diff --git a/beacon-chain/p2p/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/p2p/BUILD.bazel
index 9b00505bd..6ed282db9 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/p2p/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/p2p/BUILD.bazel
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ go_library(
         "//beacon-chain/p2p/types:go_default_library",
         "//beacon-chain/startup:go_default_library",
         "//cmd/beacon-chain/flags:go_default_library",
+        "//config/features:go_default_library",
         "//config/params:go_default_library",
         "//consensus-types/primitives:go_default_library",
         "//consensus-types/wrapper:go_default_library",
diff --git a/beacon-chain/p2p/options.go b/beacon-chain/p2p/options.go
index 8301f5c34..031017a08 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/p2p/options.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/p2p/options.go
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"net"
 
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/network"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/muxer/mplex"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/security/noise"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/transport/tcp"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v4/config/features"
 	ecdsaprysm "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v4/crypto/ecdsa"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v4/runtime/version"
 )
@@ -99,6 +101,9 @@ func (s *Service) buildOptions(ip net.IP, priKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey) []libp2p.Opt
 	}
 	// Disable Ping Service.
 	options = append(options, libp2p.Ping(false))
+	if features.Get().DisableResourceManager {
+		options = append(options, libp2p.ResourceManager(&network.NullResourceManager{}))
+	}
 	return options
 }
 
diff --git a/config/features/config.go b/config/features/config.go
index 166de6f85..ee8489047 100644
--- a/config/features/config.go
+++ b/config/features/config.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	SaveFullExecutionPayloads bool // Save full beacon blocks with execution payloads in the database.
 	EnableStartOptimistic     bool // EnableStartOptimistic treats every block as optimistic at startup.
 
+	DisableResourceManager     bool // Disables running the node with libp2p's resource manager.
 	DisableStakinContractCheck bool // Disables check for deposit contract when proposing blocks
 
 	EnableVerboseSigVerification bool // EnableVerboseSigVerification specifies whether to verify individual signature if batch verification fails
@@ -222,6 +223,10 @@ func ConfigureBeaconChain(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		logEnabled(disableBuildBlockParallel)
 		cfg.BuildBlockParallel = false
 	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(disableResourceManager.Name) {
+		logEnabled(disableResourceManager)
+		cfg.DisableResourceManager = true
+	}
 	cfg.AggregateIntervals = [3]time.Duration{aggregateFirstInterval.Value, aggregateSecondInterval.Value, aggregateThirdInterval.Value}
 	Init(cfg)
 	return nil
diff --git a/config/features/flags.go b/config/features/flags.go
index cb0aacd1a..b7f09b387 100644
--- a/config/features/flags.go
+++ b/config/features/flags.go
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ var (
 		Name:  "disable-build-block-parallel",
 		Usage: "Disables building a beacon block in parallel for consensus and execution",
 	}
+	disableResourceManager = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "disable-resource-manager",
+		Usage: "Disables running the libp2p resource manager",
+	}
 )
 
 // devModeFlags holds list of flags that are set when development mode is on.
@@ -190,6 +194,7 @@ var BeaconChainFlags = append(deprecatedBeaconFlags, append(deprecatedFlags, []c
 	aggregateFirstInterval,
 	aggregateSecondInterval,
 	aggregateThirdInterval,
+	disableResourceManager,
 }...)...)
 
 // E2EBeaconChainFlags contains a list of the beacon chain feature flags to be tested in E2E.