diff --git a/polkadot/runtime/rococo/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/runtime/rococo/src/lib.rs
index 894d7fac2f0a..2e8401469109 100644
--- a/polkadot/runtime/rococo/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/runtime/rococo/src/lib.rs
@@ -1190,6 +1190,7 @@ impl pallet_mmr::Config for Runtime {
 	type OnNewRoot = pallet_beefy_mmr::DepositBeefyDigest<Runtime>;
 	type WeightInfo = ();
 	type LeafData = pallet_beefy_mmr::Pallet<Runtime>;
+	type BlockHashProvider = pallet_mmr::DefaultBlockHashProvider<Runtime>;
 }
 
 parameter_types! {
diff --git a/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
index 4930610c1d80..3f59b89263c8 100644
--- a/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ impl pallet_mmr::Config for Runtime {
 	type OnNewRoot = pallet_beefy_mmr::DepositBeefyDigest<Runtime>;
 	type WeightInfo = ();
 	type LeafData = pallet_beefy_mmr::Pallet<Runtime>;
+	type BlockHashProvider = pallet_mmr::DefaultBlockHashProvider<Runtime>;
 }
 
 /// MMR helper types.
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs b/substrate/bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 65d3ba0ed6ee..e3e4ae107718 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -1602,6 +1602,7 @@ impl pallet_mmr::Config for Runtime {
 	type Hashing = Keccak256;
 	type LeafData = pallet_mmr::ParentNumberAndHash<Self>;
 	type OnNewRoot = pallet_beefy_mmr::DepositBeefyDigest<Runtime>;
+	type BlockHashProvider = pallet_mmr::DefaultBlockHashProvider<Runtime>;
 	type WeightInfo = ();
 }
 
diff --git a/substrate/frame/beefy-mmr/src/mock.rs b/substrate/frame/beefy-mmr/src/mock.rs
index 9d1ece7a1d8e..d59c219d3e71 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/beefy-mmr/src/mock.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/beefy-mmr/src/mock.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ impl pallet_mmr::Config for Test {
 
 	type OnNewRoot = pallet_beefy_mmr::DepositBeefyDigest<Test>;
 
+	type BlockHashProvider = pallet_mmr::DefaultBlockHashProvider<Test>;
+
 	type WeightInfo = ();
 }
 
diff --git a/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/lib.rs b/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/lib.rs
index 7b6edb37b7f7..e2b40974579e 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/lib.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,24 @@ impl<T: frame_system::Config> LeafDataProvider for ParentNumberAndHash<T> {
 	}
 }
 
+/// Block hash provider for a given block number.
+pub trait BlockHashProvider<BlockNumber, BlockHash> {
+	fn block_hash(block_number: BlockNumber) -> BlockHash;
+}
+
+/// Default implementation of BlockHashProvider using frame_system.
+pub struct DefaultBlockHashProvider<T: frame_system::Config> {
+	_phantom: sp_std::marker::PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+impl<T: frame_system::Config> BlockHashProvider<BlockNumberFor<T>, T::Hash>
+	for DefaultBlockHashProvider<T>
+{
+	fn block_hash(block_number: BlockNumberFor<T>) -> T::Hash {
+		frame_system::Pallet::<T>::block_hash(block_number)
+	}
+}
+
 pub trait WeightInfo {
 	fn on_initialize(peaks: NodeIndex) -> Weight;
 }
@@ -177,6 +195,12 @@ pub mod pallet {
 		/// Clients. Hook complexity should be `O(1)`.
 		type OnNewRoot: primitives::OnNewRoot<HashOf<Self, I>>;
 
+		/// Block hash provider for a given block number.
+		type BlockHashProvider: BlockHashProvider<
+			BlockNumberFor<Self>,
+			<Self as frame_system::Config>::Hash,
+		>;
+
 		/// Weights for this pallet.
 		type WeightInfo: WeightInfo;
 	}
diff --git a/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/mmr/storage.rs b/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/mmr/storage.rs
index 96a20c3445ee..f2acc35a137f 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/mmr/storage.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/mmr/storage.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use sp_std::prelude::*;
 use crate::{
 	mmr::{Node, NodeOf},
 	primitives::{self, NodeIndex},
-	Config, Nodes, NumberOfLeaves, Pallet,
+	BlockHashProvider, Config, Nodes, NumberOfLeaves, Pallet,
 };
 
 /// A marker type for runtime-specific storage implementation.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ where
 		// Fall through to searching node using fork-specific key.
 		let ancestor_parent_block_num =
 			Pallet::<T, I>::leaf_index_to_parent_block_num(ancestor_leaf_idx, leaves);
-		let ancestor_parent_hash = <frame_system::Pallet<T>>::block_hash(ancestor_parent_block_num);
+		let ancestor_parent_hash = T::BlockHashProvider::block_hash(ancestor_parent_block_num);
 		let temp_key = Pallet::<T, I>::node_temp_offchain_key(pos, ancestor_parent_hash);
 		debug!(
 			target: "runtime::mmr::offchain",
diff --git a/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/mock.rs b/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/mock.rs
index 212012a052a0..8318b20e8307 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/mock.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/merkle-mountain-range/src/mock.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ impl Config for Test {
 	type Hashing = Keccak256;
 	type LeafData = Compact<Keccak256, (ParentNumberAndHash<Test>, LeafData)>;
 	type OnNewRoot = ();
+	type BlockHashProvider = DefaultBlockHashProvider<Test>;
 	type WeightInfo = ();
 }