diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
index 09264ca22..703fd5f3d 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package blockrelay
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/common"
 	peerpkg "github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/protocol/peer"
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/network/netadapter/router"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/util/mstime"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -109,6 +112,8 @@ func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) start() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		msTime := mstime.UnixMilliseconds(block.Header.TimeInMilliseconds())
+		time.Sleep(time.Until(msTime.ToNativeTime().Add(config.DelayDuration)))
 
 		log.Debugf("Processing block %s", inv.Hash)
 		missingParents, blockInsertionResult, err := flow.processBlock(block)
diff --git a/infrastructure/config/config.go b/infrastructure/config/config.go
index d130d34ca..a064119ba 100644
--- a/infrastructure/config/config.go
+++ b/infrastructure/config/config.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
+// DelayDuration a duration for the delay, global for testing
+var DelayDuration time.Duration
+
 const (
 	defaultConfigFilename      = "kaspad.conf"
 	defaultDataDirname         = "data"
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	UTXOIndex                       bool          `long:"utxoindex" description:"Enable the UTXO index"`
 	IsArchivalNode                  bool          `long:"archival" description:"Run as an archival node: don't delete old block data when moving the pruning point (Warning: heavy disk usage)'"`
 	EnableSanityCheckPruningUTXOSet bool          `long:"enable-sanity-check-pruning-utxo" hidden:"true" description:"When moving the pruning point - check that the utxo set matches the utxo commitment"`
+	Delay                           float32       `long:"delay" description:"Provide a delay in seconds as a floating point"`
 	NetworkFlags
 	ServiceOptions *ServiceOptions
 }
@@ -577,6 +581,8 @@ func LoadConfig() (*Config, error) {
 	if configFileError != nil {
 		log.Warnf("%s", configFileError)
 	}
+
+	DelayDuration = time.Duration(cfg.Delay * float32(time.Second))
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/network/netadapter/netadapter.go b/infrastructure/network/netadapter/netadapter.go
index a2111e52a..784f8b57b 100644
--- a/infrastructure/network/netadapter/netadapter.go
+++ b/infrastructure/network/netadapter/netadapter.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package netadapter
 import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/app/appmessage"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/infrastructure/config"
@@ -175,18 +176,20 @@ func (na *NetAdapter) ID() *id.ID {
 // P2PBroadcast sends the given `message` to every peer corresponding
 // to each NetConnection in the given netConnections
 func (na *NetAdapter) P2PBroadcast(netConnections []*NetConnection, message appmessage.Message) error {
-	na.p2pConnectionsLock.RLock()
-	defer na.p2pConnectionsLock.RUnlock()
-
-	for _, netConnection := range netConnections {
-		err := netConnection.router.OutgoingRoute().Enqueue(message)
-		if err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, routerpkg.ErrRouteClosed) {
-				log.Debugf("Cannot enqueue message to %s: router is closed", netConnection)
-				continue
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(config.DelayDuration)
+		na.p2pConnectionsLock.RLock()
+		defer na.p2pConnectionsLock.RUnlock()
+		for _, netConnection := range netConnections {
+			err := netConnection.router.OutgoingRoute().Enqueue(message)
+			if err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, routerpkg.ErrRouteClosed) {
+					log.Debugf("Cannot enqueue message to %s: router is closed", netConnection)
+					continue
+				}
+				log.Error(err)
 			}
-			return err
 		}
-	}
+	}()
 	return nil
 }