diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index 46416dee49..4739bd21dd 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/debug"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/era"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -105,7 +107,11 @@ if one is set.  Otherwise it prints the genesis from the datadir.`,
 			utils.LogNoHistoryFlag,
 			utils.LogExportCheckpointsFlag,
 			utils.StateHistoryFlag,
-		}, utils.DatabaseFlags),
+		}, utils.DatabaseFlags, debug.Flags),
+		Before: func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+			flags.MigrateGlobalFlags(ctx)
+			return debug.Setup(ctx)
+		},
 		Description: `
 The import command allows the import of blocks from an RLP-encoded format. This format can be a single file
 containing multiple RLP-encoded blocks, or multiple files can be given.