diff --git a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_connections.cpp b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_connections.cpp
index 93e66ac550..630339c496 100644
--- a/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_connections.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/bootstrap/bootstrap_connections.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ void nano::bootstrap_connections::populate_connections (bool repeat)
 
 	if (node.config.logging.bulk_pull_logging ())
 	{
-		nano::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock (mutex);
 		node.logger.try_log (boost::str (boost::format ("Bulk pull connections: %1%, rate: %2% blocks/sec, bootstrap attempts %3%, remaining pulls: %4%") % connections_count.load () % (int)rate_sum % attempts_count % num_pulls));
 	}
 
@@ -284,11 +283,11 @@ void nano::bootstrap_connections::populate_connections (bool repeat)
 		for (auto i = 0u; i < delta; i++)
 		{
 			auto endpoint (node.network.bootstrap_peer (true));
-			if (endpoint != nano::tcp_endpoint (boost::asio::ip::address_v6::any (), 0) && endpoints.find (endpoint) == endpoints.end () && !node.bootstrap_initiator.excluded_peers.check (endpoint))
+			if (endpoint != nano::tcp_endpoint (boost::asio::ip::address_v6::any (), 0) && (node.flags.allow_bootstrap_peers_duplicates || endpoints.find (endpoint) == endpoints.end ()) && !node.bootstrap_initiator.excluded_peers.check (endpoint))
 			{
 				connect_client (endpoint);
-				nano::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock (mutex);
 				endpoints.insert (endpoint);
+				nano::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock (mutex);
 				new_connections_empty = false;
 			}
 			else if (connections_count == 0)
diff --git a/nano/node/cli.cpp b/nano/node/cli.cpp
index 35080e6aa7..45f4823af6 100644
--- a/nano/node/cli.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/cli.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void nano::add_node_flag_options (boost::program_options::options_description &
 		("disable_unchecked_drop", "Disables drop of unchecked table at startup")
 		("disable_providing_telemetry_metrics", "Disable using any node information in the telemetry_ack messages.")
 		("disable_block_processor_unchecked_deletion", "Disable deletion of unchecked blocks after processing")
+		("allow_bootstrap_peers_duplicates", "Allow multiple connections to same peer in bootstrap attempts")
 		("fast_bootstrap", "Increase bootstrap speed for high end nodes with higher limits")
 		("batch_size", boost::program_options::value<std::size_t>(), "Increase sideband batch size, default 512")
 		("block_processor_batch_size", boost::program_options::value<std::size_t>(), "Increase block processor transaction batch write size, default 0 (limited by config block_processor_batch_max_time), 256k for fast_bootstrap")
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ std::error_code nano::update_flags (nano::node_flags & flags_a, boost::program_o
 	flags_a.disable_unchecked_cleanup = (vm.count ("disable_unchecked_cleanup") > 0);
 	flags_a.disable_unchecked_drop = (vm.count ("disable_unchecked_drop") > 0);
 	flags_a.disable_block_processor_unchecked_deletion = (vm.count ("disable_block_processor_unchecked_deletion") > 0);
+	flags_a.allow_bootstrap_peers_duplicates = (vm.count ("allow_bootstrap_peers_duplicates") > 0);
 	flags_a.fast_bootstrap = (vm.count ("fast_bootstrap") > 0);
 	if (flags_a.fast_bootstrap)
 	{
diff --git a/nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp b/nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp
index 74a2fcab29..b982e67b0b 100644
--- a/nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp
+++ b/nano/node/nodeconfig.hpp
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class node_flags final
 	bool disable_block_processor_unchecked_deletion{ false };
 	bool disable_block_processor_republishing{ false };
 	bool disable_ongoing_telemetry_requests{ false };
+	bool allow_bootstrap_peers_duplicates{ false };
 	bool fast_bootstrap{ false };
 	bool read_only{ false };
 	nano::confirmation_height_mode confirmation_height_processor_mode{ nano::confirmation_height_mode::automatic };