diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryAgent.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryAgent.java
index 91e615242a..8f858a9ec3 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryAgent.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryAgent.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PeerRequirement;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PingPacketData;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.TimerUtil;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.EnodeURL;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.MaintainedPeers;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.PeerId;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.permissions.PeerPermissions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.nat.NatService;
@@ -81,13 +82,15 @@ public abstract class PeerDiscoveryAgent {
   /* Is discovery enabled? */
   private boolean isActive = false;
   protected final Subscribers<PeerBondedObserver> peerBondedObservers = Subscribers.create();
+  private final MaintainedPeers maintainedPeers;
 
   protected PeerDiscoveryAgent(
       final NodeKey nodeKey,
       final DiscoveryConfiguration config,
       final PeerPermissions peerPermissions,
       final NatService natService,
-      final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
+      final MetricsSystem metricsSystem,
+      final MaintainedPeers maintainedPeers) {
     this.metricsSystem = metricsSystem;
     checkArgument(nodeKey != null, "nodeKey cannot be null");
     checkArgument(config != null, "provided configuration cannot be null");
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ public abstract class PeerDiscoveryAgent {
 
     this.config = config;
     this.nodeKey = nodeKey;
-
+    this.maintainedPeers = maintainedPeers;
     id = nodeKey.getPublicKey().getEncodedBytes();
   }
 
@@ -173,6 +176,7 @@ public abstract class PeerDiscoveryAgent {
         .peerPermissions(peerPermissions)
         .peerBondedObservers(peerBondedObservers)
         .metricsSystem(metricsSystem)
+        .maintainedPeers(maintainedPeers)
         .build();
   }
 
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
index 16560baec4..5790b3a431 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PeerDiscoveryControl
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PeerDiscoveryController.AsyncExecutor;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.TimerUtil;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.VertxTimerUtil;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.MaintainedPeers;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.permissions.PeerPermissions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.BesuMetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.nat.NatService;
@@ -62,8 +63,9 @@ public class VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent extends PeerDiscoveryAgent {
       final DiscoveryConfiguration config,
       final PeerPermissions peerPermissions,
       final NatService natService,
-      final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
-    super(nodeKey, config, peerPermissions, natService, metricsSystem);
+      final MetricsSystem metricsSystem,
+      final MaintainedPeers maintainedPeers) {
+    super(nodeKey, config, peerPermissions, natService, metricsSystem, maintainedPeers);
     checkArgument(vertx != null, "vertx instance cannot be null");
     this.vertx = vertx;
 
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryController.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryController.java
index 88ceae7932..c399f8b91a 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryController.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/PeerDiscoveryController.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.DiscoveryPeer;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.PeerBondedObserver;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.PeerDiscoveryEvent;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.PeerDiscoveryStatus;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.MaintainedPeers;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.Peer;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.PeerId;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.permissions.PeerPermissions;
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryController {
       final PeerRequirement peerRequirement,
       final PeerPermissions peerPermissions,
       final Subscribers<PeerBondedObserver> peerBondedObservers,
-      final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
+      final MetricsSystem metricsSystem,
+      final MaintainedPeers maintainedPeers) {
     this.timerUtil = timerUtil;
     this.nodeKey = nodeKey;
     this.localPeer = localPeer;
@@ -174,6 +176,10 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryController {
 
     this.peerPermissions = new PeerDiscoveryPermissions(localPeer, peerPermissions);
 
+    // Listening to the added and removed peer event to update the maintainted peers
+    maintainedPeers.subscribeAdd(this::onPeerAdded);
+    maintainedPeers.subscribeRemove(this::onPeerRemoved);
+
     metricsSystem.createIntegerGauge(
         BesuMetricCategory.NETWORK,
         "discovery_inflight_interactions_current",
@@ -195,6 +201,18 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryController {
             "type");
   }
 
