diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/Peer.scala b/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/Peer.scala
index 397cb08a15..b0f6ccc0cb 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/Peer.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/Peer.scala
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ package io.iohk.ethereum.network
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 
+import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.pattern.Patterns.ask
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
 import akka.util.ByteString
 
 import io.iohk.ethereum.blockchain.sync.Blacklist.BlacklistId
+import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.Message
 
 final case class PeerId(value: String) extends BlacklistId
 
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@ final case class Peer(
     remoteAddress: InetSocketAddress,
     ref: ActorRef,
     incomingConnection: Boolean,
+    source: Source[Message, NotUsed] = Source.empty,
     nodeId: Option[ByteString] = None,
     createTimeMillis: Long = System.currentTimeMillis
 )
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerActor.scala b/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerActor.scala
index f5a142bf77..38696541ae 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerActor.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerActor.scala
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ package io.iohk.ethereum.network
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import java.net.URI
 
+import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.actor.SupervisorStrategy.Escalate
 import akka.actor._
+import akka.stream.OverflowStrategy
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
 import akka.util.ByteString
 
 import org.bouncycastle.util.encoders.Hex
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ import io.iohk.ethereum.network.handshaker.Handshaker.HandshakeResult
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.handshaker.Handshaker.NextMessage
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p._
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.messages.Capability
+import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.messages.Codes
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.messages.WireProtocol._
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.rlpx.AuthHandshaker
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.rlpx.RLPxConnectionHandler
@@ -289,7 +293,17 @@ class PeerActor[R <: HandshakeResult](
   class HandshakedPeer(remoteNodeId: ByteString, rlpxConnection: RLPxConnection, handshakeResult: R) {
 
     val peerId: PeerId = PeerId(Hex.toHexString(remoteNodeId.toArray))
-    val peer: Peer = Peer(peerId, peerAddress, self, incomingConnection, Some(remoteNodeId))
+    val source: Source[Message, NotUsed] = PeerEventBusActor
+      .messageSource(
+        peerEventBus,
+        PeerEventBusActor.SubscriptionClassifier
+          .MessageClassifier(
+            Set(Codes.BlockBodiesCode, Codes.BlockHeadersCode),
+            PeerEventBusActor.PeerSelector.WithId(peerId)
+          )
+      )
+      .map(_.message)
+    val peer: Peer = Peer(peerId, peerAddress, self, incomingConnection, source, Some(remoteNodeId))
     peerEventBus ! Publish(PeerHandshakeSuccessful(peer, handshakeResult))
 
     /** main behavior of actor that handles peer communication and subscriptions for messages
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerEventBusActor.scala b/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerEventBusActor.scala
index 05ab900d3b..b8a8414f06 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerEventBusActor.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerEventBusActor.scala
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 package io.iohk.ethereum.network
 
+import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.actor.Actor
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.Props
+import akka.actor.Terminated
 import akka.event.ActorEventBus
+import akka.stream.OverflowStrategy
+import akka.stream.WatchedActorTerminatedException
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
+import akka.util.Timeout
+
+import scala.concurrent.Future
 
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.PeerEventBusActor.PeerEvent.MessageFromPeer
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.PeerEventBusActor.PeerEvent.PeerDisconnected
@@ -11,10 +19,36 @@ import io.iohk.ethereum.network.PeerEventBusActor.PeerEvent.PeerHandshakeSuccess
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.PeerEventBusActor.SubscriptionClassifier._
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.handshaker.Handshaker.HandshakeResult
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.Message
+import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.messages.Codes
 
 object PeerEventBusActor {
   def props: Props = Props(new PeerEventBusActor)
 
+  /** Handle subscription to the peer event bus via Akka Streams.
+    *
+    * @param peerEventBus ref to PeerEventBusActor
+    * @param messageClassifier specify which messages to subscribe to
+    * @return Source that subscribes to the peer event bus on materialization
+    *   and unsubscribes on cancellation. It will complete when the event bus
+    *   actor terminates.
+    *
+    *   Note:
+    *   - subscription is asynchronous so it may miss messages when starting.
+    *   - it does not complete when a specified peerId disconnects.
+    */
+  def messageSource(peerEventBus: ActorRef, messageClassifier: MessageClassifier): Source[MessageFromPeer, NotUsed] =
+    Source
+      .fromMaterializer { (mat, _) =>
+        val (actorRef, src) = Source
+          .actorRef[MessageFromPeer](PartialFunction.empty, PartialFunction.empty, 1, OverflowStrategy.fail)
+          .watch(peerEventBus)
+          .preMaterialize()(mat)
+        peerEventBus
+          .tell(Subscribe(messageClassifier), actorRef)
+        src
+      }
+      .mapMaterializedValue(_ => NotUsed)
+
   sealed trait PeerSelector {
     def contains(peerId: PeerId): Boolean
   }
@@ -28,7 +62,6 @@ object PeerEventBusActor {
     case class WithId(peerId: PeerId) extends PeerSelector {
       override def contains(p: PeerId): Boolean = p == peerId
     }
-
   }
 
