reqs = Vec::new();
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/eth.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/eth.rs
index 1b5fdf447..32f9c1c57 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/eth.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/eth.rs
@@ -552,8 +552,8 @@ impl<C, SN: ?Sized, S: ?Sized, M, EM, T: StateInfo + 'static> Eth for EthClient<
 		Ok(self.external_miner.hashrate())
 	}
 
-	fn gas_price(&self) -> Result<U256> {
-		Ok(default_gas_price(&*self.client, &*self.miner, self.options.gas_price_percentile))
+	fn gas_price(&self) -> BoxFuture<U256> {
+		Box::new(future::ok(default_gas_price(&*self.client, &*self.miner, self.options.gas_price_percentile)))
 	}
 
 	fn accounts(&self) -> Result<Vec<H160>> {
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/eth.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/eth.rs
index b3e183c1c..cd17b0673 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/eth.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/eth.rs
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ use types::filter::Filter as EthcoreFilter;
 use types::ids::BlockId;
 
 use v1::impls::eth_filter::Filterable;
-use v1::helpers::{errors, limit_logs};
-use v1::helpers::{SyncPollFilter, PollManager};
+use v1::helpers::{errors, limit_logs, SyncPollFilter, PollManager};
 use v1::helpers::deprecated::{self, DeprecationNotice};
 use v1::helpers::light_fetch::{self, LightFetch};
 use v1::traits::Eth;
@@ -271,11 +270,8 @@ where
 		Ok(Default::default())
 	}
 
-	fn gas_price(&self) -> Result<U256> {
-		Ok(self.cache.lock().gas_price_corpus()
-			.and_then(|c| c.percentile(self.gas_price_percentile).cloned())
-			.map(U256::from)
-			.unwrap_or_else(Default::default))
+	fn gas_price(&self) -> BoxFuture<U256> {
+		Box::new(self.fetcher().gas_price())
 	}
 
 	fn accounts(&self) -> Result<Vec<H160>> {
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/traits/eth.rs b/rpc/src/v1/traits/eth.rs
index 14f8fb69e..69a37ae52 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/traits/eth.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/traits/eth.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub trait Eth {
 
 	/// Returns current gas_price.
 	#[rpc(name = "eth_gasPrice")]
-	fn gas_price(&self) -> Result<U256>;
+	fn gas_price(&self) -> BoxFuture<U256>;
 
 	/// Returns accounts list.
 	#[rpc(name = "eth_accounts")]