diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a74da30fd6..01d329274d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 - Adds `storage rocksdb x-stats` subcommand [#6540](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6540)
 - New `eth_blobBaseFee`JSON-RPC method [#6581](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6581)
 - Upgrade reference tests to version 13.1 [#6574](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6574)
+- Extend `BesuConfiguration` service [#6584](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6584)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fix the way an advertised host configured with `--p2p-host` is treated when communicating with the originator of a PING packet [#6225](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6225)
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/BesuNode.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/BesuNode.java
index ba00ac8f22..ec9d7b1173 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/BesuNode.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/BesuNode.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfigurati
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.netty.TLSConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.pki.config.PkiKeyStoreConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.condition.Condition;
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
   private final WebSocketConfiguration webSocketConfiguration;
   private final JsonRpcIpcConfiguration jsonRpcIpcConfiguration;
   private final MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration;
+  private final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
   private Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration;
   private final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration;
   private final GenesisConfigurationProvider genesisConfigProvider;
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
       final MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration,
       final Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration,
       final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
       final Optional<String> keyfilePath,
       final boolean devMode,
       final NetworkName network,
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
     this.metricsConfiguration = metricsConfiguration;
     this.permissioningConfiguration = permissioningConfiguration;
     this.apiConfiguration = apiConfiguration;
+    this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
     this.genesisConfigProvider = genesisConfigProvider;
     this.devMode = devMode;
     this.network = network;
@@ -690,6 +694,10 @@ public class BesuNode implements NodeConfiguration, RunnableNode, AutoCloseable
     this.privacyParameters = privacyParameters;
   }
 
+  public DataStorageConfiguration getDataStorageConfiguration() {
+    return dataStorageConfiguration;
+  }
+
   public boolean isDevMode() {
     return devMode;
   }
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
index 1cfacc15c4..bd94a4a345 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
@@ -145,8 +145,12 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
     final StorageServiceImpl storageService = new StorageServiceImpl();
     final SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService = new SecurityModuleServiceImpl();
     final Path dataDir = node.homeDirectory();
-    final BesuConfiguration commonPluginConfiguration =
-        new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataDir, dataDir.resolve(DATABASE_PATH));
+    final BesuConfigurationImpl commonPluginConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    commonPluginConfiguration.init(
+        dataDir,
+        dataDir.resolve(DATABASE_PATH),
+        node.getDataStorageConfiguration(),
+        node.getMiningParameters());
     final BesuPluginContextImpl besuPluginContext =
         besuPluginContextMap.computeIfAbsent(
             node,
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfiguration.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfiguration.java
index 0c0d66be6a..d1e398f721 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfiguration.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfiguration.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfigurati
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.netty.TLSConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.pki.config.PkiKeyStoreConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.node.configuration.genesis.GenesisConfigurationProvider;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfiguration {
   private final MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration;
   private final Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration;
   private final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration;
+  private final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
   private final Optional<String> keyFilePath;
   private final boolean devMode;
   private final GenesisConfigurationProvider genesisConfigProvider;
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfiguration {
       final MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration,
       final Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration,
       final ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
       final Optional<String> keyFilePath,
       final boolean devMode,
       final NetworkName network,
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfiguration {
     this.metricsConfiguration = metricsConfiguration;
     this.permissioningConfiguration = permissioningConfiguration;
     this.apiConfiguration = apiConfiguration;
+    this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
     this.keyFilePath = keyFilePath;
     this.dataPath = dataPath;
     this.devMode = devMode;
@@ -183,6 +187,10 @@ public class BesuNodeConfiguration {
     return apiConfiguration;
   }
 