   sealed trait SubscriptionClassifier
@@ -196,20 +229,28 @@ object PeerEventBusActor {
   case class Unsubscribe(from: Option[SubscriptionClassifier] = None)
 
   case class Publish(ev: PeerEvent)
-
 }
 
 class PeerEventBusActor extends Actor {
-
   import PeerEventBusActor._
 
   val peerEventBus: PeerEventBus = new PeerEventBus
 
   override def receive: Receive = {
-    case Subscribe(to)           => peerEventBus.subscribe(sender(), to)
-    case Unsubscribe(Some(from)) => peerEventBus.unsubscribe(sender(), from)
-    case Unsubscribe(None)       => peerEventBus.unsubscribe(sender())
-    case Publish(ev: PeerEvent)  => peerEventBus.publish(ev)
-  }
+    case Subscribe(to) =>
+      peerEventBus.subscribe(sender(), to)
+      context.watch(sender())
+
+    case Unsubscribe(Some(from)) =>
+      peerEventBus.unsubscribe(sender(), from)
+
+    case Unsubscribe(None) =>
+      peerEventBus.unsubscribe(sender())
 
+    case Publish(ev: PeerEvent) =>
+      peerEventBus.publish(ev)
+
+    case Terminated(ref) =>
+      peerEventBus.unsubscribe(ref)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerManagerActor.scala b/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerManagerActor.scala
index 71a6886fff..28c7cda61f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerManagerActor.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerManagerActor.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.Collections.newSetFromMap
 
 import akka.actor.SupervisorStrategy.Stop
 import akka.actor._
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
 import akka.util.ByteString
 import akka.util.Timeout
 
@@ -323,9 +324,7 @@ class PeerManagerActor(
         PeerId.fromRef(ref),
         address,
         ref,
-        incomingConnection,
-        nodeId = None,
-        createTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis
+        incomingConnection
       )
 
     val newConnectedPeers = connectedPeers.addNewPendingPeer(pendingPeer)
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/blockchain/sync/fast/FastSyncBranchResolverSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/blockchain/sync/fast/FastSyncBranchResolverSpec.scala
index 37b3cb2f52..2c7ff49417 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/blockchain/sync/fast/FastSyncBranchResolverSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/blockchain/sync/fast/FastSyncBranchResolverSpec.scala
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ class FastSyncBranchResolverSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers with MockFact
       val blocksSavedInPeer: List[Block] =
         commonBlocks :++ BlockHelpers.generateChain(ourBestBlock + 1 - highestCommonBlock, commonBlocks.last)
 
-      val dummyPeer = Peer(PeerId("dummyPeer"), new InetSocketAddress("foo", 1), ActorRef.noSender, false, None, 0)
+      val dummyPeer =
+        Peer(PeerId("dummyPeer"), new InetSocketAddress("foo", 1), ActorRef.noSender, false, createTimeMillis = 0)
 
       val initialSearchState = SearchState(1, 10, dummyPeer)
       val ours = blocksSaved.map(b => (b.number, b)).toMap
@@ -256,7 +257,8 @@ class FastSyncBranchResolverSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers with MockFact
       val blocksSaved: List[Block] = BlockHelpers.generateChain(8, BlockHelpers.genesis)
       val blocksSavedInPeer: List[Block] = BlockHelpers.generateChain(8, BlockHelpers.genesis)
 
-      val dummyPeer = Peer(PeerId("dummyPeer"), new InetSocketAddress("foo", 1), ActorRef.noSender, false, None, 0)
+      val dummyPeer =
+        Peer(PeerId("dummyPeer"), new InetSocketAddress("foo", 1), ActorRef.noSender, false, createTimeMillis = 0)
 
       val initialSearchState = SearchState(1, 8, dummyPeer)
       val ours = blocksSaved.map(b => (b.number, b)).toMap
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/EtcPeerManagerSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/EtcPeerManagerSpec.scala
index ae0714a794..f24cef1018 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/EtcPeerManagerSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/EtcPeerManagerSpec.scala
@@ -328,20 +328,20 @@ class EtcPeerManagerSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
 
