diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 15243ad5c985..63434a7c0b11 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package eth
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
@@ -62,6 +63,20 @@ import (
 	gethversion "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/version"
 )
 
+const (
+	// This is the fairness knob for the discovery mixer. When looking for peers, we'll
+	// wait this long for a single source of candidates before moving on and trying other
+	// sources. If this timeout expires, the source will be skipped in this round, but it
+	// will continue to fetch in the background and will have a chance with a new timeout
+	// in the next rounds, giving it overall more time but a proportionally smaller share.
+	// We expect a normal source to produce ~10 candidates per second.
+	discmixTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
+
+	// maxParallelENRRequests is the maximum number of parallel ENR requests that can be
+	// performed by a disc/v4 source.
+	maxParallelENRRequests = 16
+)
+
 // Config contains the configuration options of the ETH protocol.
 // Deprecated: use ethconfig.Config instead.
 type Config = ethconfig.Config
@@ -169,7 +184,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 		networkID:       networkID,
 		gasPrice:        config.Miner.GasPrice,
 		p2pServer:       stack.Server(),
-		discmix:         enode.NewFairMix(0),
+		discmix:         enode.NewFairMix(discmixTimeout),
 		shutdownTracker: shutdowncheck.NewShutdownTracker(chainDb),
 	}
 	bcVersion := rawdb.ReadDatabaseVersion(chainDb)
@@ -487,6 +502,21 @@ func (s *Ethereum) setupDiscovery() error {
 		s.discmix.AddSource(iter)
 	}
 
+	// Add DHT nodes from discv4.
+	if s.p2pServer.DiscoveryV4() != nil {
+		iter := s.p2pServer.DiscoveryV4().RandomNodes()
+		resolverFunc := func(ctx context.Context, enr *enode.Node) *enode.Node {
+			// RequestENR does not yet support context. It will simply time out.
+			// If the ENR can't be resolved, RequestENR will return nil. We don't
+			// care about the specific error here, so we ignore it.
+			nn, _ := s.p2pServer.DiscoveryV4().RequestENR(enr)
+			return nn
+		}
+		iter = enode.AsyncFilter(iter, resolverFunc, maxParallelENRRequests)
+		iter = enode.Filter(iter, eth.NewNodeFilter(s.blockchain))
+		s.discmix.AddSource(iter)
+	}
+
 	// Add DHT nodes from discv5.
 	if s.p2pServer.DiscoveryV5() != nil {
 		filter := eth.NewNodeFilter(s.blockchain)
diff --git a/p2p/enode/iter.go b/p2p/enode/iter.go
index 4b7e28929eeb..3735a2ddcfa6 100644
--- a/p2p/enode/iter.go
+++ b/p2p/enode/iter.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package enode
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -152,6 +153,85 @@ func (f *filterIter) Next() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// AsyncFilterIter wraps an iterator such that Next only returns nodes for which
+// the 'check' function returns a (possibly modified) node.
+type AsyncFilterIter struct {
+	it        Iterator      // the iterator to filter
+	slots     chan struct{} // the slots for parallel checking
+	passed    chan *Node    // channel to collect passed nodes
+	buffer    *Node         // buffer to serve the Node call
+	cancel    context.CancelFunc
+	closeOnce sync.Once
+}
+type AsyncFilterFunc func(context.Context, *Node) *Node
+
+// AsyncFilter creates an iterator which checks nodes in parallel.
+func AsyncFilter(it Iterator, check AsyncFilterFunc, workers int) Iterator {
+	f := &AsyncFilterIter{
+		it:     it,
+		slots:  make(chan struct{}, workers+1),
+		passed: make(chan *Node),
+	}
+	for range cap(f.slots) {
+		f.slots <- struct{}{}
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	f.cancel = cancel
+
+	go func() {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-f.slots:
+		}
+		// read from the iterator and start checking nodes in parallel
+		// when a node is checked, it will be sent to the passed channel
+		// and the slot will be released
+		for f.it.Next() {
+			n := f.it.Node()
+			<-f.slots
+			// check the node async, in a separate goroutine
+			go func() {
+				if nn := check(ctx, n); nn != nil {
+					select {
+					case f.passed <- nn:
+					case <-ctx.Done(): // bale out if downstream is already closed and not calling Next
+					}
+				}
+				f.slots <- struct{}{}
+			}()
+		}
+		// the iterator has ended
+		f.slots <- struct{}{}
+	}()
+
+	return f
+}
+
+// Next blocks until a node is available or the iterator is closed.
+func (f *AsyncFilterIter) Next() bool {
+	f.buffer = <-f.passed
+	return f.buffer != nil
+}
+
+// Node returns the current node.
+func (f *AsyncFilterIter) Node() *Node {
+	return f.buffer
+}
+
+// Close ends the iterator, also closing the wrapped iterator.
+func (f *AsyncFilterIter) Close() {
+	f.closeOnce.Do(func() {
+		f.it.Close()
+		f.cancel()
+		for range cap(f.slots) {
+			<-f.slots
+		}
+		close(f.slots)
+		close(f.passed)
+	})
+}
+
 // FairMix aggregates multiple node iterators. The mixer itself is an iterator which ends
 // only when Close is called. Source iterators added via AddSource are removed from the
 // mix when they end.
diff --git a/p2p/server.go b/p2p/server.go
index f3a58bba2991..da3495a1f629 100644
--- a/p2p/server.go
+++ b/p2p/server.go
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ const (
 
 	// This is the fairness knob for the discovery mixer. When looking for peers, we'll
 	// wait this long for a single source of candidates before moving on and trying other
-	// sources.
-	discmixTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	// sources. Currently there is only one source at the Server level, so this has no effect.
+	// Check the fairMox tineout in the Backend for the actual timeout.
+	discmixTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
 
 	// Connectivity defaults.
 	defaultMaxPendingPeers = 50
@@ -483,7 +484,6 @@ func (srv *Server) setupDiscovery() error {
 			return err
 		}
 		srv.discv4 = ntab
-		srv.discmix.AddSource(ntab.RandomNodes())
 	}
 	if srv.Config.DiscoveryV5 {
 		cfg := discover.Config{