diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e826f97a..892fc3e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 1.5.1
+# Added
+- Add `BlockRaw` method to algod API V2 client.
 # 1.5.0
 # Added
 - Support for Applications 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cef3587c..38e253e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ func main() {
 		if wallet.Name == "testwallet" {
 			fmt.Printf("found wallet '%s' with ID: %s\n", wallet.Name, wallet.ID)
 			exampleWalletID = wallet.ID
+			break
 		}
 	}
 	// Get a wallet handle
diff --git a/client/v2/algod/algod.go b/client/v2/algod/algod.go
index b7565eca..2faafc44 100644
--- a/client/v2/algod/algod.go
+++ b/client/v2/algod/algod.go
@@ -11,20 +11,25 @@ const algodAuthHeader = "X-Algo-API-Token"
 type Client common.Client
 
 // get performs a GET request to the specific path against the server, assumes JSON response
-func (c *Client) get(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, request interface{}, headers []*common.Header) error {
-	return (*common.Client)(c).Get(ctx, response, path, request, headers)
+func (c *Client) get(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, body interface{}, headers []*common.Header) error {
+	return (*common.Client)(c).Get(ctx, response, path, body, headers)
 }
 
 // getMsgpack performs a GET request to the specific path against the server, assumes msgpack response
-func (c *Client) getMsgpack(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, request interface{}, headers []*common.Header) error {
-	return (*common.Client)(c).GetRawMsgpack(ctx, response, path, request, headers)
+func (c *Client) getMsgpack(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, body interface{}, headers []*common.Header) error {
+	return (*common.Client)(c).GetRawMsgpack(ctx, response, path, body, headers)
+}
+
+// getMsgpack performs a GET request to the specific path against the server, assumes msgpack response
+func (c *Client) getRaw(ctx context.Context, path string, body interface{}, headers []*common.Header) ([]byte, error) {
+	return (*common.Client)(c).GetRaw(ctx, path, body, headers)
 }
 
 // post sends a POST request to the given path with the given request object.
 // No query parameters will be sent if request is nil.
 // response must be a pointer to an object as post writes the response there.
-func (c *Client) post(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, request interface{}, headers []*common.Header) error {
-	return (*common.Client)(c).Post(ctx, response, path, request, headers)
+func (c *Client) post(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, body interface{}, headers []*common.Header) error {
+	return (*common.Client)(c).Post(ctx, response, path, body, headers)
 }
 
 // MakeClient is the factory for constructing a ClientV2 for a given endpoint.
@@ -42,6 +47,10 @@ func (c *Client) Block(round uint64) *Block {
 	return &Block{c: c, round: round}
 }
 
+func (c *Client) BlockRaw(round uint64) *BlockRaw {
+	return &BlockRaw{c: c, round: round}
+}
+
 func (c *Client) HealthCheck() *HealthCheck {
 	return &HealthCheck{c: c}
 }
diff --git a/client/v2/algod/blockRaw.go b/client/v2/algod/blockRaw.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a16f918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/v2/algod/blockRaw.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package algod
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand-sdk/client/v2/common"
+	"github.com/algorand/go-algorand-sdk/client/v2/common/models"
+)
+
+// BlockRaw contains metadata required to execute a BlockRaw query.
+type BlockRaw struct {
+	c     *Client
+	round uint64
+	p     models.GetBlockParams
+}
+
+// Do executes the BlockRaw query and gets the results.
+func (s *BlockRaw) Do(ctx context.Context, headers ...*common.Header) (result []byte, err error) {
+	s.p.Format = "msgpack"
+	return s.c.getRaw(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("/v2/blocks/%d", s.round), s.p, headers)
+}
diff --git a/client/v2/common/common.go b/client/v2/common/common.go
index 31fc0b51..710f257c 100644
--- a/client/v2/common/common.go
+++ b/client/v2/common/common.go
@@ -102,35 +102,35 @@ func mergeRawQueries(q1, q2 string) string {
 	return q1 + "&" + q2
 }
 
