diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/genesis/BUILD.bazel b/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/genesis/BUILD.bazel
index d653e9d322..ac8ff13657 100644
--- a/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/genesis/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/genesis/BUILD.bazel
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ go_library(
     deps = [
         "//beacon-chain/node:go_default_library",
         "//beacon-chain/sync/genesis:go_default_library",
+        "//cmd/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_pkg_errors//:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_urfave_cli_v2//:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/genesis/options.go b/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/genesis/options.go
index 46ebd0d64c..6f3acd698f 100644
--- a/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/genesis/options.go
+++ b/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/genesis/options.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v4/beacon-chain/node"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v4/beacon-chain/sync/genesis"
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v4/cmd/beacon-chain/sync/checkpoint"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ var (
 func BeaconNodeOptions(c *cli.Context) (node.Option, error) {
 	statePath := c.Path(StatePath.Name)
 	remoteURL := c.String(BeaconAPIURL.Name)
+	if remoteURL == "" && c.String(checkpoint.RemoteURL.Name) != "" {
+		log.Infof("using checkpoint sync url %s for value in --%s flag", c.String(checkpoint.RemoteURL.Name), BeaconAPIURL.Name)
+		remoteURL = c.String(checkpoint.RemoteURL.Name)
+	}
 	if remoteURL != "" {
 		return func(node *node.BeaconNode) error {
 			var err error