diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 20dfb2c62db..7913ad9a86b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8892,6 +8892,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-payload-builder-primitives",
  "reth-payload-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
+ "reth-stages-api",
  "reth-tasks",
  "reth-tokio-util",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
diff --git a/crates/engine/service/src/service.rs b/crates/engine/service/src/service.rs
index ff9eb66f100..cb9339a25fe 100644
--- a/crates/engine/service/src/service.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/service/src/service.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ use reth_node_types::{BlockTy, NodeTypes};
 use reth_payload_builder::PayloadBuilderHandle;
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::{BlockchainProvider, ProviderNodeTypes},
-    ProviderFactory,
+    DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory,
 };
 use reth_prune::PrunerWithFactory;
-use reth_stages_api::{MetricEventsSender, Pipeline};
+use reth_stages_api::{BoxedStage, MetricEventsSender, Pipeline};
 use reth_tasks::TaskSpawner;
 use std::{
     pin::Pin,
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ where
         tree_config: TreeConfig,
         sync_metrics_tx: MetricEventsSender,
         evm_config: C,
+        custom_stages: Vec<BoxedStage<<ProviderFactory<N> as DatabaseProviderFactory>::ProviderRW>>,
     ) -> Self
     where
         V: EngineValidator<N::Payload>,
@@ -94,8 +95,12 @@ where
 
         let downloader = BasicBlockDownloader::new(client, consensus.clone());
 
-        let persistence_handle =
-            PersistenceHandle::<EthPrimitives>::spawn_service(provider, pruner, sync_metrics_tx);
+        let persistence_handle = PersistenceHandle::<EthPrimitives>::spawn_service(
+            provider,
+            pruner,
+            sync_metrics_tx,
+            custom_stages,
+        );
 
         let canonical_in_memory_state = blockchain_db.canonical_in_memory_state();
 
@@ -214,6 +219,7 @@ mod tests {
             TreeConfig::default(),
             sync_metrics_tx,
             evm_config,
+            Default::default(),
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/persistence.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/persistence.rs
index de5b10c331c..d4d03db4028 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/persistence.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/persistence.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ use reth_ethereum_primitives::EthPrimitives;
 use reth_primitives_traits::NodePrimitives;
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::ProviderNodeTypes, BlockExecutionWriter, BlockHashReader, ChainStateBlockWriter,
-    DBProvider, DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory,
+    DBProvider, DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory, StageCheckpointReader,
+    StageCheckpointWriter,
 };
 use reth_prune::{PrunerError, PrunerOutput, PrunerWithFactory};
-use reth_stages_api::{MetricEvent, MetricEventsSender};
+use reth_stages_api::{
+    BoxedStage, ExecInput, ExecOutput, MetricEvent, MetricEventsSender, StageError, UnwindInput,
+    UnwindOutput,
+};
 use std::{
     sync::mpsc::{Receiver, SendError, Sender},
     time::Instant,
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, error};
 ///
 /// This should be spawned in its own thread with [`std::thread::spawn`], since this performs
 /// blocking I/O operations in an endless loop.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[expect(missing_debug_implementations)]
 pub struct PersistenceService<N>
 where
     N: ProviderNodeTypes,
@@ -41,6 +45,8 @@ where
     metrics: PersistenceMetrics,
     /// Sender for sync metrics - we only submit sync metrics for persisted blocks
     sync_metrics_tx: MetricEventsSender,
+    /// Custom pipeline stages advanced on new blocks.
+    custom_stages: Vec<BoxedStage<<ProviderFactory<N> as DatabaseProviderFactory>::ProviderRW>>,
 }
 
 impl<N> PersistenceService<N>
@@ -53,8 +59,16 @@ where
         incoming: Receiver<PersistenceAction<N::Primitives>>,
         pruner: PrunerWithFactory<ProviderFactory<N>>,
         sync_metrics_tx: MetricEventsSender,
+        custom_stages: Vec<BoxedStage<<ProviderFactory<N> as DatabaseProviderFactory>::ProviderRW>>,
     ) -> Self {
-        Self { provider, incoming, pruner, metrics: PersistenceMetrics::default(), sync_metrics_tx }
+        Self {
+            provider,
+            incoming,
+            pruner,
+            metrics: PersistenceMetrics::default(),
+            sync_metrics_tx,
+            custom_stages,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Prunes block data before the given block number according to the configured prune
@@ -67,12 +81,7 @@ where
         self.metrics.prune_before_duration_seconds.record(start_time.elapsed());
         result
     }
-}
 
