diff --git a/apps/namadillo/src/App/Common/SyncIndicator.tsx b/apps/namadillo/src/App/Common/SyncIndicator.tsx
index e9b659e0e3..55877e0c8f 100644
--- a/apps/namadillo/src/App/Common/SyncIndicator.tsx
+++ b/apps/namadillo/src/App/Common/SyncIndicator.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { Tooltip } from "@namada/components";
 import { syncStatusAtom } from "atoms/syncStatus/atoms";
+import { useChainStatus } from "hooks/useChainStatus";
 import { useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
 export const SyncIndicator = (): JSX.Element => {
   const syncStatus = useAtomValue(syncStatusAtom);
+  const { data } = useChainStatus();
 
   return (
     <div className="relative group/tooltip p-1">
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ export const SyncIndicator = (): JSX.Element => {
           "Syncing"
         : syncStatus.isError ?
           "Error syncing"
-        : "Fully synced"}
+        : `Fully synced: height ${data?.height}, epoch ${data?.epoch}`}
       </Tooltip>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/apps/namadillo/src/hooks/useChainStatus.tsx b/apps/namadillo/src/hooks/useChainStatus.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f262807baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/namadillo/src/hooks/useChainStatus.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { useSSE } from "@namada/hooks";
+import { indexerUrlAtom } from "atoms/settings";
+import { useAtomValue } from "jotai";
+
+type Status = {
+  height: number;
+  epoch: number;
+};
+
+export const useChainStatus = (): {
+  data?: Status;
+  error?: Event;
+  closeFn?: () => void;
+} => {
+  const url = useAtomValue(indexerUrlAtom);
+
+  return useSSE<Status>(`${url}/api/v1/chain/status`);
+};
diff --git a/packages/hooks/src/index.ts b/packages/hooks/src/index.ts
index 8a1f36dcd6..f36f9fb1cc 100644
--- a/packages/hooks/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hooks/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export * from "./useDebounce";
 export * from "./useEffectSkipFirstRender";
 export * from "./useEvent";
+export * from "./useSSE";
 export * from "./useSanitizedLocation";
 export * from "./useSanitizedParams";
 export * from "./useUntil";
diff --git a/packages/hooks/src/useSSE.ts b/packages/hooks/src/useSSE.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d8ca35a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hooks/src/useSSE.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+export function useSSE<T>(
+  url: string,
+  options?: EventSourceInit
+): { data?: T; error?: Event; closeFn?: () => void } {
+  const [data, setData] = useState<T>();
+  const [error, setError] = useState<Event>();
+  const [closeFn, setCloseFn] = useState<() => void>();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const eventSource = new EventSource(url, options);
+    setCloseFn(() => eventSource.close.bind(eventSource));
+
+    eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
+      setData((old) =>
+        event.data === JSON.stringify(old) ? old : JSON.parse(event.data)
+      );
+    };
+
+    eventSource.onerror = (err) => {
+      setError(err);
+      eventSource.close();
+    };
+
+    return () => {
+      eventSource.close();
+    };
+  }, [url]);
+
+  return { data, error, closeFn };
+}