-// submitForm is a helper used for submitting (ex.) GETs and POSTs to the server
-func (client *Client) submitFormRaw(ctx context.Context, path string, request interface{}, requestMethod string, encodeJSON bool, headers []*Header) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+// submitFormRaw is a helper used for submitting (ex.) GETs and POSTs to the server
+func (client *Client) submitFormRaw(ctx context.Context, path string, body interface{}, requestMethod string, encodeJSON bool, headers []*Header) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 	queryURL := client.serverURL
 	queryURL.Path += path
 
 	var req *http.Request
-	var body io.Reader
-	if request != nil {
+	var bodyReader io.Reader
+	if body != nil {
 		if requestMethod == "POST" && rawRequestPaths[path] {
-			reqBytes, ok := request.([]byte)
+			reqBytes, ok := body.([]byte)
 			if !ok {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't decode raw request as bytes")
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't decode raw body as bytes")
 			}
-			body = bytes.NewBuffer(reqBytes)
+			bodyReader = bytes.NewBuffer(reqBytes)
 		} else {
-			v, err := query.Values(request)
+			v, err := query.Values(body)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 
 			queryURL.RawQuery = mergeRawQueries(queryURL.RawQuery, v.Encode())
 			if encodeJSON {
-				jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(request)
-				body = bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue)
+				jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(body)
+				bodyReader = bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	req, err = http.NewRequest(requestMethod, queryURL.String(), body)
+	req, err = http.NewRequest(requestMethod, queryURL.String(), bodyReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ func (client *Client) submitFormRaw(ctx context.Context, path string, request in
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
-func (client *Client) submitForm(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, request interface{}, requestMethod string, encodeJSON bool, headers []*Header) error {
-	resp, err := client.submitFormRaw(ctx, path, request, requestMethod, encodeJSON, headers)
+func (client *Client) submitForm(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, body interface{}, requestMethod string, encodeJSON bool, headers []*Header) error {
+	resp, err := client.submitFormRaw(ctx, path, body, requestMethod, encodeJSON, headers)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -178,24 +178,38 @@ func (client *Client) submitForm(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path
 }
 
 // Get performs a GET request to the specific path against the server
-func (client *Client) Get(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, request interface{}, headers []*Header) error {
-	return client.submitForm(ctx, response, path, request, "GET", false /* encodeJSON */, headers)
+func (client *Client) Get(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, body interface{}, headers []*Header) error {
+	return client.submitForm(ctx, response, path, body, "GET", false /* encodeJSON */, headers)
 }
 
-func (client *Client) GetRawMsgpack(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, request interface{}, headers []*Header) error {
-	resp, err := client.submitFormRaw(ctx, path, request, "GET", false /* encodeJSON */, headers)
+// GetRaw performs a GET request to the specific path against the server and returns the raw body bytes.
+func (client *Client) GetRaw(ctx context.Context, path string, body interface{}, headers []*Header) (response []byte, err error) {
+	var resp *http.Response
+	resp, err = client.submitFormRaw(ctx, path, body, "GET", false /* encodeJSON */, headers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	return ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+}
+
+// GetRawMsgpack performs a GET request to the specific path against the server and returns the decoded messagepack response.
+func (client *Client) GetRawMsgpack(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, body interface{}, headers []*Header) error {
+	resp, err := client.submitFormRaw(ctx, path, body, "GET", false /* encodeJSON */, headers)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
 	dec := msgpack.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
 	return dec.Decode(&response)
 }
 
-// Post sends a POST request to the given path with the given request object.
-// No query parameters will be sent if request is nil.
+// Post sends a POST request to the given path with the given body object.
+// No query parameters will be sent if body is nil.
 // response must be a pointer to an object as post writes the response there.
-func (client *Client) Post(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, request interface{}, headers []*Header) error {
-	return client.submitForm(ctx, response, path, request, "POST", true /* encodeJSON */, headers)
+func (client *Client) Post(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, body interface{}, headers []*Header) error {
+	return client.submitForm(ctx, response, path, body, "POST", true /* encodeJSON */, headers)
 }
diff --git a/client/v2/indexer/indexer.go b/client/v2/indexer/indexer.go
index a3a9aaac..6f01060c 100644
--- a/client/v2/indexer/indexer.go
+++ b/client/v2/indexer/indexer.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ const indexerAuthHeader = "X-Indexer-API-Token"
 type Client common.Client
 
 // get performs a GET request to the specific path against the server
-func (c *Client) get(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, request interface{}, headers []*common.Header) error {
-	return (*common.Client)(c).Get(ctx, response, path, request, headers)
+func (c *Client) get(ctx context.Context, response interface{}, path string, body interface{}, headers []*common.Header) error {
+	return (*common.Client)(c).Get(ctx, response, path, body, headers)
 }
 
 // MakeClient is the factory for constructing an IndexerClient for a given endpoint.