diff --git a/waku/v2/node/localnode.go b/waku/v2/node/localnode.go
index 221131257..329f3feb5 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/localnode.go
+++ b/waku/v2/node/localnode.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enr"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/event"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol"
 	wenr "github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/enr"
@@ -344,3 +345,27 @@ func (w *WakuNode) watchTopicShards(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (w *WakuNode) registerAndMonitorReachability(ctx context.Context) {
+	var myEventSub event.Subscription
+	var err error
+	if myEventSub, err = w.host.EventBus().Subscribe(new(event.EvtLocalReachabilityChanged)); err != nil {
+		w.log.Error("failed to register with libp2p for reachability status", zap.Error(err))
+		return
+	}
+	w.wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer myEventSub.Close()
+		defer w.wg.Done()
+
+		for {
+			select {
+			case evt := <-myEventSub.Out():
+				reachability := evt.(event.EvtLocalReachabilityChanged).Reachability
+				w.log.Info("Node reachability changed", zap.Stringer("newReachability", reachability))
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go b/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
index 946e000e1..20b2c7fb9 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
+++ b/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ func (w *WakuNode) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		w.peermanager.Start(ctx)
+		w.registerAndMonitorReachability(ctx)
 	}
 
 	w.store = w.storeFactory(w)