diff --git a/bin/reth/src/cli/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/cli/mod.rs
index ea2624f2ef..d63ed72636 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -301,4 +301,13 @@ mod tests {
         let log_dir = reth.logs.log_directory;
         assert!(log_dir.as_ref().ends_with("reth/logs/sepolia"), "{:?}", log_dir);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn override_trusted_setup_file() {
+        // We already have a test that asserts that this has been initialized,
+        // so we cheat a little bit and check that loading a random file errors.
+        let reth = Cli::<()>::try_parse_from(["reth", "node", "--trusted-setup-file", "README.md"])
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(reth.run().is_err());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
index bfdd6a711c..36d9c01fd1 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ use reth_interfaces::{
 use reth_network::{error::NetworkError, NetworkConfig, NetworkHandle, NetworkManager};
 use reth_network_api::NetworkInfo;
 use reth_primitives::{
-    stage::StageId, BlockHashOrNumber, BlockNumber, ChainSpec, DisplayHardforks, Head,
-    SealedHeader, H256,
+    constants::eip4844::{LoadKzgSettingsError, MAINNET_KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP},
+    kzg::KzgSettings,
+    stage::StageId,
+    BlockHashOrNumber, BlockNumber, ChainSpec, DisplayHardforks, Head, SealedHeader, H256,
 };
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::BlockchainProvider, BlockHashReader, BlockReader, CanonStateSubscriptions,
@@ -122,6 +124,10 @@ pub struct NodeCommand<Ext: RethCliExt = ()> {
     #[arg(long, value_name = "SOCKET", value_parser = parse_socket_address, help_heading = "Metrics")]
     pub metrics: Option<SocketAddr>,
 
+    /// Overrides the KZG trusted setup by reading from the supplied file.
+    #[arg(long, value_name = "PATH")]
+    trusted_setup_file: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     /// All networking related arguments
     #[clap(flatten)]
     pub network: NetworkArgs,
@@ -167,6 +173,7 @@ impl<Ext: RethCliExt> NodeCommand<Ext> {
             config,
             chain,
             metrics,
+            trusted_setup_file,
             network,
             rpc,
             txpool,
@@ -182,6 +189,7 @@ impl<Ext: RethCliExt> NodeCommand<Ext> {
             config,
             chain,
             metrics,
+            trusted_setup_file,
             network,
             rpc,
             txpool,
@@ -262,19 +270,14 @@ impl<Ext: RethCliExt> NodeCommand<Ext> {
         // setup the blockchain provider
         let factory = ProviderFactory::new(Arc::clone(&db), Arc::clone(&self.chain));
         let blockchain_db = BlockchainProvider::new(factory, blockchain_tree.clone())?;
-
         let blob_store = InMemoryBlobStore::default();
-        let transaction_pool = reth_transaction_pool::Pool::eth_pool(
-            TransactionValidationTaskExecutor::eth_with_additional_tasks(
-                blockchain_db.clone(),
-                Arc::clone(&self.chain),
-                blob_store.clone(),
-                ctx.task_executor.clone(),
-                1,
-            ),
-            blob_store,
-            self.txpool.pool_config(),
-        );
+        let validator = TransactionValidationTaskExecutor::eth_builder(Arc::clone(&self.chain))
+            .kzg_settings(self.kzg_settings()?)
+            .with_additional_tasks(1)
+            .build_with_tasks(blockchain_db.clone(), ctx.task_executor.clone(), blob_store.clone());
+
+        let transaction_pool =
+            reth_transaction_pool::Pool::eth_pool(validator, blob_store, self.txpool.pool_config());
         info!(target: "reth::cli", "Transaction pool initialized");
 
         // spawn txpool maintenance task
@@ -566,6 +569,18 @@ impl<Ext: RethCliExt> NodeCommand<Ext> {
             .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Could not load config file {:?}", config_path))
     }
 
+    /// Loads the trusted setup params from a given file path or falls back to
+    /// `MAINNET_KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP`.
+    fn kzg_settings(&self) -> eyre::Result<Arc<KzgSettings>> {
+        if let Some(ref trusted_setup_file) = self.trusted_setup_file {
+            let trusted_setup = KzgSettings::load_trusted_setup_file(trusted_setup_file.into())
+                .map_err(LoadKzgSettingsError::KzgError)?;
+            Ok(Arc::new(trusted_setup))
+        } else {
+            Ok(Arc::clone(&MAINNET_KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP))
+        }
+    }
+
     fn init_trusted_nodes(&self, config: &mut Config) {
         config.peers.connect_trusted_nodes_only = self.network.trusted_only;
 
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/constants/eip4844.rs b/crates/primitives/src/constants/eip4844.rs
index 69f6cbce76..2cde1da775 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/constants/eip4844.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/constants/eip4844.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub const VERSIONED_HASH_VERSION_KZG: u8 = 0x01;
 const TRUSTED_SETUP_RAW: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../res/eip4844/trusted_setup.txt");
 
 /// KZG trusted setup
-pub static KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP: Lazy<Arc<KzgSettings>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+pub static MAINNET_KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP: Lazy<Arc<KzgSettings>> = Lazy::new(|| {
     Arc::new(
         load_trusted_setup_from_bytes(TRUSTED_SETUP_RAW).expect("Failed to load trusted setup"),
     )
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn ensure_load_kzg_settings() {
-        let _settings = Arc::clone(&KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP);
+        let _settings = Arc::clone(&MAINNET_KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP);
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/transaction-pool/src/validate/eth.rs b/crates/transaction-pool/src/validate/eth.rs
index 785fd0f602..223149b073 100644
--- a/crates/transaction-pool/src/validate/eth.rs
+++ b/crates/transaction-pool/src/validate/eth.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
     TransactionValidationTaskExecutor, TransactionValidator,
 };
 use reth_primitives::{
-    constants::{eip4844::KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP, ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT},
+    constants::{eip4844::MAINNET_KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP, ETHEREUM_BLOCK_GAS_LIMIT},
     kzg::KzgSettings,
     ChainSpec, InvalidTransactionError, SealedBlock, EIP1559_TX_TYPE_ID, EIP2930_TX_TYPE_ID,
     EIP4844_TX_TYPE_ID, LEGACY_TX_TYPE_ID,
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ impl EthTransactionValidatorBuilder {
             additional_tasks: 1,
             // default to true, can potentially take this as a param in the future
             propagate_local_transactions: true,
-            kzg_settings: Arc::clone(&KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP),
+            kzg_settings: Arc::clone(&MAINNET_KZG_TRUSTED_SETUP),
 
             // by default all transaction types are allowed
             eip2718: true,