diff --git a/disperser/batcher/grpc/dispatcher.go b/disperser/batcher/grpc/dispatcher.go
index 5807a6f40d..9c14a433b8 100644
--- a/disperser/batcher/grpc/dispatcher.go
+++ b/disperser/batcher/grpc/dispatcher.go
@@ -147,6 +147,55 @@ func (c *dispatcher) sendChunks(ctx context.Context, blobs []*core.BlobMessage,
 	return sig, nil
 }
 
+// SendBlobsToOperator sends blobs to an operator via the node's StoreBlobs endpoint
+// It returns the signatures of the blobs sent to the operator in the same order as the blobs
+// with nil values for blobs that were not attested by the operator
+func (c *dispatcher) SendBlobsToOperator(ctx context.Context, blobs []*core.BlobMessage, batchHeader *core.BatchHeader, op *core.IndexedOperatorInfo) ([]*core.Signature, error) {
+	// TODO Add secure Grpc
+
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(
+		core.OperatorSocket(op.Socket).GetDispersalSocket(),
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.logger.Warn("Disperser cannot connect to operator dispersal socket", "dispersal_socket", core.OperatorSocket(op.Socket).GetDispersalSocket(), "err", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	gc := node.NewDispersalClient(conn)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	start := time.Now()
+	request, totalSize, err := GetStoreBlobsRequest(blobs, batchHeader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	c.logger.Debug("sending chunks to operator", "operator", op.Socket, "num blobs", len(blobs), "size", totalSize, "request message size", proto.Size(request), "request serialization time", time.Since(start))
+	opt := grpc.MaxCallSendMsgSize(60 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)
+	reply, err := gc.StoreBlobs(ctx, request, opt)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	signaturesInBytes := reply.GetSignatures()
+	signatures := make([]*core.Signature, len(signaturesInBytes))
+	for _, sigBytes := range signaturesInBytes {
+		sig := sigBytes.GetValue()
+		if sig != nil {
+			point, err := new(core.Signature).Deserialize(sig)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			signatures = append(signatures, &core.Signature{G1Point: point})
+		} else {
+			signatures = append(signatures, nil)
+		}
+	}
+	return signatures, nil
+}
+
 func GetStoreChunksRequest(blobMessages []*core.BlobMessage, batchHeader *core.BatchHeader) (*node.StoreChunksRequest, int64, error) {
 	blobs := make([]*node.Blob, len(blobMessages))
 	totalSize := int64(0)
@@ -167,6 +216,26 @@ func GetStoreChunksRequest(blobMessages []*core.BlobMessage, batchHeader *core.B
 	return request, totalSize, nil
 }
 
+func GetStoreBlobsRequest(blobMessages []*core.BlobMessage, batchHeader *core.BatchHeader) (*node.StoreBlobsRequest, int64, error) {
+	blobs := make([]*node.Blob, len(blobMessages))
+	totalSize := int64(0)
+	for i, blob := range blobMessages {
+		var err error
+		blobs[i], err = getBlobMessage(blob)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, 0, err
+		}
+		totalSize += int64(blob.Bundles.Size())
+	}
+
+	request := &node.StoreBlobsRequest{
+		Blobs:                blobs,
+		ReferenceBlockNumber: uint32(batchHeader.ReferenceBlockNumber),
+	}
+
+	return request, totalSize, nil
+}
+
 func getBlobMessage(blob *core.BlobMessage) (*node.Blob, error) {
 	if blob.BlobHeader == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("blob header is nil")
diff --git a/disperser/disperser.go b/disperser/disperser.go
index 78d078e594..f9ea58782c 100644
--- a/disperser/disperser.go
+++ b/disperser/disperser.go
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ type BlobStore interface {
 
 type Dispatcher interface {
 	DisperseBatch(context.Context, *core.IndexedOperatorState, []core.EncodedBlob, *core.BatchHeader) chan core.SigningMessage
+	SendBlobsToOperator(ctx context.Context, blobs []*core.BlobMessage, batchHeader *core.BatchHeader, op *core.IndexedOperatorInfo) ([]*core.Signature, error)
 }
 
 // GenerateReverseIndexKey returns the key used to store the blob key in the reverse index
diff --git a/disperser/mock/dispatcher.go b/disperser/mock/dispatcher.go
index 59d13f686e..8569e9779b 100644
--- a/disperser/mock/dispatcher.go
+++ b/disperser/mock/dispatcher.go
@@ -64,3 +64,11 @@ func (d *Dispatcher) DisperseBatch(ctx context.Context, state *core.IndexedOpera
 
 	return update
 }
+
+func (d *Dispatcher) SendBlobsToOperator(ctx context.Context, blobs []*core.BlobMessage, batchHeader *core.BatchHeader, op *core.IndexedOperatorInfo) ([]*core.Signature, error) {
+	args := d.Called(ctx, blobs, batchHeader, op)
+	if args.Get(0) == nil {
+		return nil, args.Error(1)
+	}
+	return args.Get(0).([]*core.Signature), args.Error(1)
+}