diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Producers/TxPoolTxSource.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Producers/TxPoolTxSource.cs
index ac61befc040..783b5be0db8 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Producers/TxPoolTxSource.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Producers/TxPoolTxSource.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 namespace Nethermind.Consensus.Producers
 {
-    public class TxPoolTxSource : ITxSource
+    public class TxPoolTxSource : ITxSource, ITxSourceNotifier
     {
         private readonly ITxPool _transactionPool;
         private readonly ITransactionComparerProvider _transactionComparerProvider;
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public class TxPoolTxSource : ITxSource
         protected readonly ILogger _logger;
         private readonly IEip4844Config _eip4844Config;
 
+        public event EventHandler<TxEventArgs> NewPendingTransactions;
+
         public TxPoolTxSource(
             ITxPool? transactionPool,
             ISpecProvider? specProvider,
@@ -49,8 +51,15 @@ public TxPoolTxSource(
             _logger = logManager?.GetClassLogger<TxPoolTxSource>() ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logManager));
             _stateReader = stateReader;
             _eip4844Config = eip4844ConstantsProvider ?? ConstantEip4844Config.Instance;
+            _transactionPool.NewPending += TransactionPool_NewPending;
         }
 
+        private void TransactionPool_NewPending(object? sender, TxEventArgs e)
+            => NewPendingTransactions?.Invoke(sender, e);
+
+        public bool IsInterestingTx(Transaction tx, BlockHeader parent)
+            => _txFilterPipeline.Execute(tx, parent);
+
         public IEnumerable<Transaction> GetTransactions(BlockHeader parent, long gasLimit, PayloadAttributes? payloadAttributes = null, CancellationToken token = default)
         {
             IReleaseSpec spec = _specProvider.GetSpec(parent);
@@ -165,9 +174,15 @@ private void SortMultiSendersByNonce(ArrayPoolList<Transaction> selectedTxs, Blo
                 if (token.IsCancellationRequested) return;
 
                 // Retrieve the sender's account to get the first expected nonce
-                AccountStruct account = default;
-                _stateReader?.TryGetAccount(parent.StateRoot, group.Key, out account);
-                UInt256 expectedNonce = account.Nonce;
+                UInt256 expectedNonce;
+                if (_stateReader is not null && _stateReader.TryGetAccount(parent.StateRoot, group.Key, out AccountStruct account))
+                {
+                    expectedNonce = account.Nonce;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    expectedNonce = order[0].Nonce;
+                }
 
                 bool removeTx = false;
                 // Iterate over the transactions to validate nonce sequence and remove invalid ones
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Transactions/ITxSource.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Transactions/ITxSource.cs
index 8ece1c070f1..054a1f08097 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Transactions/ITxSource.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Transactions/ITxSource.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Demerzel Solutions Limited
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using Nethermind.Consensus.Producers;
 using Nethermind.Core;
+using Nethermind.TxPool;
 
 namespace Nethermind.Consensus.Transactions
 {
@@ -12,6 +14,9 @@ public interface ITxSource
     {
         IEnumerable<Transaction> GetTransactions(BlockHeader parent, long gasLimit, PayloadAttributes? payloadAttributes = null, CancellationToken token = default);
     }
-
-
+    public interface ITxSourceNotifier
+    {
+        event EventHandler<TxEventArgs> NewPendingTransactions;
+        bool IsInterestingTx(Transaction tx, BlockHeader parent);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/BlockProduction/PayloadPreparationService.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/BlockProduction/PayloadPreparationService.cs
index 06e34925304..35f438bce71 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/BlockProduction/PayloadPreparationService.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/BlockProduction/PayloadPreparationService.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class PayloadPreparationService : IPayloadPreparationService
     private readonly TimeSpan _cleanupOldPayloadDelay;
     private readonly TimeSpan _timePerSlot;
     private CancellationTokenSource _tokenSource = new();
+    TaskCompletionSource _newPendingTxWaiter = new TaskCompletionSource();
     private bool _isDisposed;
 
