diff --git a/primitives/src/transactions/ethereum.rs b/primitives/src/transactions/ethereum.rs
index 49cbf994..b48d0dbd 100644
--- a/primitives/src/transactions/ethereum.rs
+++ b/primitives/src/transactions/ethereum.rs
@@ -445,6 +445,14 @@ impl TxEssence for EthereumTxEssence {
             EthereumTxEssence::Eip1559(tx) => tx._alloy_rlp_payload_length(),
         }
     }
+    /// Returns a reference to the transaction's call data
+    fn data(&self) -> &Bytes {
+        match self {
+            EthereumTxEssence::Legacy(tx) => &tx.data,
+            EthereumTxEssence::Eip2930(tx) => &tx.data,
+            EthereumTxEssence::Eip1559(tx) => &tx.data,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/primitives/src/transactions/mod.rs b/primitives/src/transactions/mod.rs
index 18c5565b..c1aafb93 100644
--- a/primitives/src/transactions/mod.rs
+++ b/primitives/src/transactions/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-use alloy_primitives::{Address, TxHash};
+use alloy_primitives::{Address, Bytes, TxHash};
 use alloy_rlp::Encodable;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ pub trait TxEssence: Encodable + Clone {
     /// This method calculates the combined length of all the individual fields
     /// of the transaction when they are RLP-encoded.
     fn payload_length(&self) -> usize;
+    /// Returns a reference to the transaction's call data
+    fn data(&self) -> &Bytes;
 }
 
 /// Provides RLP encoding functionality for [Transaction].
diff --git a/primitives/src/transactions/optimism.rs b/primitives/src/transactions/optimism.rs
index b1ba4bbd..be266b38 100644
--- a/primitives/src/transactions/optimism.rs
+++ b/primitives/src/transactions/optimism.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ impl TxEssence for OptimismTxEssence {
             OptimismTxEssence::OptimismDeposited(op) => op._alloy_rlp_payload_length(),
         }
     }
+    /// Returns a reference to the transaction's call data
+    fn data(&self) -> &Bytes {
+        match self {
+            OptimismTxEssence::Ethereum(eth) => eth.data(),
+            OptimismTxEssence::OptimismDeposited(op) => &op.data,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]