+  private void onPeerAdded(final Peer peer, final boolean wasAdded) {
+    if (wasAdded) {
+      addToPeerTable(DiscoveryPeer.fromEnode(peer.getEnodeURL()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void onPeerRemoved(final Peer peer, final boolean wasRemoved) {
+    if (wasRemoved) {
+      peerTable.tryEvict(peer);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static Builder builder() {
     return new Builder();
   }
@@ -694,6 +712,7 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryController {
     private final List<DiscoveryPeer> bootstrapNodes = new ArrayList<>();
     private PeerTable peerTable;
     private Subscribers<PeerBondedObserver> peerBondedObservers = Subscribers.create();
+    private MaintainedPeers maintainedPeers = new MaintainedPeers();
 
     // Required dependencies
     private NodeKey nodeKey;
@@ -724,7 +743,8 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryController {
           peerRequirement,
           peerPermissions,
           peerBondedObservers,
-          metricsSystem);
+          metricsSystem,
+          maintainedPeers);
     }
 
     private void validate() {
@@ -816,5 +836,11 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryController {
       this.metricsSystem = metricsSystem;
       return this;
     }
+
+    public Builder maintainedPeers(final MaintainedPeers maintainedPeers) {
+      checkNotNull(maintainedPeers);
+      this.maintainedPeers = maintainedPeers;
+      return this;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/network/DefaultP2PNetwork.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/network/DefaultP2PNetwork.java
index 1e77dfd11e..401174ce8e 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/network/DefaultP2PNetwork.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/network/DefaultP2PNetwork.java
@@ -443,7 +443,13 @@ public class DefaultP2PNetwork implements P2PNetwork {
     private PeerDiscoveryAgent createDiscoveryAgent() {
 
       return new VertxPeerDiscoveryAgent(
-          vertx, nodeKey, config.getDiscovery(), peerPermissions, natService, metricsSystem);
+          vertx,
+          nodeKey,
+          config.getDiscovery(),
+          peerPermissions,
+          natService,
+          metricsSystem,
+          maintainedPeers);
     }
 
     private RlpxAgent createRlpxAgent(
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTestHelper.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTestHelper.java
index ecadc23b8a..a9ee45e4fd 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTestHelper.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/PeerDiscoveryTestHelper.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PacketType;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PingPacketData;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PongPacketData;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.EnodeURL;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.MaintainedPeers;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.Peer;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.permissions.PeerPermissions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.nat.NatService;
@@ -264,8 +265,10 @@ public class PeerDiscoveryTestHelper {
       config.setAdvertisedHost(advertisedHost);
       config.setBindPort(port);
       config.setActive(active);
+      MaintainedPeers maintainedPeers = new MaintainedPeers();
 
-      return new MockPeerDiscoveryAgent(nodeKey, config, peerPermissions, agents, natService);
+      return new MockPeerDiscoveryAgent(
+          nodeKey, config, peerPermissions, agents, natService, maintainedPeers);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/MockPeerDiscoveryAgent.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/MockPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
index a1b73be48e..b9f382c553 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/MockPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/discovery/internal/MockPeerDiscoveryAgent.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.config.DiscoveryConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.DiscoveryPeer;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.PeerDiscoveryAgent;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.discovery.internal.PeerDiscoveryController.AsyncExecutor;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.peers.MaintainedPeers;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.p2p.permissions.PeerPermissions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.nat.NatService;
@@ -48,8 +49,9 @@ public class MockPeerDiscoveryAgent extends PeerDiscoveryAgent {
       final DiscoveryConfiguration config,
       final PeerPermissions peerPermissions,
       final Map<Bytes, MockPeerDiscoveryAgent> agentNetwork,
-      final NatService natService) {
-    super(nodeKey, config, peerPermissions, natService, new NoOpMetricsSystem());
+      final NatService natService,
+      final MaintainedPeers maintainedPeers) {
+    super(nodeKey, config, peerPermissions, natService, new NoOpMetricsSystem(), maintainedPeers);
     this.agentNetwork = agentNetwork;
   }