+  public DataStorageConfiguration getDataStorageConfiguration() {
+    return dataStorageConfiguration;
+  }
+
   public Optional<String> getKeyFilePath() {
     return keyFilePath;
   }
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java
index c20e7ec6d1..1a9a16f36f 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.transactions.TransactionPoolConfigurati
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.rlpx.connections.netty.TLSConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.permissioning.PermissioningConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.pki.config.PkiKeyStoreConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.tests.acceptance.dsl.node.configuration.genesis.GenesisConfigurationProvider;
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ public class BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder {
   private MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration = MetricsConfiguration.builder().build();
   private Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration = Optional.empty();
   private ApiConfiguration apiConfiguration = ImmutableApiConfiguration.builder().build();
+  private DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration =
+      DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG;
   private String keyFilePath = null;
   private boolean devMode = true;
   private GenesisConfigurationProvider genesisConfigProvider = ignore -> Optional.empty();
@@ -506,6 +509,12 @@ public class BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder dataStorageConfiguration(
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration) {
+    this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public BesuNodeConfiguration build() {
     return new BesuNodeConfiguration(
         name,
@@ -519,6 +528,7 @@ public class BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder {
         metricsConfiguration,
         permissioningConfiguration,
         apiConfiguration,
+        dataStorageConfiguration,
         Optional.ofNullable(keyFilePath),
         devMode,
         network,
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeFactory.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeFactory.java
index ed26587812..65d257fbfb 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeFactory.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/configuration/BesuNodeFactory.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public class BesuNodeFactory {
         config.getMetricsConfiguration(),
         config.getPermissioningConfiguration(),
         config.getApiConfiguration(),
+        config.getDataStorageConfiguration(),
         config.getKeyFilePath(),
         config.isDevMode(),
         config.getNetwork(),
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/privacy/PrivacyNode.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/privacy/PrivacyNode.java
index 4ec4396d6b..1c0df5ace6 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/privacy/PrivacyNode.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/privacy/PrivacyNode.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
   private final boolean isFlexiblePrivacyEnabled;
   private final boolean isMultitenancyEnabled;
   private final boolean isPrivacyPluginEnabled;
+  private final BesuNodeConfiguration besuConfig;
 
   public PrivacyNode(
       final PrivacyNodeConfiguration privacyConfiguration,
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
         selectEnclave(enclaveType, enclaveDir, config, privacyConfiguration, containerNetwork);
     this.vertx = vertx;
 
-    final BesuNodeConfiguration besuConfig = config;
+    this.besuConfig = config;
 
     isFlexiblePrivacyEnabled = privacyConfiguration.isFlexiblePrivacyGroupEnabled();
     isMultitenancyEnabled = privacyConfiguration.isMultitenancyEnabled();
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
             besuConfig.getMetricsConfiguration(),
             besuConfig.getPermissioningConfiguration(),
             besuConfig.getApiConfiguration(),
+            besuConfig.getDataStorageConfiguration(),
             besuConfig.getKeyFilePath(),
             besuConfig.isDevMode(),
             besuConfig.getNetwork(),
@@ -272,6 +274,8 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
 
   private PrivacyStorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(
       final Path dataLocation, final Path dbLocation) {
+    final var besuConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    besuConfiguration.init(dataLocation, dbLocation, null, besuConfig.getMiningParameters());
     return new PrivacyKeyValueStorageProviderBuilder()
         .withStorageFactory(
             new RocksDBKeyValuePrivacyStorageFactory(
@@ -284,7 +288,7 @@ public class PrivacyNode implements AutoCloseable {
                             DEFAULT_IS_HIGH_SPEC),
                     Arrays.asList(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.values()),
                     RocksDBMetricsFactory.PRIVATE_ROCKS_DB_METRICS)))
-        .withCommonConfiguration(new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataLocation, dbLocation))
+        .withCommonConfiguration(besuConfiguration)
         .withMetricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .build();
   }
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
index 656abc5b03..73c8c6ae19 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueStorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueStorageProviderBuilder;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.forest.pruner.PrunerConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageFormat;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.precompile.AbstractAltBnPrecompiledContract;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.precompile.BigIntegerModularExponentiationPrecompiledContract;
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.PrivacyKeyValueStorageFactor
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.rocksdb.RocksDBPlugin;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txselection.PluginTransactionSelectorFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.txvalidator.PluginTransactionValidatorFactory;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuConfigurationImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuEventsImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuPluginContextImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BlockchainServiceImpl;
@@ -893,9 +895,10 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   private MetricsConfiguration metricsConfiguration;
   private Optional<PermissioningConfiguration> permissioningConfiguration;
   private Optional<TLSConfiguration> p2pTLSConfiguration;
+  private DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
   private Collection<EnodeURL> staticNodes;
   private BesuController besuController;
-  private BesuConfiguration pluginCommonConfiguration;
+  private BesuConfigurationImpl pluginCommonConfiguration;
   private MiningParameters miningParameters;
 
   private BesuComponent besuComponent;
@@ -1000,7 +1003,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     this.securityModuleService = securityModuleService;
     this.permissioningService = permissioningService;
     this.privacyPluginService = privacyPluginService;
-    pluginCommonConfiguration = new BesuCommandConfigurationService();
+    this.pluginCommonConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
     besuPluginContext.addService(BesuConfiguration.class, pluginCommonConfiguration);
     this.pkiBlockCreationConfigProvider = pkiBlockCreationConfigProvider;
     this.rpcEndpointServiceImpl = rpcEndpointServiceImpl;
@@ -1076,7 +1079,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       validateOptions();
       configure();
       configureNativeLibs();
-      besuController = initController();
+      besuController = buildController();
 
       besuPluginContext.beforeExternalServices();
 
