diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index d13682d0c3..6e0f5eb579 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1071,6 +1071,13 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "List of mock bls public keys which are reflect 1:1 with mock.validators",
 		Category: flags.MockCategory,
 	}
+
+	ConcurrentUpdateThresholdFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
+		Name:     "concurrencyupdatethreashold",
+		Usage:    "The threshold of concurrent update",
+		Value:    0, // disable concurrent update by default
+		Category: flags.EthCategory,
+	}
 )
 
 // MakeDataDir retrieves the currently requested data directory, terminating
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 9d123fc9e8..17d066cfe7 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ type CacheConfig struct {
 	TriesInMemory       int           // The number of tries is kept in memory before pruning
 
 	SnapshotWait bool // Wait for snapshot construction on startup. TODO(karalabe): This is a dirty hack for testing, nuke it
+
+	// Minimum stateObjects (updating accounts) to apply concurrent updates, 0 to disable
+	ConcurrentUpdateThreshold int
 }
 
 // defaultCacheConfig are the default caching values if none are specified by the
@@ -1814,6 +1817,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, verifySeals bool) (int, er
 			parent = bc.GetHeader(block.ParentHash(), block.NumberU64()-1)
 		}
 		statedb, err := state.New(parent.Root, bc.stateCache, bc.snaps)
+		statedb.ConcurrentUpdateThreshold = bc.cacheConfig.ConcurrentUpdateThreshold
 		if err != nil {
 			return it.index, err
 		}
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index ed1132bcc2..a6f4bc371a 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -187,16 +187,17 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 			EnablePreimageRecording: config.EnablePreimageRecording,
 		}
 		cacheConfig = &core.CacheConfig{
-			TrieCleanLimit:      config.TrieCleanCache,
-			TrieCleanJournal:    stack.ResolvePath(config.TrieCleanCacheJournal),
-			TrieCleanRejournal:  config.TrieCleanCacheRejournal,
-			TrieCleanNoPrefetch: config.NoPrefetch,
-			TrieDirtyLimit:      config.TrieDirtyCache,
-			TrieDirtyDisabled:   config.NoPruning,
-			TrieTimeLimit:       config.TrieTimeout,
-			SnapshotLimit:       config.SnapshotCache,
-			Preimages:           config.Preimages,
-			TriesInMemory:       config.TriesInMemory,
+			TrieCleanLimit:            config.TrieCleanCache,
+			TrieCleanJournal:          stack.ResolvePath(config.TrieCleanCacheJournal),
+			TrieCleanRejournal:        config.TrieCleanCacheRejournal,
+			TrieCleanNoPrefetch:       config.NoPrefetch,
+			TrieDirtyLimit:            config.TrieDirtyCache,
+			TrieDirtyDisabled:         config.NoPruning,
+			TrieTimeLimit:             config.TrieTimeout,
+			SnapshotLimit:             config.SnapshotCache,
+			Preimages:                 config.Preimages,
+			TriesInMemory:             config.TriesInMemory,
+			ConcurrentUpdateThreshold: config.ConcurrentUpdateThreshold,
 		}
 	)
 	eth.blockchain, err = core.NewBlockChain(chainDb, cacheConfig, chainConfig, eth.engine, vmConfig, eth.shouldPreserve, &config.TxLookupLimit)
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index b9a999e62b..e486f915b0 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Send additional chain event
 	EnableAdditionalChainEvent bool
+
+	// Minimum stateObjects (updating accounts) to apply concurrent updates, 0 to disable
+	ConcurrentUpdateThreshold int
 }
 
 // CreateConsensusEngine creates a consensus engine for the given chain configuration.