-impl<N> PersistenceService<N>
-where
-    N: ProviderNodeTypes,
-{
     /// This is the main loop, that will listen to database events and perform the requested
     /// database actions
     pub fn run(mut self) -> Result<(), PersistenceError> {
@@ -122,7 +131,7 @@ where
     }
 
     fn on_remove_blocks_above(
-        &self,
+        &mut self,
         new_tip_num: u64,
     ) -> Result<Option<BlockNumHash>, PersistenceError> {
         debug!(target: "engine::persistence", ?new_tip_num, "Removing blocks");
@@ -130,6 +139,17 @@ where
         let provider_rw = self.provider.database_provider_rw()?;
 
         let new_tip_hash = provider_rw.block_hash(new_tip_num)?;
+
+        for stage in self.custom_stages.iter_mut().rev() {
+            if let Some(checkpoint) = provider_rw.get_stage_checkpoint(stage.id())? {
+                let UnwindOutput { checkpoint } = stage.unwind(
+                    &provider_rw,
+                    UnwindInput { checkpoint, unwind_to: new_tip_num, bad_block: None },
+                )?;
+                provider_rw.save_stage_checkpoint(stage.id(), checkpoint)?;
+            }
+        }
+
         provider_rw.remove_block_and_execution_above(new_tip_num)?;
         provider_rw.commit()?;
 
@@ -139,7 +159,7 @@ where
     }
 
     fn on_save_blocks(
-        &self,
+        &mut self,
         blocks: Vec<ExecutedBlockWithTrieUpdates<N::Primitives>>,
     ) -> Result<Option<BlockNumHash>, PersistenceError> {
         debug!(target: "engine::persistence", first=?blocks.first().map(|b| b.recovered_block.num_hash()), last=?blocks.last().map(|b| b.recovered_block.num_hash()), "Saving range of blocks");
@@ -149,10 +169,28 @@ where
             number: block.recovered_block().header().number(),
         });
 
-        if last_block_hash_num.is_some() {
+        if let Some(num_hash) = last_block_hash_num {
             let provider_rw = self.provider.database_provider_rw()?;
 
             provider_rw.save_blocks(blocks)?;
+
+            for stage in &mut self.custom_stages {
+                loop {
+                    let checkpoint = provider_rw.get_stage_checkpoint(stage.id())?;
+
+                    let ExecOutput { checkpoint, done } = stage.execute(
+                        &provider_rw,
+                        ExecInput { target: Some(num_hash.number), checkpoint },
+                    )?;
+
+                    provider_rw.save_stage_checkpoint(stage.id(), checkpoint)?;
+
+                    if done {
+                        break
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             provider_rw.commit()?;
         }
         self.metrics.save_blocks_duration_seconds.record(start_time.elapsed());
@@ -170,6 +208,10 @@ pub enum PersistenceError {
     /// A provider error
     #[error(transparent)]
     ProviderError(#[from] ProviderError),
+
+    /// A stage error
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    StageError(#[from] StageError),
 }
 
 /// A signal to the persistence service that part of the tree state can be persisted.
@@ -213,6 +255,7 @@ impl<T: NodePrimitives> PersistenceHandle<T> {
         provider_factory: ProviderFactory<N>,
         pruner: PrunerWithFactory<ProviderFactory<N>>,
         sync_metrics_tx: MetricEventsSender,
+        custom_stages: Vec<BoxedStage<<ProviderFactory<N> as DatabaseProviderFactory>::ProviderRW>>,
     ) -> PersistenceHandle<N::Primitives>
     where
         N: ProviderNodeTypes,
@@ -224,8 +267,13 @@ impl<T: NodePrimitives> PersistenceHandle<T> {
         let persistence_handle = PersistenceHandle::new(db_service_tx);
 
         // spawn the persistence service
-        let db_service =
-            PersistenceService::new(provider_factory, db_service_rx, pruner, sync_metrics_tx);
+        let db_service = PersistenceService::new(
+            provider_factory,
+            db_service_rx,
+            pruner,
+            sync_metrics_tx,
+            custom_stages,
+        );
         std::thread::Builder::new()
             .name("Persistence Service".to_string())
             .spawn(|| {
@@ -313,7 +361,12 @@ mod tests {
             Pruner::new_with_factory(provider.clone(), vec![], 5, 0, None, finished_exex_height_rx);
 
         let (sync_metrics_tx, _sync_metrics_rx) = unbounded_channel();
-        PersistenceHandle::<EthPrimitives>::spawn_service(provider, pruner, sync_metrics_tx)
+        PersistenceHandle::<EthPrimitives>::spawn_service(
+            provider,
+            pruner,
+            sync_metrics_tx,
+            Default::default(),
+        )
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/crates/node/api/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/api/Cargo.toml
index 7bd6196318d..0acbc90b170 100644
--- a/crates/node/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ reth-tasks.workspace = true
 reth-network-api.workspace = true
 reth-node-types.workspace = true
 reth-node-core.workspace = true
+reth-stages-api.workspace = true
 reth-tokio-util.workspace = true
 