     // first ExecutionPayloadV1 is empty (without txs), second one is the ideal one
@@ -66,16 +67,32 @@ public PayloadPreparationService(
         timer.Elapsed += CleanupOldPayloads;
         timer.Start();
 
+        if (blockProducer.SupportsNotifications)
+        {
+            blockProducer.NewPendingTransactions += BlockProducer_NewPendingTransactions;
+        }
+
         _logger = logManager.GetClassLogger();
     }
 
+    private BlockHeader? _currentParent;
+
+    private void BlockProducer_NewPendingTransactions(object? sender, TxPool.TxEventArgs e)
+    {
+        // Ignore tx if gas is too low to run
+        if (_currentParent is null || _blockProducer.IsInterestingTx(e.Transaction, _currentParent))
+        {
+            _newPendingTxWaiter.TrySetResult();
+        }
+    }
+
     public string StartPreparingPayload(BlockHeader parentHeader, PayloadAttributes payloadAttributes)
     {
         string payloadId = payloadAttributes.GetPayloadId(parentHeader);
         if (!_isDisposed && !_payloadStorage.ContainsKey(payloadId))
         {
             CancellationTokenSource tokenSource = CancelOngoingImprovements();
-
+            _currentParent = parentHeader;
             Block emptyBlock = ProduceEmptyBlock(payloadId, parentHeader, payloadAttributes, tokenSource.Token);
             ImproveBlock(payloadId, parentHeader, payloadAttributes, emptyBlock, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow, default, _tokenSource.Token);
         }
@@ -162,6 +179,13 @@ private IBlockImprovementContext CreateBlockImprovementContext(string payloadId,
 
                     // Wait for the adjusted time or until cancellation is requested
                     await Task.Delay(adjustedWaitTime, token);
+                    if (_blockProducer.SupportsNotifications)
+                    {
+                        await Task.WhenAny(_newPendingTxWaiter.Task, token.AsTask());
+                        // Rearm the txPool listener
+                        _newPendingTxWaiter = new TaskCompletionSource();
+                    }
+
                     // Proceed if not cancelled and the context is still valid
                     if (!token.IsCancellationRequested && !context.Disposed) // if GetPayload wasn't called for this item or it wasn't cleared
                     {
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/BlockProduction/PostMergeBlockProducer.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/BlockProduction/PostMergeBlockProducer.cs
index f68a7e6edf8..ebeea649307 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/BlockProduction/PostMergeBlockProducer.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/BlockProduction/PostMergeBlockProducer.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@
 
 namespace Nethermind.Merge.Plugin.BlockProduction
 {
-    public class PostMergeBlockProducer : BlockProducerBase
+    public class PostMergeBlockProducer : BlockProducerBase, ITxSourceNotifier
     {
+        private readonly ITxSourceNotifier? _notifier;
+
         public PostMergeBlockProducer(
             ITxSource txSource,
             IBlockchainProcessor processor,
@@ -45,8 +47,26 @@ public PostMergeBlockProducer(
                 miningConfig
             )
         {
+            if (txSource is ITxSourceNotifier notifier)
+            {
+                _notifier = notifier;
+                notifier.NewPendingTransactions += Notifier_NewPending;
+                SupportsNotifications = true;
+            }
         }
 
+        public bool SupportsNotifications { get; }
+
+        private void Notifier_NewPending(object? sender, TxPool.TxEventArgs e)
+        {
+            NewPendingTransactions?.Invoke(sender, e);
+        }
+
+        public bool IsInterestingTx(Transaction tx, BlockHeader parent)
+            => _notifier?.IsInterestingTx(tx, parent) ?? true;
+
+        public event EventHandler<TxPool.TxEventArgs>? NewPendingTransactions;
+
         public virtual Block PrepareEmptyBlock(BlockHeader parent, PayloadAttributes? payloadAttributes = null, CancellationToken token = default)
         {
             BlockHeader blockHeader = PrepareBlockHeader(parent, payloadAttributes);