diff --git a/core/txpool/legacypool/tx_tracker.go b/core/txpool/legacypool/tx_tracker.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee8a2686984a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/txpool/legacypool/tx_tracker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+// Package legacypool implements the normal EVM execution transaction pool.
+package legacypool
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+)
+
+var recheckInterval = 10 * time.Second
+
+// TxTracker is a struct used to track priority transactions; it will check from
+// time to time if the main pool has forgotten about any of the transaction
+// it is tracking, and if so, submit it again.
+// This is used to track 'locals'.
+// This struct does not care about transaction validity, price-bumps or account limits,
+// but optimistically accepts transactions.
+type TxTracker struct {
+	all    map[common.Hash]*types.Transaction // All tracked transactions
+	byAddr map[common.Address]*sortedMap      // Transactions by address
+
+	journal  *journal       // Journal of local transaction to back up to disk
+	modified bool           // Modification tracking
+	pool     txpool.SubPool // The 'main' subpool to interact with
+	signer   types.Signer
+
+	shutdownCh chan struct{}
+	mu         sync.Mutex
+	wg         sync.WaitGroup
+}
+
+func NewTxTracker(journalPath string, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig, next txpool.SubPool) *TxTracker {
+	signer := types.LatestSigner(chainConfig)
+	pool := &TxTracker{
+		all:        make(map[common.Hash]*types.Transaction),
+		byAddr:     make(map[common.Address]*sortedMap),
+		signer:     signer,
+		shutdownCh: make(chan struct{}),
+		pool:       next,
+	}
+	if journalPath != "" {
+		pool.journal = newTxJournal(journalPath)
+	}
+	return pool
+}
+
+// Track adds a transaction tx to the tracked set.
+func (tracker *TxTracker) Track(tx *types.Transaction) {
+	tracker.mu.Lock()
+	defer tracker.mu.Unlock()
+	// If we're already tracking it, it's a no-op
+	if _, ok := tracker.all[tx.Hash()]; ok {
+		return
+	}
+	tracker.all[tx.Hash()] = tx
+	addr, _ := types.Sender(tracker.signer, tx)
+	if tracker.byAddr[addr] == nil {
+		tracker.byAddr[addr] = newSortedMap()
+	}
+	tracker.byAddr[addr].Put(tx)
+	tracker.modified = true
+}
+
+// recheck checks and returns any transactions that needs to be resubmitted.
+func (tracker *TxTracker) recheck() []*txpool.Transaction {
+	tracker.mu.Lock()
+	defer tracker.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if !tracker.modified {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var resubmits []*txpool.Transaction
+	for sender, txs := range tracker.byAddr {
+		stales := txs.Forward(tracker.pool.Nonce(sender))
+		// Wipe the stales
+		for _, tx := range stales {
+			delete(tracker.all, tx.Hash())
+		}
+		// Check the non-stale
+		for _, tx := range txs.Flatten() {
+			if tracker.pool.Has(tx.Hash()) {
+				continue
+			}
+			resubmits = append(resubmits, &txpool.Transaction{
+				Tx: tx,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+
+	{ // rejournal
+		txs := make(map[common.Address]types.Transactions)
+		for _, tx := range tracker.all {
+			addr, _ := types.Sender(tracker.signer, tx)
+			txs[addr] = append(txs[addr], tx)
+		}
+		// Sort them
+		for _, list := range txs {
+			slices.SortFunc(list, func(a, b *types.Transaction) bool {
+				return a.Nonce() < b.Nonce()
+			})
+		}
+		if err := tracker.journal.rotate(txs); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("Transaction journal rotation failed", "err", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return resubmits
+}
+
+// Start implements node.Lifecycle interface
+// Start is called after all services have been constructed and the networking
+// layer was also initialized to spawn any goroutines required by the service.
+func (tracker *TxTracker) Start() error {
+	tracker.wg.Add(1)
+	go tracker.loop()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Start implements node.Lifecycle interface
+// Stop terminates all goroutines belonging to the service, blocking until they
+// are all terminated.
+func (tracker *TxTracker) Stop() error {
+	close(tracker.shutdownCh)
+	tracker.wg.Wait()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (tracker *TxTracker) loop() {
+	defer tracker.wg.Done()
+	t := time.NewTimer(recheckInterval)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-tracker.shutdownCh:
+			return
+		case <-t.C:
+			// resubmit
+			if resubmits := tracker.recheck(); len(resubmits) > 0 {
+				tracker.pool.Add(resubmits, false, false)
+			}
+			t.Reset(recheckInterval)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/txpool/txpool.go b/core/txpool/txpool.go
index f2c94563bc4f..a0531c67d506 100644
--- a/core/txpool/txpool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/txpool.go
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ func (p *TxPool) Get(hash common.Hash) *Transaction {
 // to the large transaction churn, add may postpone fully integrating the tx
 // to a later point to batch multiple ones together.
 func (p *TxPool) Add(txs []*Transaction, local bool, sync bool) []error {
+	// Disable all local-tracking within the pool.
+	local = false
 	// Split the input transactions between the subpools. It shouldn't really
 	// happen that we receive merged batches, but better graceful than strange
 	// errors.
diff --git a/eth/api_backend.go b/eth/api_backend.go
index 02d1946e8e42..bcc0b44d8dda 100644
--- a/eth/api_backend.go
+++ b/eth/api_backend.go
@@ -294,7 +294,10 @@ func (b *EthAPIBackend) SubscribeLogsEvent(ch chan<- []*types.Log) event.Subscri
 }
 