@@ -1098,7 +1101,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  void setBesuConfiguration(final BesuConfiguration pluginCommonConfiguration) {
+  void setBesuConfiguration(final BesuConfigurationImpl pluginCommonConfiguration) {
     this.pluginCommonConfiguration = pluginCommonConfiguration;
   }
 
@@ -1674,6 +1677,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
             unstableIpcOptions.getIpcPath(),
             unstableIpcOptions.getRpcIpcApis());
     apiConfiguration = apiConfigurationOptions.apiConfiguration(getMiningParameters());
+    dataStorageConfiguration = getDataStorageConfiguration();
     // hostsWhitelist is a hidden option. If it is specified, add the list to hostAllowlist
     if (!hostsWhitelist.isEmpty()) {
       // if allowlist == default values, remove the default values
@@ -1736,10 +1740,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     }
   }
 
-  private BesuController initController() {
-    return buildController();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Builds BesuController
    *
@@ -1761,6 +1761,11 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
    * @return instance of BesuControllerBuilder
    */
   public BesuControllerBuilder getControllerBuilder() {
+    pluginCommonConfiguration.init(
+        dataDir(),
+        dataDir().resolve(DATABASE_PATH),
+        getDataStorageConfiguration(),
+        getMiningParameters());
     final KeyValueStorageProvider storageProvider = keyValueStorageProvider(keyValueStorageName);
     return controllerBuilderFactory
         .fromEthNetworkConfig(
@@ -1771,6 +1776,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         .transactionSelectorFactory(getTransactionSelectorFactory())
         .pluginTransactionValidatorFactory(getPluginTransactionValidatorFactory())
         .dataDirectory(dataDir())
+        .dataStorageConfiguration(getDataStorageConfiguration())
         .miningParameters(getMiningParameters())
         .transactionPoolConfiguration(buildTransactionPoolConfiguration())
         .nodeKey(new NodeKey(securityModule()))
@@ -1792,7 +1798,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         .requiredBlocks(requiredBlocks)
         .reorgLoggingThreshold(reorgLoggingThreshold)
         .evmConfiguration(unstableEvmOptions.toDomainObject())
-        .dataStorageConfiguration(dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject())
         .maxPeers(p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.maxPeers)
         .maxRemotelyInitiatedPeers(maxRemoteInitiatedPeers)
         .randomPeerPriority(p2PDiscoveryOptionGroup.randomPeerPriority)
@@ -2127,6 +2132,13 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     return miningParameters;
   }
 
+  private DataStorageConfiguration getDataStorageConfiguration() {
+    if (dataStorageConfiguration == null) {
+      dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject();
+    }
+    return dataStorageConfiguration;
+  }
+
   private OptionalInt getGenesisBlockPeriodSeconds(
       final GenesisConfigOptions genesisConfigOptions) {
     if (genesisConfigOptions.isClique()) {
@@ -2538,24 +2550,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     return loggingLevelOption.getLogLevel();
   }
 
-  private class BesuCommandConfigurationService implements BesuConfiguration {
-
-    @Override
-    public Path getStoragePath() {
-      return dataDir().resolve(DATABASE_PATH);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Path getDataPath() {
-      return dataDir();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getDatabaseVersion() {
-      return dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject().getDataStorageFormat().getDatabaseVersion();
-    }
-  }
-
   private void instantiateSignatureAlgorithmFactory() {
     if (SignatureAlgorithmFactory.isInstanceSet()) {
       return;
@@ -2714,12 +2708,11 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       builder.setHighSpecEnabled();
     }
 
