diff --git a/hardhat.config.ts b/hardhat.config.ts
index 484b87a25..a07f9c638 100644
--- a/hardhat.config.ts
+++ b/hardhat.config.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import "@openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades";
 // Custom tasks to add to HRE.
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-missing-require
 require("./tasks/enableL1TokenAcrossEcosystem");
+// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-missing-require
 require("./tasks/finalizeScrollClaims");
+// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-missing-require
+require("./tasks/rescueStuckScrollTxn");
 
 dotenv.config();
 
diff --git a/tasks/rescueStuckScrollTxn.ts b/tasks/rescueStuckScrollTxn.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed9a67f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/rescueStuckScrollTxn.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/* eslint-disable camelcase */
+import { task } from "hardhat/config";
+import { Contract, Signer, ethers } from "ethers";
+import { L1_ADDRESS_MAP } from "../deploy/consts";
+
+require("dotenv").config();
+
+const relayMessengerAbi = [
+  {
+    anonymous: false,
+    inputs: [
+      {
+        indexed: true,
+        internalType: "address",
+        name: "sender",
+        type: "address",
+      },
+      {
+        indexed: true,
+        internalType: "address",
+        name: "target",
+        type: "address",
+      },
+      {
+        indexed: false,
+        internalType: "uint256",
+        name: "value",
+        type: "uint256",
+      },
+      {
+        indexed: false,
+        internalType: "uint256",
+        name: "messageNonce",
+        type: "uint256",
+      },
+      {
+        indexed: false,
+        internalType: "uint256",
+        name: "gasLimit",
+        type: "uint256",
+      },
+      {
+        indexed: false,
+        internalType: "bytes",
+        name: "message",
+        type: "bytes",
+      },
+    ],
+    name: "SentMessage",
+    type: "event",
+  },
+  {
+    inputs: [
+      {
+        internalType: "address",
+        name: "_from",
+        type: "address",
+      },
+      {
+        internalType: "address",
+        name: "_to",
+        type: "address",
+      },
+      {
+        internalType: "uint256",
+        name: "_value",
+        type: "uint256",
+      },
+      {
+        internalType: "uint256",
+        name: "_messageNonce",
+        type: "uint256",
+      },
+      {
+        internalType: "bytes",
+        name: "_message",
+        type: "bytes",
+      },
+      {
+        internalType: "uint32",
+        name: "_newGasLimit",
+        type: "uint32",
+      },
+      {
+        internalType: "address",
+        name: "_refundAddress",
+        type: "address",
+      },
+    ],
+    name: "replayMessage",
+    outputs: [],
+    stateMutability: "payable",
+    type: "function",
+  },
+];
+
+task("rescue-stuck-scroll-txn", "Rescue a failed Scroll transaction")
+  .addParam("l1Hash", "Txn of the L1 message to rescue")
+  .addParam("gasLimit", "Gas limit to use for the rescue transaction")
+  .setAction(async function (taskArguments, hre_: any) {
+    const chainId = await hre_.getChainId();
+    if (!["1", "11155111"].includes(String(chainId))) {
+      throw new Error("This script can only be run on Sepolia or Ethereum mainnet");
+    }
+    const signer = (await hre_.ethers.getSigners())[0] as unknown as Signer;
+    const messengerContract = new Contract(L1_ADDRESS_MAP[chainId].scrollMessengerRelay, relayMessengerAbi, signer);
+
+    const txn = await signer.provider?.getTransactionReceipt(taskArguments.l1Hash);
+    const relevantEvent = txn?.logs?.find(
+      (log) => log.topics[0] === messengerContract.interface.getEventTopic("SentMessage")
+    );
+    if (!relevantEvent) {
+      throw new Error("No relevant event found. Is this a Scroll bridge transaction?");
+    }
+    const decodedEvent = messengerContract.interface.parseLog(relevantEvent);
+    const { sender, target, value, messageNonce, message } = decodedEvent.args;
+    const refundAddress = await signer.getAddress();
+
+    console.debug("Log found. Event Decoded.");
+    console.debug("Will replay with these parameters:", {
+      _from: sender,
+      _to: target,
+      _value: value.toString(),
+      _messageNonce: messageNonce.toString(),
+      _message: message.toString(),
+      _newGasLimit: taskArguments.gasLimit,
+      _refundAddress: refundAddress,
+    });
+    console.debug("Replaying message (sending with 0.001ETH )...");
+    const resultingTxn = await messengerContract.replayMessage(
+      sender, // _from
+      target, // _to
+      value, // _value
+      messageNonce, // _messageNonce
+      message, // _message
+      ethers.BigNumber.from(taskArguments.gasLimit), // _newGasLimit
+      refundAddress, // _refundAddress
+      {
+        // 0.001 ETH to be sent to the Scroll relayer (to cover L1 gas costs)
+        // Using recommended value default as described here: https://docs.scroll.io/en/developers/l1-and-l2-bridging/eth-and-erc20-token-bridge/
+        // *Any* leftover ETH will be immediately refunded to the signer - this is just the L1 gas cost for submitting the transaction
+        value: ethers.utils.parseEther("0.001"),
+      }
+    );
+    console.log("Replay transaction hash:", resultingTxn.hash);
+  });