diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/events.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/events.ts
index a95b52394163..790859318061 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/events.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/events.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {EventEmitter} from "node:events";
 import {PeerId, TopicValidatorResult} from "@libp2p/interface";
-import {phase0, RootHex} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {phase0, RootHex, Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {BlockInput, NullBlockInput} from "../chain/blocks/types.js";
 import {StrictEventEmitterSingleArg} from "../util/strictEvents.js";
 import {PeerIdStr} from "../util/peerId.js";
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export enum NetworkEvent {
   pendingGossipsubMessage = "gossip.pendingGossipsubMessage",
   /** (App -> Network) A gossip message has been validated */
   gossipMessageValidationResult = "gossip.messageValidationResult",
+  blockProcessed = "blockProcessed",
 }
 
 export type NetworkEventData = {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export type NetworkEventData = {
     propagationSource: PeerIdStr;
     acceptance: TopicValidatorResult;
   };
+  [NetworkEvent.blockProcessed]: {slot: Slot; rootHex: RootHex};
 };
 
 export const networkEventDirection: Record<NetworkEvent, EventDirection> = {
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ export const networkEventDirection: Record<NetworkEvent, EventDirection> = {
   [NetworkEvent.unknownBlockInput]: EventDirection.workerToMain,
   [NetworkEvent.pendingGossipsubMessage]: EventDirection.workerToMain,
   [NetworkEvent.gossipMessageValidationResult]: EventDirection.mainToWorker,
+  [NetworkEvent.blockProcessed]: EventDirection.mainToWorker,
 };
 
 export type INetworkEventBus = StrictEventEmitterSingleArg<NetworkEventData>;
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/gossip/gossipsub.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/gossip/gossipsub.ts
index 83bb913325bf..b1200e4f0fed 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/gossip/gossipsub.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/gossip/gossipsub.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {PeerScoreParams} from "@chainsafe/libp2p-gossipsub/score";
 import {MetricsRegister, TopicLabel, TopicStrToLabel} from "@chainsafe/libp2p-gossipsub/metrics";
 import {BeaconConfig} from "@lodestar/config";
 import {ATTESTATION_SUBNET_COUNT, ForkName, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH, SYNC_COMMITTEE_SUBNET_COUNT} from "@lodestar/params";
-import {Logger, Map2d, Map2dArr} from "@lodestar/utils";
+import {Logger, Map2d, Map2dArr, MapDef, pruneSetToMax} from "@lodestar/utils";
 
 import {RegistryMetricCreator} from "../../metrics/index.js";
 import {PeersData} from "../peers/peersData.js";
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import {
   GOSSIP_D_HIGH,
   GOSSIP_D_LOW,
 } from "./scoringParameters.js";
+import {RootHex, Slot} from "@lodestar/types";
+import {createExtractBlockSlotRootFns} from "../processor/extractSlotRootFns.js";
 
 /** As specified in https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/v1.1.10/specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md */
 const GOSSIPSUB_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL = 0.7 * 1000;
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ export type Eth2GossipsubOpts = {
   disableLightClientServer?: boolean;
 };
 
+// TODO: dedup
+const DEFAULT_EARLIEST_PERMISSIBLE_SLOT_DISTANCE = 32;
+
 /**
  * Wrapper around js-libp2p-gossipsub with the following extensions:
  * - Eth2 message id
@@ -80,6 +85,10 @@ export class Eth2Gossipsub extends GossipSub {
 
   // Internal caches
   private readonly gossipTopicCache: GossipTopicCache;
+  private readonly validatedBlocks: Map<Slot, RootHex>;
+  private readonly awaitingEventsByRootBySlot: MapDef<Slot, MapDef<RootHex, Set<GossipsubEvents["gossipsub:message"]>>>;
+  private readonly extractBlockSlotRootFns = createExtractBlockSlotRootFns();
+  private unknownBlockGossipsubEventsCount = 0;
 
   constructor(opts: Eth2GossipsubOpts, modules: Eth2GossipsubModules) {
     const {allowPublishToZeroPeers, gossipsubD, gossipsubDLow, gossipsubDHigh} = opts;
@@ -154,12 +163,18 @@ export class Eth2Gossipsub extends GossipSub {
 
     this.addEventListener("gossipsub:message", this.onGossipsubMessage.bind(this));
     this.events.on(NetworkEvent.gossipMessageValidationResult, this.onValidationResult.bind(this));
+    this.events.on(NetworkEvent.blockProcessed, this.onBlockProcessed.bind(this));
 
     // Having access to this data is CRUCIAL for debugging. While this is a massive log, it must not be deleted.
     // Scoring issues require this dump + current peer score stats to re-calculate scores.
     if (!opts.skipParamsLog) {
       this.logger.debug("Gossipsub score params", {params: JSON.stringify(scoreParams)});
     }
+
+    this.awaitingEventsByRootBySlot = new MapDef(
+      () => new MapDef<RootHex, Set<GossipsubEvents["gossipsub:message"]>>(() => new Set())
+    );
+    this.validatedBlocks = new Map();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -282,9 +297,49 @@ export class Eth2Gossipsub extends GossipSub {
 
