diff --git a/.env.mainnet b/.env.mainnet
index ac9e52b66..3be77ce97 100644
--- a/.env.mainnet
+++ b/.env.mainnet
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ STATSD_ADDRESS="172.17.0.1"
 # NOTE: The node type that was chosen when first running a node cannot be changed after the initial sync. Turning Archive into Pruned, or Pruned into Full is not supported [source](https://reth.rs/run/faq/pruning/).
 # NOTE: The pruned snapshots provided are set with a distance of 1_339_200 (~31 days).
 # RETH_PRUNING_ARGS="--prune.senderrecovery.distance=50000 --prune.transactionlookup.distance=50000 --prune.receipts.distance=50000 --prune.accounthistory.distance=50000 --prune.storagehistory.distance=50000 --prune.bodies.distance=50000"
+
+# ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS (OPTIONAL - UNCOMMENT TO ENABLE)
+# ADDITIONAL_ARGS="--rpc.gascap 1000000000"
diff --git a/.env.sepolia b/.env.sepolia
index e518129fb..e1a995fc5 100644
--- a/.env.sepolia
+++ b/.env.sepolia
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ STATSD_ADDRESS="172.17.0.1"
 # NOTE: The node type that was chosen when first running a node cannot be changed after the initial sync. Turning Archive into Pruned, or Pruned into Full is not supported [source](https://reth.rs/run/faq/pruning/).
 # NOTE: The pruned snapshots provided are set with a distance of 1_339_200 (~31 days).
 # RETH_PRUNING_ARGS="--prune.senderrecovery.distance=50000 --prune.transactionlookup.distance=50000 --prune.receipts.distance=50000 --prune.accounthistory.distance=50000 --prune.storagehistory.distance=50000 --prune.bodies.distance=50000"
+
+# ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS (OPTIONAL - UNCOMMENT TO ENABLE)
+# ADDITIONAL_ARGS="--rpc.gascap 1000000000"
diff --git a/execution-entrypoint b/execution-entrypoint
index cea226016..0627f886f 100755
--- a/execution-entrypoint
+++ b/execution-entrypoint
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ METRICS_PORT="${METRICS_PORT:-6060}"
 DISCOVERY_PORT="${DISCOVERY_PORT:-30303}"
 V5_DISCOVERY_PORT="${V5_DISCOVERY_PORT:-9200}"
 P2P_PORT="${P2P_PORT:-30303}"
-ADDITIONAL_ARGS=""
+ADDITIONAL_ARGS="${ADDITIONAL_ARGS:-}"
 BINARY="./base-reth-node"
 RETH_HISTORICAL_PROOFS="${RETH_HISTORICAL_PROOFS:-false}"
 RETH_HISTORICAL_PROOFS_STORAGE_PATH="${RETH_HISTORICAL_PROOFS_STORAGE_PATH:-}"