     val peer1Probe: TestProbe = TestProbe()
     val peer1: Peer =
-      Peer(PeerId("peer1"), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 1), peer1Probe.ref, false, Some(fakeNodeId))
+      Peer(PeerId("peer1"), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 1), peer1Probe.ref, false, nodeId = Some(fakeNodeId))
     val peer1Info: PeerInfo = initialPeerInfo.withForkAccepted(false)
     val peer1InfoETC64: PeerInfo = initialPeerInfoETC64.withForkAccepted(false)
     val peer2Probe: TestProbe = TestProbe()
     val peer2: Peer =
-      Peer(PeerId("peer2"), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 2), peer2Probe.ref, false, Some(fakeNodeId))
+      Peer(PeerId("peer2"), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 2), peer2Probe.ref, false, nodeId = Some(fakeNodeId))
     val peer2Info: PeerInfo = initialPeerInfo.withForkAccepted(false)
     val peer3Probe: TestProbe = TestProbe()
     val peer3: Peer =
-      Peer(PeerId("peer3"), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 3), peer3Probe.ref, false, Some(fakeNodeId))
+      Peer(PeerId("peer3"), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 3), peer3Probe.ref, false, nodeId = Some(fakeNodeId))
 
     val freshPeerProbe: TestProbe = TestProbe()
     val freshPeer: Peer =
-      Peer(PeerId(""), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 4), freshPeerProbe.ref, false, Some(fakeNodeId))
+      Peer(PeerId(""), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 4), freshPeerProbe.ref, false, nodeId = Some(fakeNodeId))
     val freshPeerInfo: PeerInfo = initialPeerInfo.withForkAccepted(false)
 
     val peerManager: TestProbe = TestProbe()
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerEventBusActorSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerEventBusActorSpec.scala
index 5ab613aeec..b75beda5dc 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerEventBusActorSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerEventBusActorSpec.scala
@@ -4,13 +4,22 @@ import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.actor.PoisonPill
+import akka.stream.WatchedActorTerminatedException
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Keep
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Sink
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
+import akka.testkit.TestActor
 import akka.testkit.TestProbe
 import akka.util.ByteString
 
+import org.scalatest.concurrent.ScalaFutures
 import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
 import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
 
 import io.iohk.ethereum.Fixtures
+import io.iohk.ethereum.NormalPatience
 import io.iohk.ethereum.domain.ChainWeight
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.EtcPeerManagerActor.PeerInfo
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.EtcPeerManagerActor.RemoteStatus
@@ -19,11 +28,12 @@ import io.iohk.ethereum.network.PeerEventBusActor.PeerEvent.PeerDisconnected
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.PeerEventBusActor.PeerEvent.PeerHandshakeSuccessful
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.PeerEventBusActor.PeerSelector
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.PeerEventBusActor.SubscriptionClassifier._
+import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.Message
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.messages.Capability
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.messages.WireProtocol.Ping
 import io.iohk.ethereum.network.p2p.messages.WireProtocol.Pong
 
-class PeerEventBusActorSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
+class PeerEventBusActorSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers with ScalaFutures with NormalPatience {
 
   "PeerEventBusActor" should "relay messages received to subscribers" in new TestSetup {
 
@@ -32,6 +42,7 @@ class PeerEventBusActorSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
     val classifier1 = MessageClassifier(Set(Ping.code), PeerSelector.WithId(PeerId("1")))
     val classifier2 = MessageClassifier(Set(Ping.code), PeerSelector.AllPeers)
     peerEventBusActor.tell(PeerEventBusActor.Subscribe(classifier1), probe1.ref)
+
     peerEventBusActor.tell(PeerEventBusActor.Subscribe(classifier2), probe2.ref)
 
