diff --git a/tessera-core/src/main/java/com/quorum/tessera/sync/SyncPoller.java b/tessera-core/src/main/java/com/quorum/tessera/sync/SyncPoller.java
index 51013fe5b0..d403230860 100644
--- a/tessera-core/src/main/java/com/quorum/tessera/sync/SyncPoller.java
+++ b/tessera-core/src/main/java/com/quorum/tessera/sync/SyncPoller.java
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 package com.quorum.tessera.sync;
 
+import com.quorum.tessera.client.P2pClient;
+import com.quorum.tessera.node.PartyInfoParser;
+import com.quorum.tessera.node.PartyInfoService;
+import com.quorum.tessera.node.model.PartyInfo;
 import com.quorum.tessera.sync.model.SyncableParty;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -12,18 +18,32 @@
  */
 public class SyncPoller implements Runnable {
 
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SyncPoller.class);
+
     private final ExecutorService executorService;
 
     private final ResendPartyStore resendPartyStore;
 
     private final TransactionRequester transactionRequester;
 
+    private final PartyInfoService partyInfoService;
+
+    private final P2pClient p2pClient;
+
+    private final PartyInfoParser partyInfoParser;
+
     public SyncPoller(final ExecutorService executorService,
                       final ResendPartyStore resendPartyStore,
-                      final TransactionRequester transactionRequester) {
+                      final TransactionRequester transactionRequester,
+                      final PartyInfoService partyInfoService,
+                      final PartyInfoParser partyInfoParser,
+                      final P2pClient p2pClient) {
         this.executorService = Objects.requireNonNull(executorService);
         this.resendPartyStore = Objects.requireNonNull(resendPartyStore);
         this.transactionRequester = Objects.requireNonNull(transactionRequester);
+        this.partyInfoService = Objects.requireNonNull(partyInfoService);
+        this.partyInfoParser = Objects.requireNonNull(partyInfoParser);
+        this.p2pClient = Objects.requireNonNull(p2pClient);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,7 +62,13 @@ public void run() {
             final String url = requestDetails.getParty().getUrl();
 
             final Runnable action = () -> {
-                final boolean allSucceeded = this.transactionRequester.requestAllTransactionsFromNode(url);
+
+                // perform a getPartyInfo in order to ensure that the target tessera has the current tessera as a recipient
+                boolean allSucceeded = updatePartyInfo(url);
+
+                if (allSucceeded) {
+                    allSucceeded = this.transactionRequester.requestAllTransactionsFromNode(url);
+                }
 
                 if (!allSucceeded) {
                     this.resendPartyStore.incrementFailedAttempt(requestDetails);
@@ -57,4 +83,19 @@ public void run() {
 
     }
 
+    private boolean updatePartyInfo(String url) {
+        try {
+            final PartyInfo partyInfo = partyInfoService.getPartyInfo();
+
+            final byte[] encodedPartyInfo = partyInfoParser.to(partyInfo);
+
+            // we deliberately discard the response as we do not want to fully duplicate the PartyInfoPoller
+            return null != p2pClient.getPartyInfo(url, encodedPartyInfo);
+        } catch (final Exception ex) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Server error {} when connecting to {}", ex.getMessage(), url);
+            LOGGER.debug(null, ex);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/tessera-core/src/main/resources/tessera-spring.xml b/tessera-core/src/main/resources/tessera-spring.xml
index 9b9d4453ab..08e107f6ff 100644
--- a/tessera-core/src/main/resources/tessera-spring.xml
+++ b/tessera-core/src/main/resources/tessera-spring.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
         </constructor-arg>
         <constructor-arg ref="resendPartyStore" />
         <constructor-arg ref="transactionRequester" />
+        <constructor-arg ref="partyInfoService"/>
+        <constructor-arg>
+            <bean class="com.quorum.tessera.node.PartyInfoParser" factory-method="create"/>
+        </constructor-arg>
+        <constructor-arg ref="p2pClient"/>
     </bean>
 
