diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index b690938e87..b1356ed4c3 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool/bundlepool"
 	"math/big"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool/bundlepool"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	// Permit the downloader to use the trie cache allowance during fast sync
 	cacheLimit := cacheConfig.TrieCleanLimit + cacheConfig.TrieDirtyLimit + cacheConfig.SnapshotLimit
 	if eth.handler, err = newHandler(&handlerConfig{
+		StaticNodes:    stack.Config().P2P.StaticNodes,
 		Database:       chainDb,
 		Chain:          eth.blockchain,
 		TxPool:         eth.txPool,
diff --git a/eth/handler.go b/eth/handler.go
index db8f0ed5cd..31d851e03d 100644
--- a/eth/handler.go
+++ b/eth/handler.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/triedb/pathdb"
 )
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ type txPool interface {
 // handlerConfig is the collection of initialization parameters to create a full
 // node network handler.
 type handlerConfig struct {
+	StaticNodes    []*enode.Node
 	Database       ethdb.Database         // Database for direct sync insertions
 	Chain          *core.BlockChain       // Blockchain to serve data from
 	TxPool         txPool                 // Transaction pool to propagate from
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ type handler struct {
 
 	handlerStartCh chan struct{}
 	handlerDoneCh  chan struct{}
+
+	staticNodes map[string]struct{}
 }
 
 // newHandler returns a handler for all Ethereum chain management protocol.
@@ -159,7 +163,12 @@ func newHandler(config *handlerConfig) (*handler, error) {
 		quitSync:       make(chan struct{}),
 		handlerDoneCh:  make(chan struct{}),
 		handlerStartCh: make(chan struct{}),
+		staticNodes:    make(map[string]struct{}),
+	}
+	for _, node := range config.StaticNodes {
+		h.staticNodes[node.ID().String()] = struct{}{}
 	}
+
 	if config.Sync == downloader.FullSync {
 		// The database seems empty as the current block is the genesis. Yet the snap
 		// block is ahead, so snap sync was enabled for this node at a certain point.
@@ -642,6 +651,7 @@ func (h *handler) BroadcastTransactions(txs types.Transactions) {
 		peers := h.peers.peersWithoutTransaction(tx.Hash())
 
 		var numDirect int
+		var direct, announce []*ethPeer = nil, peers
 		switch {
 		case tx.Type() == types.BlobTxType:
 			blobTxs++
@@ -649,14 +659,34 @@ func (h *handler) BroadcastTransactions(txs types.Transactions) {
 			largeTxs++
 		default:
 			numDirect = int(math.Sqrt(float64(len(peers))))
+			// Split the peers into direct-peers and announce-peers
+			// we send the tx directly to direct-peers; all static nodes are direct-peers
+			// we announce the tx to announce-peers
+			direct = make([]*ethPeer, 0, numDirect)
+			announce = make([]*ethPeer, 0, len(peers)-numDirect)
+			for _, peer := range peers {
+				if _, ok := h.staticNodes[peer.ID()]; ok {
+					direct = append(direct, peer)
+				} else {
+					announce = append(announce, peer)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// if directly-peers are not enough, move some announce-peers into directly pool
+			for len(direct) < numDirect && len(announce) > 0 {
+				// shift one peer to trusted
+				direct = append(direct, announce[0])
+				announce = announce[1:]
+			}
 		}
+
 		// Send the tx unconditionally to a subset of our peers
-		for _, peer := range peers[:numDirect] {
+		for _, peer := range direct {
 			txset[peer] = append(txset[peer], tx.Hash())
 			log.Trace("Broadcast transaction", "peer", peer.ID(), "hash", tx.Hash())
 		}
 		// For the remaining peers, send announcement only
-		for _, peer := range peers[numDirect:] {
+		for _, peer := range announce {
 			annos[peer] = append(annos[peer], tx.Hash())
 			log.Trace("Announce transaction", "peer", peer.ID(), "hash", tx.Hash())
 		}