 func (b *EthAPIBackend) SendTx(ctx context.Context, signedTx *types.Transaction) error {
-	return b.eth.txPool.Add([]*txpool.Transaction{&txpool.Transaction{Tx: signedTx}}, true, false)[0]
+	if locals := b.eth.localTxTracker; locals != nil {
+		locals.Track(signedTx)
+	}
+	return b.eth.txPool.Add([]*txpool.Transaction{&txpool.Transaction{Tx: signedTx}}, false, false)[0]
 }
 
 func (b *EthAPIBackend) GetPoolTransactions() (types.Transactions, error) {
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 8d6977205e2c..eb88c73a21f0 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ type Ethereum struct {
 	config *ethconfig.Config
 
 	// Handlers
-	txPool *txpool.TxPool
+	txPool         *txpool.TxPool
+	localTxTracker *legacypool.TxTracker
 
 	blockchain         *core.BlockChain
 	handler            *handler
@@ -209,6 +210,10 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 		config.TxPool.Journal = stack.ResolvePath(config.TxPool.Journal)
 	}
 	legacyPool := legacypool.New(config.TxPool, eth.blockchain)
+	if !config.TxPool.NoLocals {
+		eth.localTxTracker = legacypool.NewTxTracker(config.TxPool.Journal, eth.blockchain.Config(), legacyPool)
+		stack.RegisterLifecycle(eth.localTxTracker)
+	}
 
 	eth.txPool, err = txpool.New(new(big.Int).SetUint64(config.TxPool.PriceLimit), eth.blockchain, []txpool.SubPool{legacyPool})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/eth/catalyst/api_test.go b/eth/catalyst/api_test.go
index 254a510ab40f..36724acb19f1 100644
--- a/eth/catalyst/api_test.go
+++ b/eth/catalyst/api_test.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestEth2AssembleBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error signing transaction, err=%v", err)
 	}
-	ethservice.TxPool().Add([]*txpool.Transaction{{Tx: tx}}, true, false)
+	ethservice.TxPool().Add([]*txpool.Transaction{{Tx: tx}}, false, false)
 	blockParams := engine.PayloadAttributes{
 		Timestamp: blocks[9].Time() + 5,
 	}
diff --git a/miner/worker_test.go b/miner/worker_test.go
index 80557d99bfcf..24084819eaf1 100644
--- a/miner/worker_test.go
+++ b/miner/worker_test.go
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ func TestGenerateAndImportBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	w.start()
 
 	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
-		b.txPool.Add([]*txpool.Transaction{{Tx: b.newRandomTx(true)}}, true, false)
-		b.txPool.Add([]*txpool.Transaction{{Tx: b.newRandomTx(false)}}, true, false)
+		b.txPool.Add([]*txpool.Transaction{{Tx: b.newRandomTx(true)}}, false, false)
+		b.txPool.Add([]*txpool.Transaction{{Tx: b.newRandomTx(false)}}, fa;se, false)
 
 		select {
 		case ev := <-sub.Chan():