diff --git a/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts b/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
index cc038ecfd..27577ad0c 100644
--- a/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
+++ b/backend/src/mempool.interfaces.ts
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ export interface BlockExtension {
  */
 export interface BlockExtended extends IEsploraApi.Block {
   extras: BlockExtension;
+  canonical?: string;
 }
 
 export interface BlockSummary {
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/block/block.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/block/block.component.html
index aa441ad9a..f77ddeb6f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/block/block.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/block/block.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <div class="container-xl" (window:resize)="onResize($event)">
 
   <div class="title-block" [class.time-ltr]="timeLtr" id="block">
+    <div *ngIf="block?.stale" class="alert alert-mempool" role="alert">
+      <span i18n="block.reorged|Block reorg" class="alert-text">This block does not belong to the main chain, it has been replaced by:</span>
+      <app-truncate [text]="block.canonical" [lastChars]="12" [link]="['/block/' | relativeUrl, block.canonical]" [maxWidth]="480"></app-truncate>
+    </div>
     <h1>
       <ng-container *ngIf="blockHeight == null || blockHeight > 0; else genesis" i18n="shared.block-title">Block</ng-container>
       <ng-template #genesis i18n="@@2303359202781425764">Genesis</ng-template>
@@ -23,6 +27,8 @@
 
     <div class="grow"></div>
 
+    <button *ngIf="block?.stale" type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-danger container-button" i18n="block.stale|Stale block state">Stale</button>
+
     <button [routerLink]="['/' | relativeUrl]" class="btn btn-sm">&#10005;</button>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/block/block.component.scss b/frontend/src/app/components/block/block.component.scss
index 08091cb86..a15c876e6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/block/block.component.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/block/block.component.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+.title-block {
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  @media (min-width: 650px) {
+    flex-direction: row;
+  }
+  h1 {
+    margin: 0rem;
+    margin-right: 15px;
+    line-height: 1;
+  }
+
+  .alert-mempool {
+    flex-direction: row;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+  }
+
+  .container-button {
+    align-self: center;
+    margin-right: 1em;
+  }
+}
+
 .qr-wrapper {
   background-color: #FFF;
   padding: 10px;
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/interfaces/electrs.interface.ts b/frontend/src/app/interfaces/electrs.interface.ts
index 4cb6b41db..2739d2b06 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/interfaces/electrs.interface.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/interfaces/electrs.interface.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export interface Block {
   weight: number;
   previousblockhash: string;
   stale?: boolean;
+  canonical?: string;
 }
 
 export interface Address {