 alloy-rpc-types-engine.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node/api/src/node.rs b/crates/node/api/src/node.rs
index a4a46d2e0ac..80024c64d25 100644
--- a/crates/node/api/src/node.rs
+++ b/crates/node/api/src/node.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ use reth_network_api::FullNetwork;
 use reth_node_core::node_config::NodeConfig;
 use reth_node_types::{NodeTypes, NodeTypesWithDBAdapter, TxTy};
 use reth_payload_builder::PayloadBuilderHandle;
-use reth_provider::FullProvider;
+use reth_provider::{DatabaseProviderFactory, FullProvider};
+use reth_stages_api::BoxedStage;
 use reth_tasks::TaskExecutor;
 use reth_tokio_util::EventSender;
 use reth_transaction_pool::{PoolTransaction, TransactionPool};
@@ -203,6 +204,13 @@ pub trait NodeAddOns<N: FullNodeComponents>: Send {
         self,
         ctx: AddOnsContext<'_, N>,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = eyre::Result<Self::Handle>> + Send;
+
+    /// Returns additional stages to be added to the pipeline.
+    fn extra_stages(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Vec<BoxedStage<<N::Provider as DatabaseProviderFactory>::ProviderRW>> {
+        Vec::new()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<N: FullNodeComponents> NodeAddOns<N> for () {
diff --git a/crates/node/builder/src/launch/engine.rs b/crates/node/builder/src/launch/engine.rs
index 02fb505b077..0c35a8dfa85 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/src/launch/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/node/builder/src/launch/engine.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ impl EngineNodeLauncher {
             ctx.components().evm_config().clone(),
             maybe_exex_manager_handle.clone().unwrap_or_else(ExExManagerHandle::empty),
             ctx.era_import_source(),
+            add_ons.extra_stages(),
         )?;
 
         // The new engine writes directly to static files. This ensures that they're up to the tip.
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ impl EngineNodeLauncher {
             engine_tree_config,
             ctx.sync_metrics_tx(),
             ctx.components().evm_config().clone(),
+            add_ons.extra_stages(),
         );
 
         info!(target: "reth::cli", "Consensus engine initialized");
diff --git a/crates/node/builder/src/setup.rs b/crates/node/builder/src/setup.rs
index a4099691191..e9e5e8ba79a 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/src/setup.rs
+++ b/crates/node/builder/src/setup.rs
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ use reth_network_p2p::{
     bodies::downloader::BodyDownloader, headers::downloader::HeaderDownloader, BlockClient,
 };
 use reth_node_api::HeaderTy;
-use reth_provider::{providers::ProviderNodeTypes, ProviderFactory};
+use reth_provider::{providers::ProviderNodeTypes, DatabaseProviderFactory, ProviderFactory};
 use reth_stages::{
     prelude::DefaultStages,
     stages::{EraImportSource, ExecutionStage},
-    Pipeline, StageSet,
+    BoxedStage, Pipeline, StageId, StageSet,
 };
 use reth_static_file::StaticFileProducer;
 use reth_tasks::TaskExecutor;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ pub fn build_networked_pipeline<N, Client, Evm>(
     evm_config: Evm,
     exex_manager_handle: ExExManagerHandle<N::Primitives>,
     era_import_source: Option<EraImportSource>,
+    extra_stages: Vec<BoxedStage<<ProviderFactory<N> as DatabaseProviderFactory>::ProviderRW>>,
 ) -> eyre::Result<Pipeline<N>>
 where
     N: ProviderNodeTypes,
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ where
         evm_config,
         exex_manager_handle,
         era_import_source,
+        extra_stages,
     )?;
 
     Ok(pipeline)
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ pub fn build_pipeline<N, H, B, Evm>(
     evm_config: Evm,
     exex_manager_handle: ExExManagerHandle<N::Primitives>,
     era_import_source: Option<EraImportSource>,
+    extra_stages: Vec<BoxedStage<<ProviderFactory<N> as DatabaseProviderFactory>::ProviderRW>>,
 ) -> eyre::Result<Pipeline<N>>
 where
     N: ProviderNodeTypes,
@@ -129,7 +132,8 @@ where
                 stage_config.execution.into(),
                 stage_config.execution_external_clean_threshold(),
                 exex_manager_handle,
-            )),
+            ))
+            .add_stages_before(extra_stages, StageId::Finish),
         )
         .build(provider_factory, static_file_producer);
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/api/src/pipeline/mod.rs b/crates/stages/api/src/pipeline/mod.rs
index 2446219ea3d..2f2fef37a4e 100644
--- a/crates/stages/api/src/pipeline/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/api/src/pipeline/mod.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use reth_errors::{ProviderResult, RethResult};
 pub use set::*;
 
