diff --git a/apps/wakunode2/spammer.nim b/apps/wakunode2/spammer.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70e52b9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/wakunode2/spammer.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor) < (1, 4):
+  {.push raises: [Defect].}
+else:
+  {.push raises: [].}
+
+import
+  chronos,
+  chronicles,
+  confutils,
+  confutils/defs,
+  confutils/std/net,
+  confutils/toml/defs as confTomlDefs,
+  confutils/toml/std/net as confTomlNet,
+  stew/[byteutils, results],
+  std/times,
+  libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub
+
+import
+  ../../waku/factory/waku,
+  ../../waku/waku_core,
+  ../../waku/node/waku_node,
+  ../../waku/common/confutils/envvar/defs as confEnvvarDefs,
+  ../../waku/common/confutils/envvar/std/net as confEnvvarNet
+
+type SpammerConfig* = object
+  enable* {.desc: "Enable spammer", defaultValue: false, name: "spammer".}: bool
+  msgRate* {.
+    desc: "Number of messages published per second",
+    defaultValue: 10,
+    name: "spammer-msg-rate"
+  .}: uint64
+
+proc runSpammer*(
+    waku: Waku, contentTopic: ContentTopic = "/spammer/0/test/plain"
+) {.async.} =
+  try:
+    var conf = SpammerConfig.load()
+
+    if not conf.enable:
+      return
+    var ephemeral = true
+    while true:
+      var message = WakuMessage(
+        payload: toBytes("Hello World!"),
+        contentTopic: contentTopic,
+        #      meta: metaBytes,
+        version: 2,
+        timestamp: getNanosecondTime(getTime().toUnixFloat()),
+        ephemeral: ephemeral,
+      )
+
+      let pubRes = await waku.node.publish(none(PubsubTopic), message)
+      if pubRes.isErr():
+        error "failed to publish", msg = pubRes.error
+      #echo await (waku.node.isReady())
+      await sleepAsync(80)
+  except CatchableError:
+    error "Failed to load config", err = err(getCurrentExceptionMsg())
+    quit(QuitFailure)
diff --git a/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim b/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
index 474eef1f7..59effec13 100644
--- a/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
+++ b/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import
   system/ansi_c,
   libp2p/crypto/crypto
 import
+  ./spammer,
   ../../tools/rln_keystore_generator/rln_keystore_generator,
   ../../tools/rln_db_inspector/rln_db_inspector,
   ../../waku/common/logging,
@@ -132,4 +133,10 @@ when isMainModule:
 
     info "Node setup complete"
 
+    if not conf.rlnRelay:
+      error "RLN not configured!"
+      quit(QuitFailure)
+
+    asyncSpawn runSpammer(waku)
+
     runForever()