diff --git a/cmd/lotus-bench/import.go b/cmd/lotus-bench/import.go
index 8efe532f4..6306cd18c 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-bench/import.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-bench/import.go
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ var importBenchCmd = &cli.Command{
 			return err
 		}
 		bs := blockstore.NewBlockstore(bds)
+		cbs, err := blockstore.CachedBlockstore(context.TODO(), bs, blockstore.DefaultCacheOpts())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		bs = cbs
 		ds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
 		cs := store.NewChainStore(bs, ds, vm.Syscalls(ffiwrapper.ProofVerifier))
 		stm := stmgr.NewStateManager(cs)
diff --git a/node/modules/chain.go b/node/modules/chain.go
index 678cca723..ca0281acf 100644
--- a/node/modules/chain.go
+++ b/node/modules/chain.go
@@ -60,14 +60,19 @@ func MessagePool(lc fx.Lifecycle, sm *stmgr.StateManager, ps *pubsub.PubSub, ds
 	return mp, nil
 }
 
-func ChainBlockstore(r repo.LockedRepo) (dtypes.ChainBlockstore, error) {
+func ChainBlockstore(lc fx.Lifecycle, mctx helpers.MetricsCtx, r repo.LockedRepo) (dtypes.ChainBlockstore, error) {
 	blocks, err := r.Datastore("/blocks")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	bs := blockstore.NewBlockstore(blocks)
-	return blockstore.NewIdStore(bs), nil
+	cbs, err := blockstore.CachedBlockstore(helpers.LifecycleCtx(mctx, lc), bs, blockstore.DefaultCacheOpts())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return blockstore.NewIdStore(cbs), nil
 }
 
 func ChainGCBlockstore(bs dtypes.ChainBlockstore, gcl dtypes.ChainGCLocker) dtypes.ChainGCBlockstore {