diff --git a/ss/pebbledb/db.go b/ss/pebbledb/db.go
index d5eccb99..ee0269b0 100644
--- a/ss/pebbledb/db.go
+++ b/ss/pebbledb/db.go
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ const (
 
 	PrefixStore                  = "s/k:"
 	LenPrefixStore               = 4
-	StorePrefixTpl               = "s/k:%s/"   // s/k:<storeKey>
-	latestVersionKey             = "s/_latest" // NB: latestVersionKey key must be lexically smaller than StorePrefixTpl
+	StorePrefixTpl               = "s/k:%s/"          // s/k:<storeKey>
+	HashTpl                      = "s/_hash:%s:%d-%d" // "s/_hash:<storeKey>:%d-%d"
+	latestVersionKey             = "s/_latest"        // NB: latestVersionKey key must be lexically smaller than StorePrefixTpl
 	earliestVersionKey           = "s/_earliest"
 	latestMigratedKeyMetadata    = "s/_latestMigratedKey"
 	latestMigratedModuleMetadata = "s/_latestMigratedModule"
@@ -808,3 +809,13 @@ func valTombstoned(value []byte) bool {
 
 	return true
 }
+
+// WriteBlockRangeHash writes a hash for a range of blocks to the database
+func (db *Database) WriteBlockRangeHash(storeKey string, beginBlockRange, endBlockRange int64, hash []byte) error {
+	key := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(HashTpl, storeKey, beginBlockRange, endBlockRange))
+	err := db.storage.Set(key, hash, defaultWriteOpts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write block range hash: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/ss/rocksdb/db.go b/ss/rocksdb/db.go
index 272bc334..e4375679 100644
--- a/ss/rocksdb/db.go
+++ b/ss/rocksdb/db.go
@@ -377,3 +377,8 @@ func cloneAppend(bz []byte, tail []byte) (res []byte) {
 func (db *Database) RawImport(ch <-chan types.RawSnapshotNode) error {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
+
+// WriteBlockRangeHash writes a hash for a range of blocks to the database
+func (db *Database) WriteBlockRangeHash(storeKey string, beginBlockRange, endBlockRange int64, hash []byte) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
diff --git a/ss/sqlite/db.go b/ss/sqlite/db.go
index d9a45fd6..92e7959c 100644
--- a/ss/sqlite/db.go
+++ b/ss/sqlite/db.go
@@ -338,3 +338,8 @@ func execPragmas(db *sql.DB, pragmas []string) error {
 func (db *Database) RawImport(ch <-chan types.RawSnapshotNode) error {
 	panic("implement me")
 }
+
+// WriteBlockRangeHash writes a hash for a range of blocks to the database
+func (db *Database) WriteBlockRangeHash(storeKey string, beginBlockRange, endBlockRange int64, hash []byte) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
diff --git a/ss/types/store.go b/ss/types/store.go
index ffa19b57..ca573da0 100644
--- a/ss/types/store.go
+++ b/ss/types/store.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type StateStore interface {
 	SetLatestMigratedKey(key []byte) error
 	GetLatestMigratedModule() (string, error)
 	SetLatestMigratedModule(module string) error
+	WriteBlockRangeHash(storeKey string, beginBlockRange, endBlockRange int64, hash []byte) error
 
 	// ApplyChangeset Persist the change set of a block,
 	// the `changeSet` should be ordered by (storeKey, key),