 /// A container for a queued stage.
-pub(crate) type BoxedStage<DB> = Box<dyn Stage<DB>>;
+pub type BoxedStage<Provider> = Box<dyn Stage<Provider>>;
 
 /// The future that returns the owned pipeline and the result of the pipeline run. See
 /// [`Pipeline::run_as_fut`].
diff --git a/crates/stages/api/src/pipeline/set.rs b/crates/stages/api/src/pipeline/set.rs
index c39dafae99f..daa752a2fc7 100644
--- a/crates/stages/api/src/pipeline/set.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/api/src/pipeline/set.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,24 @@ impl<Provider> StageSetBuilder<Provider> {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Adds given [`Stage`]s before the stage with the given [`StageId`].
+    ///
+    /// If the stage was already in the group, it is removed from its previous place.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics if the dependency stage is not in this set.
+    pub fn add_stages_before<S: Stage<Provider> + 'static>(
+        mut self,
+        stages: Vec<S>,
+        before: StageId,
+    ) -> Self {
+        for stage in stages {
+            self = self.add_before(stage, before);
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Adds the given [`Stage`] after the stage with the given [`StageId`].
     ///
     /// If the stage was already in the group, it is removed from its previous place.
diff --git a/crates/stages/stages/src/sets.rs b/crates/stages/stages/src/sets.rs
index 97c3a3116aa..3119fec011e 100644
--- a/crates/stages/stages/src/sets.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/stages/src/sets.rs
@@ -135,30 +135,6 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<P, H, B, E> DefaultStages<P, H, B, E>
-where
-    E: ConfigureEvm,
-    H: HeaderDownloader,
-    B: BodyDownloader,
-{
-    /// Appends the default offline stages and default finish stage to the given builder.
-    pub fn add_offline_stages<Provider>(
-        default_offline: StageSetBuilder<Provider>,
-        evm_config: E,
-        consensus: Arc<dyn FullConsensus<E::Primitives, Error = ConsensusError>>,
-        stages_config: StageConfig,
-        prune_modes: PruneModes,
-    ) -> StageSetBuilder<Provider>
-    where
-        OfflineStages<E>: StageSet<Provider>,
-    {
-        StageSetBuilder::default()
-            .add_set(default_offline)
-            .add_set(OfflineStages::new(evm_config, consensus, stages_config, prune_modes))
-            .add_stage(FinishStage)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<P, H, B, E, Provider> StageSet<Provider> for DefaultStages<P, H, B, E>
 where
     P: HeaderSyncGapProvider + 'static,
@@ -169,13 +145,11 @@ where
     OfflineStages<E>: StageSet<Provider>,
 {
     fn builder(self) -> StageSetBuilder<Provider> {
-        Self::add_offline_stages(
-            self.online.builder(),
-            self.evm_config,
-            self.consensus,
-            self.stages_config.clone(),
-            self.prune_modes,
-        )
+        let Self { online, evm_config, consensus, stages_config, prune_modes } = self;
+        StageSetBuilder::default()
+            .add_set(online.builder())
+            .add_set(OfflineStages::new(evm_config, consensus, stages_config, prune_modes))
+            .add_stage(FinishStage)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/stages/stages/src/stages/headers.rs b/crates/stages/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
index d3e690dc516..c3ce35f9b0a 100644
--- a/crates/stages/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ use reth_stages_api::{
 };
 use reth_static_file_types::StaticFileSegment;
 use reth_storage_errors::provider::ProviderError;
-use std::task::{ready, Context, Poll};
+use std::{
+    fmt::Debug,
+    task::{ready, Context, Poll},
+};
 
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 use tracing::*;
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ where
 
 impl<Provider, P, D> Stage<Provider> for HeaderStage<P, D>
 where
-    Provider: DBProvider<Tx: DbTxMut> + StaticFileProviderFactory,
+    Provider: DBProvider<Tx: DbTxMut> + StaticFileProviderFactory + Debug,
     P: HeaderSyncGapProvider<Header = <Provider::Primitives as NodePrimitives>::BlockHeader>,
     D: HeaderDownloader<Header = <Provider::Primitives as NodePrimitives>::BlockHeader>,
     <Provider::Primitives as NodePrimitives>::BlockHeader: FullBlockHeader + Value,