diff --git a/eth2/state_processing/benches/bench_block_processing.rs b/eth2/state_processing/benches/bench_block_processing.rs
index 031942473..128b1051b 100644
--- a/eth2/state_processing/benches/bench_block_processing.rs
+++ b/eth2/state_processing/benches/bench_block_processing.rs
@@ -426,6 +426,23 @@ fn bench_block_processing(
         .sample_size(10),
     );
 
+    let mut state = initial_state.clone();
+    state.drop_pubkey_cache();
+    c.bench(
+        &format!("{}/block_processing", desc),
+        Benchmark::new("build_pubkey_cache", move |b| {
+            b.iter_batched(
+                || state.clone(),
+                |mut state| {
+                    state.update_pubkey_cache().unwrap();
+                    state
+                },
+                criterion::BatchSize::SmallInput,
+            )
+        })
+        .sample_size(10),
+    );
+
     let block = initial_block.clone();
     c.bench(
         &format!("{}/block_processing", desc),
diff --git a/eth2/types/src/beacon_state.rs b/eth2/types/src/beacon_state.rs
index fc410fe64..a1dd8983c 100644
--- a/eth2/types/src/beacon_state.rs
+++ b/eth2/types/src/beacon_state.rs
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ impl BeaconState {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Completely drops the `pubkey_cache`, replacing it with a new, empty cache.
+    pub fn drop_pubkey_cache(&mut self) {
+        self.pubkey_cache = PubkeyCache::empty()
+    }
+
     /// If a validator pubkey exists in the validator registry, returns `Some(i)`, otherwise
     /// returns `None`.
     ///