     val msgFromPeer = MessageFromPeer(Ping(), PeerId("1"))
@@ -46,6 +57,47 @@ class PeerEventBusActorSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
     peerEventBusActor ! PeerEventBusActor.Publish(msgFromPeer2)
     probe1.expectNoMessage()
     probe2.expectMsg(msgFromPeer2)
+
+  }
+
+  it should "relay messages via streams" in new TestSetup {
+    val classifier1 = MessageClassifier(Set(Ping.code), PeerSelector.WithId(PeerId("1")))
+    val classifier2 = MessageClassifier(Set(Ping.code), PeerSelector.AllPeers)
+
+    val peerEventBusProbe = TestProbe()(system)
+    peerEventBusProbe.setAutoPilot { (sender: ActorRef, msg: Any) =>
+      peerEventBusActor.tell(msg, sender)
+      TestActor.KeepRunning
+    }
+
+    val seqOnTermination = Flow[MessageFromPeer]
+      .recoverWithRetries(1, { case _: WatchedActorTerminatedException => Source.empty })
+      .toMat(Sink.seq)(Keep.right)
+
+    val stream1 = PeerEventBusActor.messageSource(peerEventBusProbe.ref, classifier1).runWith(seqOnTermination)
+    val stream2 = PeerEventBusActor.messageSource(peerEventBusProbe.ref, classifier2).runWith(seqOnTermination)
+
+    // wait for subscriptions to be done
+    peerEventBusProbe.expectMsgType[PeerEventBusActor.Subscribe]
+    peerEventBusProbe.expectMsgType[PeerEventBusActor.Subscribe]
+
+    val syncProbe = TestProbe()(system)
+    peerEventBusActor.tell(PeerEventBusActor.Subscribe(classifier2), syncProbe.ref)
+
+    val msgFromPeer = MessageFromPeer(Ping(), PeerId("1"))
+    peerEventBusActor ! PeerEventBusActor.Publish(msgFromPeer)
+
+    val msgFromPeer2 = MessageFromPeer(Ping(), PeerId("99"))
+    peerEventBusActor ! PeerEventBusActor.Publish(msgFromPeer2)
+
+    // wait for publications to be done
+    syncProbe.expectMsg(msgFromPeer)
+    syncProbe.expectMsg(msgFromPeer2)
+
+    peerEventBusProbe.ref ! PoisonPill
+
+    whenReady(stream1)(_ shouldEqual Seq(msgFromPeer))
+    whenReady(stream2)(_ shouldEqual Seq(msgFromPeer, msgFromPeer2))
   }
 
   it should "only relay matching message codes" in new TestSetup {
@@ -105,7 +157,13 @@ class PeerEventBusActorSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
     peerEventBusActor.tell(PeerEventBusActor.Subscribe(PeerHandshaked), probe2.ref)
 
     val peerHandshaked =
-      new Peer(PeerId("peer1"), new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 0), TestProbe().ref, false, Some(ByteString()))
+      new Peer(
+        PeerId("peer1"),
+        new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 0),
+        TestProbe().ref,
+        false,
+        nodeId = Some(ByteString())
+      )
     val msgPeerHandshaked = PeerHandshakeSuccessful(peerHandshaked, initialPeerInfo)
     peerEventBusActor ! PeerEventBusActor.Publish(msgPeerHandshaked)
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerManagerSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerManagerSpec.scala
index 7c264b851a..b2a44091a1 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerManagerSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/iohk/ethereum/network/PeerManagerSpec.scala
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ class PeerManagerSpec
 
     // It should have created the next peer for the first incoming connection (probably using a synchronous test scheduler).
     val probe2: TestProbe = createdPeers(2).probe
-    val peer = Peer(PeerId("peer"), incomingPeerAddress1, probe2.ref, incomingConnection = true, Some(incomingNodeId1))
+    val peer =
+      Peer(PeerId("peer"), incomingPeerAddress1, probe2.ref, incomingConnection = true, nodeId = Some(incomingNodeId1))
     probe2.expectMsg(PeerActor.HandleConnection(incomingConnection1.ref, incomingPeerAddress1))
     probe2.reply(PeerEvent.PeerHandshakeSuccessful(peer, initialPeerInfo))
 
@@ -213,7 +214,13 @@ class PeerManagerSpec
     val probe3: TestProbe = createdPeers(3).probe
 
     val secondPeer =
-      Peer(PeerId("secondPeer"), incomingPeerAddress2, probe3.ref, incomingConnection = true, Some(incomingNodeId2))
+      Peer(
+        PeerId("secondPeer"),
+        incomingPeerAddress2,
+        probe3.ref,
+        incomingConnection = true,
+        nodeId = Some(incomingNodeId2)
+      )
 
     probe3.expectMsg(PeerActor.HandleConnection(incomingConnection2.ref, incomingPeerAddress2))
     probe3.reply(PeerEvent.PeerHandshakeSuccessful(secondPeer, initialPeerInfo))
@@ -287,7 +294,7 @@ class PeerManagerSpec
       peerAsIncomingAddress,
       peerAsIncomingProbe.ref,
       incomingConnection = true,
-      Some(nodeId)
+      nodeId = Some(nodeId)
     )
 
     peerAsIncomingProbe.expectMsg(
@@ -322,7 +329,7 @@ class PeerManagerSpec
       peerAsIncomingAddress,
       peerAsIncomingProbe.ref,
       incomingConnection = true,
-      Some(nodeId)
+      nodeId = Some(nodeId)
     )
 
     peerAsIncomingProbe.expectMsg(