diff --git a/beacon-chain/sync/initial-sync/round_robin.go b/beacon-chain/sync/initial-sync/round_robin.go
index 9622bd93a..f10a134c3 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/sync/initial-sync/round_robin.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/sync/initial-sync/round_robin.go
@@ -161,15 +161,17 @@ func (s *Service) logSyncStatus(genesis time.Time, blk *eth.BeaconBlock, blkRoot
 	if rate == 0 {
 		rate = 1
 	}
-	timeRemaining := time.Duration(float64(helpers.SlotsSince(genesis)-blk.Slot)/rate) * time.Second
-	log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-		"peers":           len(s.p2p.Peers().Connected()),
-		"blocksPerSecond": fmt.Sprintf("%.1f", rate),
-	}).Infof(
-		"Processing block %s %d/%d - estimated time remaining %s",
-		fmt.Sprintf("0x%s...", hex.EncodeToString(blkRoot[:])[:8]),
-		blk.Slot, helpers.SlotsSince(genesis), timeRemaining,
-	)
+	if featureconfig.Get().InitSyncVerbose || helpers.IsEpochStart(blk.Slot) {
+		timeRemaining := time.Duration(float64(helpers.SlotsSince(genesis)-blk.Slot)/rate) * time.Second
+		log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+			"peers":           len(s.p2p.Peers().Connected()),
+			"blocksPerSecond": fmt.Sprintf("%.1f", rate),
+		}).Infof(
+			"Processing block %s %d/%d - estimated time remaining %s",
+			fmt.Sprintf("0x%s...", hex.EncodeToString(blkRoot[:])[:8]),
+			blk.Slot, helpers.SlotsSince(genesis), timeRemaining,
+		)
+	}
 }
 
 // logBatchSyncStatus and increments the block processing counter.
diff --git a/shared/featureconfig/config.go b/shared/featureconfig/config.go
index ad0a669d8..b1756fcbc 100644
--- a/shared/featureconfig/config.go
+++ b/shared/featureconfig/config.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	WaitForSynced                              bool // WaitForSynced uses WaitForSynced in validator startup to ensure it can communicate with the beacon node as soon as possible.
 	ReduceAttesterStateCopy                    bool // ReduceAttesterStateCopy reduces head state copies for attester rpc.
 	BatchBlockVerify                           bool // BatchBlockVerify performs batched verification of block batches that we receive when syncing.
+	InitSyncVerbose                            bool // InitSyncVerbose logs every processed block during initial syncing.
 	// 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.
@@ -225,6 +226,10 @@ func ConfigureBeaconChain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		log.Warn("Performing batch block verification when syncing.")
 		cfg.BatchBlockVerify = true
 	}
+	if ctx.Bool(initSyncVerbose.Name) {
+		log.Warn("Logging every processed block during initial syncing.")
+		cfg.InitSyncVerbose = true
+	}
 	Init(cfg)
 }
 
diff --git a/shared/featureconfig/flags.go b/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
index cc12bb65d..a816e11c5 100644
--- a/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
+++ b/shared/featureconfig/flags.go
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ var (
 		Name:  "batch-block-verify",
 		Usage: "When enabled we will perform full signature verification of blocks in batches instead of singularly.",
 	}
+	initSyncVerbose = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "init-sync-verbose",
+		Usage: "Enable logging every processed block during initial syncing. ",
+	}
 )
 
 // devModeFlags holds list of flags that are set when development mode is on.
@@ -601,6 +605,7 @@ var BeaconChainFlags = append(deprecatedFlags, []cli.Flag{
 	forceMaxCoverAttestationAggregation,
 	altonaTestnet,
 	batchBlockVerify,
+	initSyncVerbose,
 }...)
 
 // E2EBeaconChainFlags contains a list of the beacon chain feature flags to be tested in E2E.