diff --git a/cmd/blsync/main.go b/cmd/blsync/main.go
index 39a9407304..1aa5c49e02 100644
--- a/cmd/blsync/main.go
+++ b/cmd/blsync/main.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func main() {
 		utils.HoodiFlag,
 		utils.BlsyncApiFlag,
 		utils.BlsyncJWTSecretFlag,
+		utils.DeleteAllBadBlocksFlag,
 	},
 		debug.Flags,
 	)
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 5a7e40767c..d56db73da5 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -669,6 +669,11 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	// MISC settings
+	DeleteAllBadBlocksFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "delete-all-bad-blocks",
+		Usage:    "Delete all bad blocks in the database",
+		Category: flags.MiscCategory,
+	}
 	SyncTargetFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:      "synctarget",
 		Usage:     `Hash of the block to full sync to (dev testing feature)`,
@@ -1606,7 +1611,9 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 	// Avoid conflicting network flags, don't allow network id override on preset networks
 	flags.CheckExclusive(ctx, MainnetFlag, DeveloperFlag, SepoliaFlag, HoleskyFlag, HoodiFlag, NetworkIdFlag, OverrideGenesisFlag)
 	flags.CheckExclusive(ctx, DeveloperFlag, ExternalSignerFlag) // Can't use both ephemeral unlocked and external signer
-
+	if ctx.Bool(DeleteAllBadBlocksFlag.Name) {
+		cfg.DeleteAllBadBlocks = true
+	}
 	// Set configurations from CLI flags
 	setEtherbase(ctx, cfg)
 	setGPO(ctx, &cfg.GPO)
diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
index 6ae64fb2fd..ee66d2ecf6 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain.go
@@ -827,6 +827,13 @@ func WriteBadBlock(db ethdb.KeyValueStore, block *types.Block) {
 	}
 }
 
+// DeleteBadBlocks deletes all the bad blocks from the database
+func DeleteBadBlocks(db ethdb.KeyValueWriter) {
+	if err := db.Delete(badBlockKey); err != nil {
+		log.Crit("Failed to delete bad blocks", "err", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // ReadHeadHeader returns the current canonical head header.
 func ReadHeadHeader(db ethdb.Reader) *types.Header {
 	headHeaderHash := ReadHeadHeaderHash(db)
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 8509561822..f01b4bf891 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -220,6 +220,20 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 			rawdb.WriteDatabaseVersion(chainDb, core.BlockChainVersion)
 		}
 	}
+	badBlocks := rawdb.ReadAllBadBlocks(chainDb)
+	log.Info("Bad blocks in db", "count", len(badBlocks))
+	for i, block := range badBlocks {
+		log.Info("Bad block in db", "i", i, "number", block.Number(), "hash", block.Hash().Hex())
+	}
+	if config.DeleteAllBadBlocks {
+		if len(badBlocks) == 0 {
+			log.Warn("No bad blocks in db to delete")
+		} else {
+			rawdb.DeleteBadBlocks(chainDb)
+			log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Deleted %d bad blocks in db", len(badBlocks)))
+		}
+	}
+
 	var (
 		options = &core.BlockChainConfig{
 			TrieCleanLimit:   config.TrieCleanCache,
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index c4a0956b3b..c6d1b4b892 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Database options
 	SkipBcVersionCheck bool `toml:"-"`
+	DeleteAllBadBlocks bool `toml:"-"`
 	DatabaseHandles    int  `toml:"-"`
 	DatabaseCache      int
 	DatabaseFreezer    string