diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/config.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/config.rs
index 6c5523de454..d2fc7a8abd2 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/config.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/config.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub discovery_enabled: bool,
     /// Whether metrics are enabled.
     pub metrics_enabled: bool,
+    /// Whether quic is enabled.
+    pub quic_enabled: bool,
     /// Target number of peers to connect to.
     pub target_peer_count: usize,
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
         Config {
             discovery_enabled: true,
             metrics_enabled: false,
+            quic_enabled: true,
             target_peer_count: DEFAULT_TARGET_PEERS,
             status_interval: DEFAULT_STATUS_INTERVAL,
             ping_interval_inbound: DEFAULT_PING_INTERVAL_INBOUND,
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/mod.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/mod.rs
index 4316c0d07e1..e4976a0d374 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/mod.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ pub struct PeerManager<TSpec: EthSpec> {
     discovery_enabled: bool,
     /// Keeps track if the current instance is reporting metrics or not.
     metrics_enabled: bool,
+    /// Keeps track of whether the QUIC protocol is enabled or not.
+    quic_enabled: bool,
     /// The logger associated with the `PeerManager`.
     log: slog::Logger,
 }
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> PeerManager<TSpec> {
             status_interval,
             ping_interval_inbound,
             ping_interval_outbound,
+            quic_enabled,
         } = cfg;
 
         // Set up the peer manager heartbeat interval
@@ -167,6 +170,7 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> PeerManager<TSpec> {
             heartbeat,
             discovery_enabled,
             metrics_enabled,
+            quic_enabled,
             log: log.clone(),
         })
     }
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/network_behaviour.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/network_behaviour.rs
index da205d169ac..cb60906f632 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/network_behaviour.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/peer_manager/network_behaviour.rs
@@ -96,10 +96,16 @@ impl<TSpec: EthSpec> NetworkBehaviour for PeerManager<TSpec> {
         if let Some(enr) = self.peers_to_dial.pop() {
             let peer_id = enr.peer_id();
             self.inject_peer_connection(&peer_id, ConnectingType::Dialing, Some(enr.clone()));
-            let quic_multiaddrs = enr.multiaddr_quic();
-            if !quic_multiaddrs.is_empty() {
-                debug!(self.log, "Dialing QUIC supported peer"; "peer_id"=> %peer_id, "quic_multiaddrs" => ?quic_multiaddrs);
-            }
+
+            let quic_multiaddrs = if self.quic_enabled {
+                let quic_multiaddrs = enr.multiaddr_quic();
+                if !quic_multiaddrs.is_empty() {
+                    debug!(self.log, "Dialing QUIC supported peer"; "peer_id"=> %peer_id, "quic_multiaddrs" => ?quic_multiaddrs);
+                }
+                quic_multiaddrs
+            } else {
+                Vec::new()
+            };
 
             // Prioritize Quic connections over Tcp ones.
             let multiaddrs = quic_multiaddrs
diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/mod.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/mod.rs
index 5d35ed509db..ea31382a05c 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/service/mod.rs
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ impl<AppReqId: ReqId, TSpec: EthSpec> Network<AppReqId, TSpec> {
         let peer_manager = {
             let peer_manager_cfg = PeerManagerCfg {
                 discovery_enabled: !config.disable_discovery,
+                quic_enabled: !config.disable_quic_support,
                 metrics_enabled: config.metrics_enabled,
                 target_peer_count: config.target_peers,
                 ..Default::default()