diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index f5fc94cebc..b26f43b376 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1854,10 +1854,16 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	if ctx.String(CryptoKZGFlag.Name) != "gokzg" && ctx.String(CryptoKZGFlag.Name) != "ckzg" {
 		Fatalf("--%s flag must be 'gokzg' or 'ckzg'", CryptoKZGFlag.Name)
 	}
-	log.Info("Initializing the KZG library", "backend", ctx.String(CryptoKZGFlag.Name))
-	if err := kzg4844.UseCKZG(ctx.String(CryptoKZGFlag.Name) == "ckzg"); err != nil {
-		Fatalf("Failed to set KZG library implementation to %s: %v", ctx.String(CryptoKZGFlag.Name), err)
-	}
+	// The initialization of the KZG library can take up to 2 seconds
+	// We start this here in parallel, so it should be available
+	// once we start executing blocks. It's threadsafe.
+	go func() {
+		log.Info("Initializing the KZG library", "backend", ctx.String(CryptoKZGFlag.Name))
+		if err := kzg4844.UseCKZG(ctx.String(CryptoKZGFlag.Name) == "ckzg"); err != nil {
+			Fatalf("Failed to set KZG library implementation to %s: %v", ctx.String(CryptoKZGFlag.Name), err)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	// VM tracing config.
 	if ctx.IsSet(VMTraceFlag.Name) {
 		if name := ctx.String(VMTraceFlag.Name); name != "" {