-    if (dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject().getUnstable().getBonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled()) {
+    if (getDataStorageConfiguration().getUnstable().getBonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled()) {
       builder.setLimitTrieLogsEnabled();
-      builder.setTrieLogRetentionLimit(
-          dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject().getBonsaiMaxLayersToLoad());
+      builder.setTrieLogRetentionLimit(getDataStorageConfiguration().getBonsaiMaxLayersToLoad());
       builder.setTrieLogsPruningWindowSize(
-          dataStorageOptions.toDomainObject().getUnstable().getBonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize());
+          getDataStorageConfiguration().getUnstable().getBonsaiTrieLogPruningWindowSize());
     }
 
     builder.setTxPoolImplementation(buildTransactionPoolConfiguration().getTxPoolImplementation());
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
index 7110a8d88a..1213bd76ba 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ public abstract class BesuControllerBuilder implements MiningParameterOverrides
     checkNotNull(gasLimitCalculator, "Missing gas limit calculator");
     checkNotNull(evmConfiguration, "Missing evm config");
     checkNotNull(networkingConfiguration, "Missing network configuration");
+    checkNotNull(dataStorageConfiguration, "Missing data storage configuration");
     prepForBuild();
 
     final ProtocolSchedule protocolSchedule = createProtocolSchedule();
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuConfigurationImpl.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuConfigurationImpl.java
index a297411552..ae907e0a38 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/services/BesuConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -14,25 +14,37 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.services;
 
+import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParameters;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuConfiguration;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 /** A concrete implementation of BesuConfiguration which is used in Besu plugin framework. */
 public class BesuConfigurationImpl implements BesuConfiguration {
-
-  private final Path storagePath;
-  private final Path dataPath;
+  private Path storagePath;
+  private Path dataPath;
+  private DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration;
+  private MiningParameters miningParameters;
 
   /**
-   * BesuConfigurationImpl Constructor.
+   * Post creation initialization
    *
    * @param dataPath The Path representing data folder
    * @param storagePath The path representing storage folder
+   * @param dataStorageConfiguration The data storage configuration
+   * @param miningParameters The mining parameters
    */
-  public BesuConfigurationImpl(final Path dataPath, final Path storagePath) {
+  public void init(
+      final Path dataPath,
+      final Path storagePath,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
+      final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
     this.dataPath = dataPath;
     this.storagePath = storagePath;
+    this.dataStorageConfiguration = dataStorageConfiguration;
+    this.miningParameters = miningParameters;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -44,4 +56,14 @@ public class BesuConfigurationImpl implements BesuConfiguration {
   public Path getDataPath() {
     return dataPath;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getDatabaseVersion() {
+    return dataStorageConfiguration.getDataStorageFormat().getDatabaseVersion();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Wei getMinGasPrice() {
+    return miningParameters.getMinTransactionGasPrice();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/PrivacyTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/PrivacyTest.java
index 038dcdedd1..44730b43ee 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/PrivacyTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/PrivacyTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.NetworkingConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.privacy.storage.PrivacyStorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.privacy.storage.keyvalue.PrivacyKeyValueStorageProviderBuilder;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.storage.keyvalue.KeyValueSegmentIdentifier;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.internal.EvmConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.precompile.PrecompiledContract;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
@@ -97,11 +98,15 @@ public class PrivacyTest {
   private BesuController setUpControllerWithPrivacyEnabled(final boolean flexibleEnabled)
       throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
     final Path dbDir = Files.createTempDirectory(dataDir, "database");
+    final var miningParameters = MiningParameters.newDefault();
+    final var dataStorageConfiguration = DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG;
     final PrivacyParameters privacyParameters =
         new PrivacyParameters.Builder()
             .setEnabled(true)
             .setEnclaveUrl(new URI("http://127.0.0.1:8000"))
-            .setStorageProvider(createKeyValueStorageProvider(dataDir, dbDir))
+            .setStorageProvider(
+                createKeyValueStorageProvider(
+                    dataDir, dbDir, dataStorageConfiguration, miningParameters))
             .setEnclaveFactory(new EnclaveFactory(vertx))
             .setFlexiblePrivacyGroupsEnabled(flexibleEnabled)
             .build();
@@ -111,7 +116,8 @@ public class PrivacyTest {
         .ethProtocolConfiguration(EthProtocolConfiguration.defaultConfig())
         .storageProvider(new InMemoryKeyValueStorageProvider())
         .networkId(BigInteger.ONE)
-        .miningParameters(MiningParameters.newDefault())
+        .miningParameters(miningParameters)
+        .dataStorageConfiguration(dataStorageConfiguration)
         .nodeKey(NodeKeyUtils.generate())
         .metricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .dataDirectory(dataDir)
@@ -125,7 +131,12 @@ public class PrivacyTest {
   }
 
