diff --git a/geth-poa/Makefile b/geth-poa/Makefile
index 6890bb67e3af..76ae03e97abb 100644
--- a/geth-poa/Makefile
+++ b/geth-poa/Makefile
@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@ up-dev-settlement:
 	@if [ ! -f .env ]; then echo "Error: .env file not found. Please populate the .env file before running this command."; exit 1; fi
 	AGENT_BASE_IMAGE=shaspitz/hyperlane-agent:v3.3-patch-mac L2_NODE_URL=http://localhost:8545 docker compose --profile settlement up -d --build
 
+up-dev-local-l1:
+	@if [ ! -f .env ]; then echo "Error: .env file not found. Please populate the .env file before running this command."; exit 1; fi
+	AGENT_BASE_IMAGE=shaspitz/hyperlane-agent-mac:6985064 L2_NODE_URL=http://localhost:8545 docker compose --profile settlement --profile local_l1 up -d
+
 down:
-	AGENT_BASE_IMAGE=nil L2_NODE_URL=nil docker compose --profile settlement --profile bridge --profile prod_agents down
+	AGENT_BASE_IMAGE=nil L2_NODE_URL=nil docker compose --profile settlement --profile bridge --profile prod_agents --profile local_l1 down
 
 clean-dbs:
 	@read -p "WARNING: This command will wipe all persistent disk data relevant to the containers. Press enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel." _ 
-	-docker compose --profile settlement --profile bridge down --rmi all --volumes
-	-docker compose --profile settlement --profile bridge rm -fv
+	-docker compose --profile settlement --profile bridge --profile local_l1 down --rmi all --volumes
+	-docker compose --profile settlement --profile bridge --profile local_l1 rm -fv
 	docker image prune -f
 
 pull-image:
diff --git a/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml b/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
index 666d7228b3d5..e28d4b74cb7a 100644
--- a/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - GETH_NODE_TYPE=bootnode
       - BOOT_KEY=7b548c1c0fbe80ef1eb0aaec2edf26fd20fb0d758e94948cf6c5f2a486e735f6
+      - NET_RESTRICT=172.29.0.0/16
     networks:
       primev_net:
         ipv4_address: '172.29.0.98'
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ services:
       - GETH_NODE_TYPE=signer
       - BLOCK_SIGNER_ADDRESS=0xd9cd8E5DE6d55f796D980B818D350C0746C25b97
       - BLOCK_SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY=${NODE1_PRIVATE_KEY}
+      - BOOTNODE_ENDPOINT=enode://34a2a388ad31ca37f127bb9ffe93758ee711c5c2277dff6aff2e359bcf2c9509ea55034196788dbd59ed70861f523c1c03d54f1eabb2b4a5c1c129d966fe1e65@172.29.0.98:30301
+      - NET_RESTRICT=172.29.0.0/16
     networks:
       primev_net:
         ipv4_address: '172.29.0.99'
@@ -77,7 +80,6 @@ services:
           }
         ]
 
-  
   sl-node2:
     build: 
       context: ..
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ services:
       - GETH_NODE_TYPE=signer
       - BLOCK_SIGNER_ADDRESS=0x788EBABe5c3dD422Ef92Ca6714A69e2eabcE1Ee4
       - BLOCK_SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY=${NODE2_PRIVATE_KEY}
+      - BOOTNODE_ENDPOINT=enode://34a2a388ad31ca37f127bb9ffe93758ee711c5c2277dff6aff2e359bcf2c9509ea55034196788dbd59ed70861f523c1c03d54f1eabb2b4a5c1c129d966fe1e65@172.29.0.98:30301
+      - NET_RESTRICT=172.29.0.0/16
     networks:
       primev_net:
         ipv4_address: '172.29.0.100'
@@ -115,6 +119,59 @@ services:
           }
         ]
 
+  # L1 geth services only used for local dev
+  l1-bootnode:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./local-l1/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      - GETH_NODE_TYPE=bootnode
+      - BOOT_KEY=7b548c1c0fbe80ef1eb0aaec2edf26fd20fb0d758e94948cf6c5f2a486e735f6
+      - NET_RESTRICT=172.14.0.0/24
+    networks:
+      l1_net:
+        ipv4_address: '172.14.0.2'
+    volumes:
+      - geth-data-l1-bootnode:/data
+    profiles:
+      - local_l1
+
+  l1-node1:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./local-l1/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      - GETH_NODE_TYPE=signer
+      - BLOCK_SIGNER_ADDRESS=0xd9cd8E5DE6d55f796D980B818D350C0746C25b97
+      - BLOCK_SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY=${NODE1_PRIVATE_KEY}
+      - BOOTNODE_ENDPOINT=enode://34a2a388ad31ca37f127bb9ffe93758ee711c5c2277dff6aff2e359bcf2c9509ea55034196788dbd59ed70861f523c1c03d54f1eabb2b4a5c1c129d966fe1e65@172.14.0.2:30301
+      - NET_RESTRICT=172.14.0.0/24
+    networks:
+      l1_net:
+        ipv4_address: '172.14.0.3'
+    volumes:
+      - geth-data-l1-first-signer:/data
+    profiles:
+      - local_l1
+    
+  l1-node2:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./local-l1/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      - GETH_NODE_TYPE=signer
+      - BLOCK_SIGNER_ADDRESS=0x788EBABe5c3dD422Ef92Ca6714A69e2eabcE1Ee4
+      - BLOCK_SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY=${NODE2_PRIVATE_KEY}
+      - BOOTNODE_ENDPOINT=enode://34a2a388ad31ca37f127bb9ffe93758ee711c5c2277dff6aff2e359bcf2c9509ea55034196788dbd59ed70861f523c1c03d54f1eabb2b4a5c1c129d966fe1e65@172.14.0.2:30301
+      - NET_RESTRICT=172.14.0.0/24
+    networks:
+      l1_net:
+        ipv4_address: '172.14.0.4'
+    volumes:
+      - geth-data-l1-second-signer:/data
+    profiles:
+      - local_l1
+
   hyperlane-deployer:
     build:
       context: ./hyperlane-deployer
@@ -250,11 +307,20 @@ services:
 networks:
   primev_net:
     external: true
+  l1_net:
+    driver: bridge
+    ipam:
+      driver: default
+      config:
+        - subnet: 172.14.0.0/16
 
