diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/options.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/options.ts
index 93947f105c94..b487b6b43105 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/options.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/options.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export type IChainOptions = BlockProcessOpts &
     /** Option to load a custom kzg trusted setup in txt format */
     trustedSetup?: string;
     broadcastValidationStrictness?: string;
+    minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch: number;
   };
 
 export type BlockProcessOpts = {
@@ -83,4 +84,8 @@ export const defaultChainOptions: IChainOptions = {
   // for attestation validation, having this value ensures we don't have to regen states most of the time
   maxSkipSlots: 32,
   broadcastValidationStrictness: "warn",
+  // should be less than or equal to MIN_SIGNATURE_SETS_TO_BATCH_VERIFY
+  // batching too much may block the I/O thread
+  // this value is conservative, can decrease it if useWorker = true
+  minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch: 32,
 };
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/validation/attestation.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/validation/attestation.ts
index 290391cf2fa4..94b985e835a2 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/validation/attestation.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/chain/validation/attestation.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export async function validateGossipAttestationsSameAttData(
   }
 
   let signatureValids: boolean[];
-  const batchableBls = signatureSets.length >= MIN_SIGNATURE_SETS_TO_BATCH_VERIFY;
+  const batchableBls = signatureSets.length >= chain.opts.minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch;
   if (batchableBls) {
     // all signature sets should have same signing root since we filtered in network processor
     signatureValids = await chain.bls.verifySignatureSetsSameMessage(
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/gossipQueues/index.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/gossipQueues/index.ts
index a028981a630c..7dc7931d2639 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/gossipQueues/index.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/gossipQueues/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const MAX_GOSSIP_ATTESTATION_BATCH_SIZE = 128;
 /**
  * Batching signatures have the cost of signature aggregation which blocks the main thread.
  * We should only batch verify when there are at least 32 signatures.
- * TODO: make this configurable
  */
 export const MIN_SIGNATURE_SETS_TO_BATCH_VERIFY = 32;
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/options/beaconNodeOptions/chain.ts b/packages/cli/src/options/beaconNodeOptions/chain.ts
index 9c7e1edc49c6..359b77740b00 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/options/beaconNodeOptions/chain.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/options/beaconNodeOptions/chain.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export type ChainArgs = {
   "chain.archiveStateEpochFrequency": number;
   emitPayloadAttributes?: boolean;
   broadcastValidationStrictness?: string;
+  "chain.minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch"?: number;
 };
 
 export function parseArgs(args: ChainArgs): IBeaconNodeOptions["chain"] {
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ export function parseArgs(args: ChainArgs): IBeaconNodeOptions["chain"] {
     archiveStateEpochFrequency: args["chain.archiveStateEpochFrequency"],
     emitPayloadAttributes: args["emitPayloadAttributes"],
     broadcastValidationStrictness: args["broadcastValidationStrictness"],
+    minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch:
+      args["chain.minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch"] ?? defaultOptions.chain.minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch,
   };
 }
 
@@ -182,4 +185,12 @@ Will double processing times. Use only for debugging purposes.",
     type: "string",
     default: "warn",
   },
+
+  "chain.minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch": {
+    hidden: true,
+    description: "Minimum number of same message signature sets to batch",
+    type: "number",
+    default: defaultOptions.chain.minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch,
+    group: "chain",
+  },
 };
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/options/beaconNodeOptions.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/unit/options/beaconNodeOptions.test.ts
index 31f11cf4a79d..94f5bf5a2e9a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/unit/options/beaconNodeOptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/options/beaconNodeOptions.test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ describe("options / beaconNodeOptions", () => {
       "safe-slots-to-import-optimistically": 256,
       "chain.archiveStateEpochFrequency": 1024,
       "chain.trustedSetup": "",
+      "chain.minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch": 32,
       emitPayloadAttributes: false,
 
       eth1: true,
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ describe("options / beaconNodeOptions", () => {
         archiveStateEpochFrequency: 1024,
         emitPayloadAttributes: false,
         trustedSetup: "",
+        minSameMessageSignatureSetsToBatch: 32,
       },
       eth1: {
         enabled: true,