   private PrivacyStorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(
-      final Path dataDir, final Path dbDir) {
+      final Path dataDir,
+      final Path dbDir,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
+      final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
+    final var besuConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    besuConfiguration.init(dataDir, dbDir, dataStorageConfiguration, miningParameters);
     return new PrivacyKeyValueStorageProviderBuilder()
         .withStorageFactory(
             new RocksDBKeyValuePrivacyStorageFactory(
@@ -138,7 +149,7 @@ public class PrivacyTest {
                             DEFAULT_IS_HIGH_SPEC),
                     Arrays.asList(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.values()),
                     RocksDBMetricsFactory.PRIVATE_ROCKS_DB_METRICS)))
-        .withCommonConfiguration(new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataDir, dbDir))
+        .withCommonConfiguration(besuConfiguration)
         .withMetricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .build();
   }
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/RunnerTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/RunnerTest.java
index 241e18ce09..d624064e5c 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/RunnerTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/RunnerTest.java
@@ -164,12 +164,13 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
     final Path dataDirAhead = Files.createTempDirectory(temp, "db-ahead");
     final Path dbAhead = dataDirAhead.resolve("database");
     final int blockCount = 500;
-    final NodeKey aheadDbNodeKey = NodeKeyUtils.createFrom(KeyPairUtil.loadKeyPair(dbAhead));
+    final NodeKey aheadDbNodeKey = NodeKeyUtils.createFrom(KeyPairUtil.loadKeyPair(dataDirAhead));
     final NodeKey behindDbNodeKey = NodeKeyUtils.generate();
     final SynchronizerConfiguration syncConfigAhead =
         SynchronizerConfiguration.builder().syncMode(SyncMode.FULL).build();
     final ObservableMetricsSystem noOpMetricsSystem = new NoOpMetricsSystem();
-
+    final var miningParameters = MiningParameters.newDefault();
+    final var dataStorageConfiguration = DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_FOREST_CONFIG;
     // Setup Runner with blocks
     final BesuController controllerAhead =
         getController(
@@ -177,7 +178,8 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
             syncConfigAhead,
             dataDirAhead,
             aheadDbNodeKey,
-            createKeyValueStorageProvider(dataDirAhead, dbAhead),
+            createKeyValueStorageProvider(
+                dataDirAhead, dbAhead, dataStorageConfiguration, miningParameters),
             noOpMetricsSystem);
     setupState(
         blockCount, controllerAhead.getProtocolSchedule(), controllerAhead.getProtocolContext());
@@ -376,7 +378,13 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
     return GenesisConfigFile.fromConfig(jsonNode);
   }
 
-  private StorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(final Path dataDir, final Path dbDir) {
+  private StorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(
+      final Path dataDir,
+      final Path dbDir,
+      final DataStorageConfiguration dataStorageConfiguration,
+      final MiningParameters miningParameters) {
+    final var besuConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    besuConfiguration.init(dataDir, dbDir, dataStorageConfiguration, miningParameters);
     return new KeyValueStorageProviderBuilder()
         .withStorageFactory(
             new RocksDBKeyValueStorageFactory(
@@ -388,7 +396,7 @@ public final class RunnerTest {
                         DEFAULT_IS_HIGH_SPEC),
                 Arrays.asList(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.values()),
                 RocksDBMetricsFactory.PUBLIC_ROCKS_DB_METRICS))
-        .withCommonConfiguration(new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataDir, dbDir))
+        .withCommonConfiguration(besuConfiguration)
         .withMetricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .build();
   }
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java
index 915eefcd24..34c9d44e0f 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateArchive;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.pki.config.PkiKeyStoreConfiguration;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.PicoCLIOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.StorageService;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.securitymodule.SecurityModule;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.KeyValueStorageFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.PrivacyKeyValueStorageFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.SegmentIdentifier;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuConfigurationImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuPluginContextImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PermissioningServiceImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.PluginTransactionValidatorServiceImpl;
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
   @Mock protected StorageServiceImpl storageService;
   @Mock protected SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService;
   @Mock protected SecurityModule securityModule;
-  @Mock protected BesuConfiguration commonPluginConfiguration;
+  @Mock protected BesuConfigurationImpl commonPluginConfiguration;
   @Mock protected KeyValueStorageFactory rocksDBStorageFactory;
   @Mock protected PrivacyKeyValueStorageFactory rocksDBSPrivacyStorageFactory;
   @Mock protected PicoCLIOptions cliOptions;
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/AbstractIsolationTests.java b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/AbstractIsolationTests.java
index 53e7947850..983414d1c6 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/AbstractIsolationTests.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/trie/bonsai/AbstractIsolationTests.java
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractIsolationTests {
               public int getDatabaseVersion() {
                 return 2;
               }
+
+              @Override
+              public Wei getMinGasPrice() {
+                return MiningParameters.newDefault().getMinTransactionGasPrice();
+              }
             })
         .withMetricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .build();
diff --git a/ethereum/eth/src/jmh/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/sync/worldstate/WorldStateDownloaderBenchmark.java b/ethereum/eth/src/jmh/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/sync/worldstate/WorldStateDownloaderBenchmark.java
index 71ba9b3ece..fb7f36038a 100644
--- a/ethereum/eth/src/jmh/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/sync/worldstate/WorldStateDownloaderBenchmark.java
+++ b/ethereum/eth/src/jmh/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/eth/sync/worldstate/WorldStateDownloaderBenchmark.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Hash;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockDataGenerator;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeaderTestFixture;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MiningParameters;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.MutableWorldState;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.EthContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.eth.manager.EthProtocolManager;
@@ -160,6 +161,9 @@ public class WorldStateDownloaderBenchmark {
   }
 
