diff --git a/hivemind/client/averaging/matchmaking.py b/hivemind/client/averaging/matchmaking.py
index 8ec866e51..c711f49a6 100644
--- a/hivemind/client/averaging/matchmaking.py
+++ b/hivemind/client/averaging/matchmaking.py
@@ -467,5 +467,13 @@ async def _declare_averager_periodically(self, key_manager: GroupKeyManager):
                                                        looking_for_group=False)
 
 
+def compute_schema_hash(tensors: Sequence[torch.Tensor]) -> bytes:
+    """ A hash that describes follower's tensor shapes, dtypes, devices, but not the actual values """
+    schema_dicts = [{field_name: str(field_value)
+                     for field_name, field_value in asdict(TensorDescriptor.from_tensor(tensor)).items()}
+                    for tensor in tensors]
+    return DHTID.generate(source=schema_dicts).to_bytes()
+
+
 class MatchmakingException(Exception):
     """ An internal exception that marks undesired edge cases during averaging """