 volumes:
   geth-data-bootnode:
   geth-data-node1:
   geth-data-node2:
+  geth-data-l1-bootnode:
+  geth-data-l1-first-signer:
+  geth-data-l1-second-signer:
   hyperlane-deploy-artifacts:
   hyperlane-validator1-sigs:
   hyperlane-validator2-sigs:
diff --git a/geth-poa/entrypoint.sh b/geth-poa/entrypoint.sh
index ac07e618d019..e0bd863beb44 100644
--- a/geth-poa/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/geth-poa/entrypoint.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if [ "$GETH_NODE_TYPE" = "bootnode" ]; then
 		--metrics.addr=0.0.0.0 \
 		--metrics.port=6060 \
 		--nodekey $GETH_DATA_DIR/boot.key \
-		--netrestrict 172.29.0.0/16 \
+		--netrestrict $NET_RESTRICT \
 		--nat extip:$NODE_IP \
 		--txpool.accountqueue=512 \
 		--rpc.allow-unprotected-txs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ elif [ "$GETH_NODE_TYPE" = "signer" ]; then
 		--http.addr=0.0.0.0 \
 		--http.port="$RPC_PORT" \
 		--http.api=web3,debug,eth,txpool,net,engine \
-		--bootnodes enode://34a2a388ad31ca37f127bb9ffe93758ee711c5c2277dff6aff2e359bcf2c9509ea55034196788dbd59ed70861f523c1c03d54f1eabb2b4a5c1c129d966fe1e65@172.29.0.98:30301 \
+		--bootnodes $BOOTNODE_ENDPOINT \
 		--networkid=$CHAIN_ID \
 		--unlock=$BLOCK_SIGNER_ADDRESS \
 		--password="$GETH_DATA_DIR"/password \
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ elif [ "$GETH_NODE_TYPE" = "signer" ]; then
 		--miner.etherbase=$BLOCK_SIGNER_ADDRESS \
 		--allow-insecure-unlock \
 		--nousb \
-		--netrestrict 172.29.0.0/16 \
+		--netrestrict $NET_RESTRICT \
 		--metrics \
 		--metrics.addr=0.0.0.0 \
 		--metrics.port=6060 \
diff --git a/geth-poa/local-l1/Dockerfile b/geth-poa/local-l1/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47ad72b808a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geth-poa/local-l1/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Local L1 nodes are NOT built from source
+FROM ethereum/client-go:v1.13.4 as builder
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache jq
+
+# Reuse entrypoint for mev-commit chain
+COPY ./entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
+
+COPY ./local-l1/genesis.json /genesis.json
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/geth-poa/local-l1/README.md b/geth-poa/local-l1/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..620c49300da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geth-poa/local-l1/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Local L1
+
+This directory contains a genesis and dockerfile for running a local L1 chain in addition to the mev-commit chain.
+
+Nodes for the local L1 chain are built from geth v1.13.4 images, not built from source code in this repo like the mev-commit chain. 
diff --git a/geth-poa/local-l1/genesis.json b/geth-poa/local-l1/genesis.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ac8c763836f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geth-poa/local-l1/genesis.json
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+    "config": {
+      "chainId": 39999,
+      "homesteadBlock": 0,
+      "eip150Block": 0,
+      "eip155Block": 0,
+      "eip158Block": 0,
+      "byzantiumBlock": 0,
+      "constantinopleBlock": 0,
+      "petersburgBlock": 0,
+      "istanbulBlock": 0,
+      "muirGlacierBlock": 0,
+      "berlinBlock": 0,
+      "londonBlock": 0,
+      "arrowGlacierBlock": 0,
+      "grayGlacierBlock": 0,
+      "clique": {
+        "period": 12,
+        "epoch": 30000
+      }
+    },
+    "nonce": "0x0",
+    "timestamp": "0x6546df6d",
+    "extraData": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000d9cd8E5DE6d55f796D980B818D350C0746C25b97788EBABe5c3dD422Ef92Ca6714A69e2eabcE1Ee40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "gasLimit": "0x1c9c380",
+    "difficulty": "0x1",
+    "mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "alloc": {
+      "0xBe3dEF3973584FdcC1326634aF188f0d9772D57D": {
+        "balance": "10000000000000000000000"
+      },
+      "d9cd8E5DE6d55f796D980B818D350C0746C25b97": { 
+        "balance": "10000000000000000000000"
+      },
+      "788EBABe5c3dD422Ef92Ca6714A69e2eabcE1Ee4": {
+        "balance": "10000000000000000000000"
+      },
+      "0DCaa27B9E4Db92F820189345792f8eC5Ef148F6": {
+        "balance": "10000000000000000000000"
+      },
+      "f39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266": {
+        "balance": "10000000000000000000000"
+      } 
+    },
+    "number": "0x0",
+    "gasUsed": "0x0",
+    "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
+    "baseFeePerGas": "0x3b9aca00",
+    "excessBlobGas": null,
+    "blobGasUsed": null
+  }