diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index 804eccd0cb..90313efd77 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flags.FlagGroup{
 			utils.WhitelistFlag,
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Name: "NOTRACE CLIENT",
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			utils.TraceCacheLimit,
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		Name: "LIGHT CLIENT",
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 8ebe731638..3a893f571f 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ var (
 		Name:  "override.arrowglacier",
 		Usage: "Manually specify Arrow Glacier fork-block, overriding the bundled setting",
 	}
+	// NoTrace settings
+	TraceCacheLimit = cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:  "trace.limit",
+		Usage: "Handle the latest several blockResults",
+		Value: ethconfig.Defaults.TraceCacheLimit,
+	}
 	// Light server and client settings
 	LightServeFlag = cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:  "light.serve",
@@ -1094,6 +1100,13 @@ func MakeAddress(ks *keystore.KeyStore, account string) (accounts.Account, error
 	return accs[index], nil
 }
 
+func setTrace(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
+	// NoTrace flag
+	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(TraceCacheLimit.Name) {
+		cfg.TraceCacheLimit = ctx.GlobalInt(TraceCacheLimit.Name)
+	}
+}
+
 // setEtherbase retrieves the etherbase either from the directly specified
 // command line flags or from the keystore if CLI indexed.
 func setEtherbase(ctx *cli.Context, ks *keystore.KeyStore, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
@@ -1485,6 +1498,7 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	if keystores := stack.AccountManager().Backends(keystore.KeyStoreType); len(keystores) > 0 {
 		ks = keystores[0].(*keystore.KeyStore)
 	}
+	setTrace(ctx, cfg)
 	setEtherbase(ctx, ks, cfg)
 	setGPO(ctx, &cfg.GPO, ctx.GlobalString(SyncModeFlag.Name) == "light")
 	setTxPool(ctx, &cfg.TxPool)
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 61d6f417f7..9068a43248 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ type CacheConfig struct {
 	TrieTimeLimit       time.Duration // Time limit after which to flush the current in-memory trie to disk
 	SnapshotLimit       int           // Memory allowance (MB) to use for caching snapshot entries in memory
 	Preimages           bool          // Whether to store preimage of trie key to the disk
+	TraceCacheLimit     int
 
 	SnapshotWait bool // Wait for snapshot construction on startup. TODO(karalabe): This is a dirty hack for testing, nuke it
 }
@@ -140,11 +141,12 @@ type CacheConfig struct {
 // defaultCacheConfig are the default caching values if none are specified by the
 // user (also used during testing).
 var defaultCacheConfig = &CacheConfig{
-	TrieCleanLimit: 256,
-	TrieDirtyLimit: 256,
-	TrieTimeLimit:  5 * time.Minute,
-	SnapshotLimit:  256,
-	SnapshotWait:   true,
+	TrieCleanLimit:  256,
+	TrieDirtyLimit:  256,
+	TrieTimeLimit:   5 * time.Minute,
+	SnapshotLimit:   256,
+	SnapshotWait:    true,
+	TraceCacheLimit: 32,
 }
 
 // BlockChain represents the canonical chain given a database with a genesis
@@ -231,6 +233,9 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, chainConfig *par
 	txLookupCache, _ := lru.New(txLookupCacheLimit)
 	futureBlocks, _ := lru.New(maxFutureBlocks)
 	blockResultCache, _ := lru.New(blockResultCacheLimit)
+	if cacheConfig.TraceCacheLimit != 0 {
+		blockResultCache, _ = lru.New(cacheConfig.TraceCacheLimit)
+	}
 
 	bc := &BlockChain{
 		chainConfig: chainConfig,
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 4e3ae461a7..ab5e65541b 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 			TrieTimeLimit:       config.TrieTimeout,
 			SnapshotLimit:       config.SnapshotCache,
 			Preimages:           config.Preimages,
+			TraceCacheLimit:     config.TraceCacheLimit,
 		}
 	)
 	eth.blockchain, err = core.NewBlockChain(chainDb, cacheConfig, chainConfig, eth.engine, vmConfig, eth.shouldPreserve, &config.TxLookupLimit)
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index b315843752..ce0e453611 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -87,11 +87,12 @@ var Defaults = Config{
 		GasPrice: big.NewInt(params.GWei),
 		Recommit: 3 * time.Second,
 	},
-	TxPool:        core.DefaultTxPoolConfig,
-	RPCGasCap:     50000000,
-	RPCEVMTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
-	GPO:           FullNodeGPO,
-	RPCTxFeeCap:   1, // 1 ether
+	TxPool:          core.DefaultTxPoolConfig,
+	RPCGasCap:       50000000,
+	RPCEVMTimeout:   5 * time.Second,
+	GPO:             FullNodeGPO,
+	RPCTxFeeCap:     1, // 1 ether
+	TraceCacheLimit: 32,
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -204,6 +205,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Arrow Glacier block override (TODO: remove after the fork)
 	OverrideArrowGlacier *big.Int `toml:",omitempty"`
+
+	// Trace option
+	TraceCacheLimit int
 }
 
 // CreateConsensusEngine creates a consensus engine for the given chain configuration.