diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index a8ddfa39c..ab3bf592a 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1575,3 +1575,10 @@ go_repository(
     commit = "e180dbdc8da04c4fa04272e875ce64949f38bd3e",
     importpath = "github.com/shibukawa/configdir",
 )
+
+go_repository(
+    name = "com_github_libp2p_go_libp2p_noise",
+    importpath = "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-noise",
+    sum = "h1:J1gHJRNFEk7NdiaPQQqAvxEy+7hhCsVv3uzduWybmqY=",
+    version = "v0.0.0-20200302201340-8c54356e12c9",
+)
diff --git a/beacon-chain/p2p/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/p2p/BUILD.bazel
index 5d521cd64..b095a4277 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/p2p/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/p2p/BUILD.bazel
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ go_library(
         "//beacon-chain/p2p/peers:go_default_library",
         "//proto/beacon/p2p/v1:go_default_library",
         "//shared:go_default_library",
+        "//shared/featureconfig:go_default_library",
         "//shared/hashutil:go_default_library",
         "//shared/iputils:go_default_library",
         "//shared/runutil:go_default_library",
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ go_library(
         "@com_github_libp2p_go_libp2p_host//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_libp2p_go_libp2p_kad_dht//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_libp2p_go_libp2p_kad_dht//opts:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_libp2p_go_libp2p_noise//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_libp2p_go_libp2p_peerstore//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_libp2p_go_libp2p_pubsub//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_libp2p_go_libp2p_pubsub//pb:go_default_library",
diff --git a/beacon-chain/p2p/options.go b/beacon-chain/p2p/options.go
index 03c664b8d..019a20422 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/p2p/options.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/p2p/options.go
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p"
+	noise "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-noise"
 	filter "github.com/libp2p/go-maddr-filter"
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain/p2p/connmgr"
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/featureconfig"
 )
 
 // buildOptions for the libp2p host.
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ func buildOptions(cfg *Config, ip net.IP, priKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey) []libp2p.Opt
 		// water mark and continually trigger pruning.
 		libp2p.ConnectionManager(connmgr.NewConnManager(int(cfg.MaxPeers+2), int(cfg.MaxPeers+2), 1*time.Second)),
 	}
+	if featureconfig.Get().EnableNoise {
+		// Enable NOISE for the beacon node
+		options = append(options, libp2p.Security(noise.ID, noise.New))
+	}
 	if cfg.EnableUPnP {
 		options = append(options, libp2p.NATPortMap()) //Allow to use UPnP
 	}
diff --git a/shared/featureconfig/config.go b/shared/featureconfig/config.go
index 0c5d38c51..c9aee4492 100644
--- a/shared/featureconfig/config.go
+++ b/shared/featureconfig/config.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	EnableDomainDataCache                      bool   // EnableDomainDataCache caches validator calls to DomainData per epoch.
 	EnableStateGenSigVerify                    bool   // EnableStateGenSigVerify verifies proposer and randao signatures during state gen.
 	CheckHeadState                             bool   // CheckHeadState checks the current headstate before retrieving the desired state from the db.
-
+	EnableNoise                                bool   // EnableNoise enables the beacon node to use NOISE instead of SECIO when performing a handshake with another peer.
 	// DisableForkChoice disables using LMD-GHOST fork choice to update
 	// the head of the chain based on attestations and instead accepts any valid received block
 	// as the chain head. UNSAFE, use with caution.
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ func ConfigureBeaconChain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		log.Warn("Enabling check head state for chainservice")
 		cfg.CheckHeadState = true
 	}
+	if ctx.GlobalBool(enableNoiseHandshake.Name) {
+		log.Warn("Enabling noise handshake for peer")
+		cfg.EnableNoise = true
+	}
 	Init(cfg)
 }
 
diff --git a/shared/featureconfig/flags.go b/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
index 769ff9f8c..c7c19300f 100644
--- a/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
+++ b/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ var (
 		Name:  "check-head-state",
 		Usage: "Enables the checking of head state in chainservice first before retrieving the desired state from the db.",
 	}
+	enableNoiseHandshake = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name: "enable-noise",
+		Usage: "This enables the beacon node to use NOISE instead of SECIO for performing handshakes between peers and " +
+			"securing transports between peers",
+	}
 )
 
 // Deprecated flags list.
@@ -279,6 +284,7 @@ var BeaconChainFlags = append(deprecatedFlags, []cli.Flag{
 	enableByteMempool,
 	enableStateGenSigVerify,
 	checkHeadState,
+	enableNoiseHandshake,
 }...)
 
 // E2EBeaconChainFlags contains a list of the beacon chain feature flags to be tested in E2E.