diff --git a/blockchain/chain.go b/blockchain/chain.go
index c88bea6d..84996f31 100644
--- a/blockchain/chain.go
+++ b/blockchain/chain.go
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ func (b *BlockChain) connectBlock(node *blockNode, block *btcutil.Block,
 		// optional indexes with the block being connected so they can
 		// update themselves accordingly.
 		if b.indexManager != nil {
-			err := b.indexManager.ConnectBlock(dbTx, block, view)
+			err := b.indexManager.ConnectBlock(dbTx, block, stxos)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -741,8 +741,15 @@ func (b *BlockChain) disconnectBlock(node *blockNode, block *btcutil.Block, view
 			return err
 		}
 
+		// Before we delete the spend journal entry for this back,
+		// we'll fetch it as is so the indexers can utilize if needed.
+		stxos, err := dbFetchSpendJournalEntry(dbTx, block)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		// Update the transaction spend journal by removing the record
-		// that contains all txos spent by the block .
+		// that contains all txos spent by the block.
 		err = dbRemoveSpendJournalEntry(dbTx, block.Hash())
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -752,7 +759,7 @@ func (b *BlockChain) disconnectBlock(node *blockNode, block *btcutil.Block, view
 		// optional indexes with the block being disconnected so they
 		// can update themselves accordingly.
 		if b.indexManager != nil {
-			err := b.indexManager.DisconnectBlock(dbTx, block, view)
+			err := b.indexManager.DisconnectBlock(dbTx, block, stxos)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -1571,12 +1578,16 @@ type IndexManager interface {
 	Init(*BlockChain, <-chan struct{}) error
 
 	// ConnectBlock is invoked when a new block has been connected to the
-	// main chain.
-	ConnectBlock(database.Tx, *btcutil.Block, *UtxoViewpoint) error
+	// main chain. The set of output spent within a block is also passed in
+	// so indexers can access the previous output scripts input spent if
+	// required.
+	ConnectBlock(database.Tx, *btcutil.Block, []SpentTxOut) error
 
 	// DisconnectBlock is invoked when a block has been disconnected from
-	// the main chain.
-	DisconnectBlock(database.Tx, *btcutil.Block, *UtxoViewpoint) error
+	// the main chain. The set of outputs scripts that were spent within
+	// this block is also returned so indexers can clean up the prior index
+	// state for this block.
+	DisconnectBlock(database.Tx, *btcutil.Block, []SpentTxOut) error
 }
 
 // Config is a descriptor which specifies the blockchain instance configuration.