diff --git a/provider/reprovider.go b/provider/reprovider.go
index c5f356314..4fdba4f51 100644
--- a/provider/reprovider.go
+++ b/provider/reprovider.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type reprovider struct {
 	noReprovideInFlight chan struct{}
 
 	maxReprovideBatchSize uint
+	acceleratedDHTClient  bool
 
 	statLk                                    sync.Mutex
 	totalProvides, lastReprovideBatchSize     uint64
@@ -161,6 +162,13 @@ func Allowlist(allowlist verifcid.Allowlist) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+func AcceleratedDHTClient(v bool) Option {
+	return func(system *reprovider) error {
+		system.acceleratedDHTClient = v
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 func ReproviderInterval(duration time.Duration) Option {
 	return func(system *reprovider) error {
 		system.reprovideInterval = duration
@@ -358,7 +366,9 @@ func (s *reprovider) run() {
 			s.statLk.Lock()
 			s.avgProvideDuration = (totalProvideTime + dur) / (time.Duration(s.totalProvides) + time.Duration(len(keys)))
 			s.totalProvides += uint64(len(keys))
-			s.lastRun = time.Now()
+			if s.acceleratedDHTClient {
+				s.lastRun = time.Now()
+			}
 
 			log.Debugf("finished providing of %d keys. It took %v with an average of %v per provide", len(keys), dur, recentAvgProvideDuration)