diff --git a/doc/release-30635.md b/doc/release-30635.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ec68e93cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-30635.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Updated RPCs
+------------
+
+- The waitfornewblock now takes an optional `current_tip` argument. It is also no longer hidden. (#30635)
+- The waitforblock and waitforblockheight RPCs are no longer hidden.  (#30635)
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index 6e5c656f3d8..a51c4843b79 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan waitfornewblock()
                 "\nMake sure to use no RPC timeout (bitcoin-cli -rpcclienttimeout=0)",
                 {
                     {"timeout", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Default{0}, "Time in milliseconds to wait for a response. 0 indicates no timeout."},
+                    {"current_tip", RPCArg::Type::STR_HEX, RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED, "Method waits for the chain tip to differ from this."},
                 },
                 RPCResult{
                     RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "",
@@ -287,10 +288,22 @@ static RPCHelpMan waitfornewblock()
     NodeContext& node = EnsureAnyNodeContext(request.context);
     Mining& miner = EnsureMining(node);
 
-    // Abort if RPC came out of warmup too early
+    // If the caller provided a current_tip value, pass it to waitTipChanged().
+    //
+    // If the caller did not provide a current tip hash, call getTip() to get
+    // one and wait for the tip to be different from this value. This mode is
+    // less reliable because if the tip changed between waitfornewblock calls,
+    // it will need to change a second time before this call returns.
     BlockRef current_block{CHECK_NONFATAL(miner.getTip()).value()};
-    std::optional<BlockRef> block = timeout ? miner.waitTipChanged(current_block.hash, std::chrono::milliseconds(timeout)) :
-                                              miner.waitTipChanged(current_block.hash);
+
+    uint256 tip_hash{request.params[1].isNull()
+        ? current_block.hash
+        : ParseHashV(request.params[1], "current_tip")};
+
+    // If the user provided an invalid current_tip then this call immediately
+    // returns the current tip.
+    std::optional<BlockRef> block = timeout ? miner.waitTipChanged(tip_hash, std::chrono::milliseconds(timeout)) :
+                                              miner.waitTipChanged(tip_hash);
 
     // Return current block upon shutdown
     if (block) current_block = *block;
@@ -3424,9 +3437,9 @@ void RegisterBlockchainRPCCommands(CRPCTable& t)
         {"blockchain", &getchainstates},
         {"hidden", &invalidateblock},
         {"hidden", &reconsiderblock},
-        {"hidden", &waitfornewblock},
-        {"hidden", &waitforblock},
-        {"hidden", &waitforblockheight},
+        {"blockchain", &waitfornewblock},
+        {"blockchain", &waitforblock},
+        {"blockchain", &waitforblockheight},
         {"hidden", &syncwithvalidationinterfacequeue},
     };
     for (const auto& c : commands) {
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
index 2976f9188ae..b0ac519de0d 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
@@ -579,7 +579,8 @@ class BlockchainTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         node.reconsiderblock(rollback_hash)
         # The chain has probably already been restored by the time reconsiderblock returns,
         # but poll anyway.
-        self.wait_until(lambda: node.waitfornewblock(timeout=100)['hash'] == current_hash)
+        self.wait_until(lambda: node.waitfornewblock(current_tip=rollback_header['previousblockhash'])['hash'] == current_hash)
+
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-1, "Negative timeout", node.waitfornewblock, -1)
 
     def _test_waitforblockheight(self):