     <bean name="syncExecutor" class="com.quorum.tessera.threading.TesseraScheduledExecutor">
diff --git a/tessera-core/src/test/java/com/quorum/tessera/sync/SyncPollerTest.java b/tessera-core/src/test/java/com/quorum/tessera/sync/SyncPollerTest.java
index e8f081994f..ec0a87d04d 100644
--- a/tessera-core/src/test/java/com/quorum/tessera/sync/SyncPollerTest.java
+++ b/tessera-core/src/test/java/com/quorum/tessera/sync/SyncPollerTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.quorum.tessera.sync;
 
+import com.quorum.tessera.client.P2pClient;
+import com.quorum.tessera.node.PartyInfoParser;
+import com.quorum.tessera.node.PartyInfoService;
 import com.quorum.tessera.node.model.Party;
 import com.quorum.tessera.sync.model.SyncableParty;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -22,13 +25,23 @@ public class SyncPollerTest {
 
     private SyncPoller syncPoller;
 
+    private PartyInfoService partyInfoService;
+
+    private PartyInfoParser partyInfoParser;
+
+    private P2pClient p2pClient;
+
     @Before
     public void init() {
         this.executorService = mock(ExecutorService.class);
         this.resendPartyStore = mock(ResendPartyStore.class);
         this.transactionRequester = mock(TransactionRequester.class);
+        this.partyInfoService = mock(PartyInfoService.class);
+        this.partyInfoParser = mock(PartyInfoParser.class);
+        this.p2pClient = mock(P2pClient.class);
+        doReturn(new byte[]{}).when(p2pClient).getPartyInfo(anyString(), any());
 
-        this.syncPoller = new SyncPoller(executorService, resendPartyStore, transactionRequester);
+        this.syncPoller = new SyncPoller(executorService, resendPartyStore, transactionRequester, partyInfoService, partyInfoParser, p2pClient);
     }
 
     @After
@@ -66,6 +79,9 @@ public void singlePartySubmitsSingleTask() {
         task.run();
 
         verify(transactionRequester).requestAllTransactionsFromNode(targetUrl);
+        verify(partyInfoService, times(1)).getPartyInfo();
+        verify(partyInfoParser, times(1)).to(any());
+        verify(p2pClient, times(1)).getPartyInfo(eq(targetUrl), any());
 
     }
 
@@ -93,4 +109,52 @@ public void singlePartyTaskFailsAndNotifiesStore() {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void singlePartyTaskUpdatePartyInfoThrowsAndNotifiesStore() {
+
+        final String targetUrl = "fakeurl.com";
+        final SyncableParty syncableParty = new SyncableParty(new Party(targetUrl), 0);
+
+        doThrow(new RuntimeException("Unable to connect")).when(p2pClient).getPartyInfo(anyString(), any());
+
+        doReturn(Optional.of(syncableParty), Optional.empty()).when(resendPartyStore).getNextParty();
+
+        syncPoller.run();
+
+        final ArgumentCaptor<Runnable> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Runnable.class);
+        verify(executorService).submit(captor.capture());
+        verify(resendPartyStore, times(2)).getNextParty();
+
+        final Runnable task = captor.getValue();
+        task.run();
+
+        verify(transactionRequester, times(0)).requestAllTransactionsFromNode(targetUrl);
+        verify(resendPartyStore).incrementFailedAttempt(syncableParty);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void singlePartyTaskUpdatePartyInfoFailsAndNotifiesStore() {
+
+        final String targetUrl = "fakeurl.com";
+        final SyncableParty syncableParty = new SyncableParty(new Party(targetUrl), 0);
+
+        doReturn(null).when(p2pClient).getPartyInfo(anyString(), any());
+
+        doReturn(Optional.of(syncableParty), Optional.empty()).when(resendPartyStore).getNextParty();
+
+        syncPoller.run();
+
+        final ArgumentCaptor<Runnable> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Runnable.class);
+        verify(executorService).submit(captor.capture());
+        verify(resendPartyStore, times(2)).getNextParty();
+
+        final Runnable task = captor.getValue();
+        task.run();
+
+        verify(transactionRequester, times(0)).requestAllTransactionsFromNode(targetUrl);
+        verify(resendPartyStore).incrementFailedAttempt(syncableParty);
+
+    }
+
 }