diff --git a/beacon-chain/node/node.go b/beacon-chain/node/node.go
index 319486c886..cdc427fcfe 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/node/node.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/node/node.go
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ func (b *BeaconNode) registerP2P(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 		TCPPort:           cliCtx.Uint(cmd.P2PTCPPort.Name),
 		UDPPort:           cliCtx.Uint(cmd.P2PUDPPort.Name),
 		MaxPeers:          cliCtx.Uint(cmd.P2PMaxPeers.Name),
+		QueueSize:         cliCtx.Uint(cmd.PubsubQueueSize.Name),
 		AllowListCIDR:     cliCtx.String(cmd.P2PAllowList.Name),
 		DenyListCIDR:      slice.SplitCommaSeparated(cliCtx.StringSlice(cmd.P2PDenyList.Name)),
 		EnableUPnP:        cliCtx.Bool(cmd.EnableUPnPFlag.Name),
diff --git a/beacon-chain/p2p/config.go b/beacon-chain/p2p/config.go
index bb18dd8da6..8f6c0f8c3f 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/p2p/config.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/p2p/config.go
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v4/beacon-chain/startup"
 )
 
+// This is the default queue size used if we have specified an invalid one.
+const defaultPubsubQueueSize = 600
+
 // Config for the p2p service. These parameters are set from application level flags
 // to initialize the p2p service.
 type Config struct {
@@ -25,9 +28,20 @@ type Config struct {
 	TCPPort             uint
 	UDPPort             uint
 	MaxPeers            uint
+	QueueSize           uint
 	AllowListCIDR       string
 	DenyListCIDR        []string
 	StateNotifier       statefeed.Notifier
 	DB                  db.ReadOnlyDatabase
 	ClockWaiter         startup.ClockWaiter
 }
+
+// validateConfig validates whether the values provided are accurate and will set
+// the appropriate values for those that are invalid.
+func validateConfig(cfg *Config) *Config {
+	if cfg.QueueSize == 0 {
+		log.Warnf("Invalid pubsub queue size of %d initialized, setting the quese size as %d instead", cfg.QueueSize, defaultPubsubQueueSize)
+		cfg.QueueSize = defaultPubsubQueueSize
+	}
+	return cfg
+}
diff --git a/beacon-chain/p2p/pubsub.go b/beacon-chain/p2p/pubsub.go
index 47d649db05..6ba53d8f0f 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/p2p/pubsub.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/p2p/pubsub.go
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ func (s *Service) pubsubOptions() []pubsub.Option {
 			return MsgID(s.genesisValidatorsRoot, pmsg)
 		}),
 		pubsub.WithSubscriptionFilter(s),
-		pubsub.WithPeerOutboundQueueSize(pubsubQueueSize),
+		pubsub.WithPeerOutboundQueueSize(int(s.cfg.QueueSize)),
 		pubsub.WithMaxMessageSize(int(params.BeaconNetworkConfig().GossipMaxSizeBellatrix)),
-		pubsub.WithValidateQueueSize(pubsubQueueSize),
+		pubsub.WithValidateQueueSize(int(s.cfg.QueueSize)),
 		pubsub.WithPeerScore(peerScoringParams()),
 		pubsub.WithPeerScoreInspect(s.peerInspector, time.Minute),
 		pubsub.WithGossipSubParams(pubsubGossipParam()),
diff --git a/beacon-chain/p2p/service.go b/beacon-chain/p2p/service.go
index 2b8aa3e7f2..a3b80ca116 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/p2p/service.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/p2p/service.go
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ var refreshRate = slots.DivideSlotBy(2)
 // maxBadResponses is the maximum number of bad responses from a peer before we stop talking to it.
 const maxBadResponses = 5
 
-// pubsubQueueSize is the size that we assign to our validation queue and outbound message queue for
-// gossipsub.
-const pubsubQueueSize = 600
-
 // maxDialTimeout is the timeout for a single peer dial.
 var maxDialTimeout = params.BeaconNetworkConfig().RespTimeout
 
@@ -98,6 +94,8 @@ func NewService(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) (*Service, error) {
 		subnetsLock:  make(map[uint64]*sync.RWMutex),
 	}
 
+	s.cfg = validateConfig(s.cfg)
+
 	dv5Nodes := parseBootStrapAddrs(s.cfg.BootstrapNodeAddr)
 
 	cfg.Discv5BootStrapAddr = dv5Nodes
diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/main.go b/cmd/beacon-chain/main.go
index 8c70cbd9cd..29826f7519 100644
--- a/cmd/beacon-chain/main.go
+++ b/cmd/beacon-chain/main.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ var appFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	cmd.P2PMetadata,
 	cmd.P2PAllowList,
 	cmd.P2PDenyList,
+	cmd.PubsubQueueSize,
 	cmd.DataDirFlag,
 	cmd.VerbosityFlag,
 	cmd.EnableTracingFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/usage.go b/cmd/beacon-chain/usage.go
index cad914bf37..ab7835af59 100644
--- a/cmd/beacon-chain/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/beacon-chain/usage.go
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ var appHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 			cmd.P2PMetadata,
 			cmd.P2PAllowList,
 			cmd.P2PDenyList,
+			cmd.PubsubQueueSize,
 			cmd.StaticPeers,
 			cmd.EnableUPnPFlag,
 			flags.MinSyncPeers,
diff --git a/cmd/flags.go b/cmd/flags.go
index b2729d2a77..081c937eec 100644
--- a/cmd/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/flags.go
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ var (
 			"192.168.0.0/16 would deny connections from peers on your local network only. The " +
 			"default is to accept all connections.",
 	}
+	PubsubQueueSize = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:  "pubsub-queue-size",
+		Usage: "The size of the pubsub validation and outbound queue for the node.",
+		Value: 600,
+	}
 	// ForceClearDB removes any previously stored data at the data directory.
 	ForceClearDB = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "force-clear-db",