diff --git a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
index 9868142f53..1efea541be 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/chaincmd.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ if one is set.  Otherwise it prints the genesis from the datadir.`,
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBTokenFlag,
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBBucketFlag,
 			utils.MetricsInfluxDBOrganizationFlag,
+			utils.MetricsStateSizeFlag,
 			utils.TxLookupLimitFlag,
 			utils.VMTraceFlag,
 			utils.VMTraceJsonConfigFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 8aa7f023bc..e8e16f869f 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -2220,6 +2220,9 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) (*core.BlockCh
 		// - DATADIR/triedb/merkle.journal
 		// - DATADIR/triedb/verkle.journal
 		TrieJournalDirectory: stack.ResolvePath("triedb"),
+
+		// Enable state size tracking if metrics and state size metrics are both enabled
+		EnableStateSizeTracking: ctx.Bool(MetricsEnabledFlag.Name) && ctx.Bool(MetricsStateSizeFlag.Name),
 	}
 	if options.ArchiveMode && !options.Preimages {
 		options.Preimages = true