diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/genesis/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/state/genesis/BUILD.bazel
index 41948e5b6..0a64ec6a1 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/genesis/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/genesis/BUILD.bazel
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ go_library(
     srcs = [
         "genesis.go",
         "genesis_mainnet.go",
+        "genesis_pulsechain.go",
+    ],
+    embedsrcs = [
+        "mainnet.ssz.snappy",
+        "pulsechain.ssz.snappy",
     ],
-    embedsrcs = ["mainnet.ssz.snappy"],
     importpath = "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/beacon-chain/state/genesis",
     visibility = ["//beacon-chain/db:__subpackages__"],
     deps = [
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/genesis/genesis_pulsechain.go b/beacon-chain/state/genesis/genesis_pulsechain.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15ab14069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/genesis/genesis_pulsechain.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build !noMainnetGenesis
+// +build !noMainnetGenesis
+
+package genesis
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/config/params"
+)
+
+var (
+	//go:embed pulsechain.ssz.snappy
+	pulseChainRawSSZCompressed []byte // 466Kb
+)
+
+func init() {
+	embeddedStates[params.PulseChainName] = &pulseChainRawSSZCompressed
+}
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/genesis/pulsechain.ssz.snappy b/beacon-chain/state/genesis/pulsechain.ssz.snappy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1b25b8d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/beacon-chain/state/genesis/pulsechain.ssz.snappy differ