     // Register full score too
     metrics.gossipPeer.score.set(gossipScores);
+
+    metrics.queuedEvents.countPerSlot.set(this.unknownBlockGossipsubEventsCount);
   }
 
   private onGossipsubMessage(event: GossipsubEvents["gossipsub:message"]): void {
+    const {msg} = event.detail;
+    const topic = this.gossipTopicCache.getTopic(msg.topic);
+    const topicType = topic.type;
+    const extractBlockSlotRootFn = this.extractBlockSlotRootFns[topicType];
+
+    // this event does not depend on a validated block, no need to queue
+    if (extractBlockSlotRootFn == null) {
+      this.sendToMainThread(event);
+      return;
+
+    }
+    // check block root of Attestation and SignedAggregateAndProof messages
+    const slotRoot = extractBlockSlotRootFn(msg.data);
+    if (slotRoot) {
+      const {slot, root: rootHex} = slotRoot;
+      if (rootHex == null) {
+        // this event does not depend on a validated block, no need to queue
+        this.sendToMainThread(event);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (this.validatedBlocks.get(slot) === rootHex) {
+        // dependent block is validated, no need to queue
+        this.sendToMainThread(event);
+      } else {
+        // this is most likely a message that depends current slot block that is not yet validated
+        // we queue it until the block is validated
+        // no need to care about messages that are too old
+        // they will be pruned once we have a validated block
+        const awaitingEventsByRoot = this.awaitingEventsByRootBySlot.getOrDefault(slot);
+        const events = awaitingEventsByRoot.getOrDefault(rootHex);
+        // TODO: bound max size
+        events.add(event);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private sendToMainThread(event: GossipsubEvents["gossipsub:message"]): void {
     const {propagationSource, msgId, msg} = event.detail;
 
     // Also validates that the topicStr is known
@@ -317,6 +372,33 @@ export class Eth2Gossipsub extends GossipSub {
       this.reportMessageValidationResult(data.msgId, data.propagationSource, data.acceptance);
     });
   }
+
+  private onBlockProcessed(data: NetworkEventData[NetworkEvent.blockProcessed]): void {
+    const {rootHex, slot} = data;
+    this.validatedBlocks.set(slot, rootHex);
+    pruneSetToMax(this.validatedBlocks, DEFAULT_EARLIEST_PERMISSIBLE_SLOT_DISTANCE);
+    const events = this.awaitingEventsByRootBySlot.get(slot)?.get(rootHex);
+    if (events) {
+      for (const event of events) {
+        this.sendToMainThread(event);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const eventsInCurrentSlot = this.awaitingEventsByRootBySlot.get(slot);
+    this.unknownBlockGossipsubEventsCount = 0;
+    if (eventsInCurrentSlot) {
+      for (const events of eventsInCurrentSlot.values()) {
+        this.unknownBlockGossipsubEventsCount += events.size;
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (const cachedSlot of this.awaitingEventsByRootBySlot.keys()) {
+      // TODO: more metrics, bound max size
+      if (cachedSlot <= slot) {
+        this.awaitingEventsByRootBySlot.delete(cachedSlot);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/gossip/metrics.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/gossip/metrics.ts
index 5ca5d22154c2..e3227badbc59 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/gossip/metrics.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/gossip/metrics.ts
@@ -56,5 +56,12 @@ export function createEth2GossipsubMetrics(register: RegistryMetricCreator) {
         labelNames: ["subnet", "fork"],
       }),
     },
+    queuedEvents: {
+      countPerSlot: register.gauge({
+        name: "lodestar_gossip_queued_messages_per_slot_total",
+        help: "Total number of gossip messages waiting to be sent to main thread pet slot",
+      }),
+      // TODO: more metrics, for example messages that's too old
+    }
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/extractSlotRootFns.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/extractSlotRootFns.ts
index d31cb3e2d7f9..b3e765273a21 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/extractSlotRootFns.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/extractSlotRootFns.ts
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ export function createExtractBlockSlotRootFns(): ExtractSlotRootFns {
       }
       return {slot};
     },
+    // TODO: sync committee messages
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/index.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/index.ts
index ec0edf54644f..fabeff043d31 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/index.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/network/processor/index.ts
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ export class NetworkProcessor {
     block: string;
     executionOptimistic: boolean;
   }): Promise<void> {
+    this.events.emit(NetworkEvent.blockProcessed, {slot, rootHex});
     this.isProcessingCurrentSlotBlock = false;
     const byRootGossipsubMessages = this.awaitingGossipsubMessagesByRootBySlot.getOrDefault(slot);
     const waitingGossipsubMessages = byRootGossipsubMessages.getOrDefault(rootHex);