   private StorageProvider createKeyValueStorageProvider(final Path dataDir, final Path dbDir) {
+    final var besuConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    besuConfiguration.init(
+        dataDir, dbDir, DataStorageConfiguration.DEFAULT_CONFIG, MiningParameters.newDefault());
     return new KeyValueStorageProviderBuilder()
         .withStorageFactory(
             new RocksDBKeyValueStorageFactory(
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ public class WorldStateDownloaderBenchmark {
                         DEFAULT_IS_HIGH_SPEC),
                 Arrays.asList(KeyValueSegmentIdentifier.values()),
                 RocksDBMetricsFactory.PUBLIC_ROCKS_DB_METRICS))
-        .withCommonConfiguration(new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataDir, dbDir))
+        .withCommonConfiguration(besuConfiguration)
         .withMetricsSystem(new NoOpMetricsSystem())
         .build();
   }
diff --git a/ethereum/evmtool/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evmtool/EvmToolCommandOptionsModule.java b/ethereum/evmtool/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evmtool/EvmToolCommandOptionsModule.java
index b8df5fa4a9..9ef1036ee4 100644
--- a/ethereum/evmtool/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evmtool/EvmToolCommandOptionsModule.java
+++ b/ethereum/evmtool/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evmtool/EvmToolCommandOptionsModule.java
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ public class EvmToolCommandOptionsModule {
   @Provides
   @Singleton
   BesuConfiguration provideBesuConfiguration() {
-    return new BesuConfigurationImpl(dataPath, dataPath.resolve(BesuController.DATABASE_PATH));
+    final var besuConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    besuConfiguration.init(dataPath, dataPath.resolve(BesuController.DATABASE_PATH), null, null);
+    return besuConfiguration;
   }
 
   @Option(
diff --git a/plugin-api/build.gradle b/plugin-api/build.gradle
index ade07493c0..9184bb5706 100644
--- a/plugin-api/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-api/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Calculated : ${currentHash}
 tasks.register('checkAPIChanges', FileStateChecker) {
   description = "Checks that the API for the Plugin-API project does not change without deliberate thought"
   files = sourceSets.main.allJava.files
-  knownHash = '3+WNtdl1idY70N/MwVBbopU2ZWyWiu12YV1qaYXprZ8='
+  knownHash = 'f6P3+XG9GjPYEg7zrXHlujoE2/4axgd+EjKGDDJVVp8='
 }
 check.dependsOn('checkAPIChanges')
 
diff --git a/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/BesuConfiguration.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/BesuConfiguration.java
index 9f830162ec..bf1b1ab58e 100644
--- a/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/BesuConfiguration.java
+++ b/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/BesuConfiguration.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services;
 
+import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.Unstable;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -41,7 +42,13 @@ public interface BesuConfiguration extends BesuService {
    * @return Database version.
    */
   @Unstable
-  default int getDatabaseVersion() {
-    return 1;
-  }
+  int getDatabaseVersion();
+
+  /**
+   * The runtime value of the min gas price
+   *
+   * @return min gas price in wei
+   */
+  @Unstable
+  Wei getMinGasPrice();
 }