diff --git a/libs/pidstore/pidstore.go b/libs/pidstore/pidstore.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4eb870a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/pidstore/pidstore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package pidstore
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/namespace"
+	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
+)
+
+var (
+	storePrefix = datastore.NewKey("pidstore")
+	peersKey    = datastore.NewKey("peers")
+
+	log = logging.Logger("pidstore")
+)
+
+// PeerIDStore is used to store/load peers to/from disk.
+type PeerIDStore struct {
+	ds datastore.Datastore
+}
+
+// NewPeerIDStore creates a new peer ID store backed by the given datastore.
+func NewPeerIDStore(ds datastore.Datastore) *PeerIDStore {
+	return &PeerIDStore{
+		ds: namespace.Wrap(ds, storePrefix),
+	}
+}
+
+// Load loads the peers from datastore and returns them.
+func (p *PeerIDStore) Load(ctx context.Context) ([]peer.ID, error) {
+	log.Debug("Loading peers")
+
+	bin, err := p.ds.Get(ctx, peersKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pidstore: loading peers from datastore: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var peers []peer.ID
+	err = json.Unmarshal(bin, &peers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pidstore: unmarshalling peer IDs: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Infow("Loaded peers from disk", "amount", len(peers))
+	return peers, nil
+}
+
+// Put persists the given peer IDs to the datastore.
+func (p *PeerIDStore) Put(ctx context.Context, peers []peer.ID) error {
+	log.Debugw("Persisting peers to disk", "amount", len(peers))
+
+	bin, err := json.Marshal(peers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pidstore: marshal peerlist: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err = p.ds.Put(ctx, peersKey, bin); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("pidstore: error writing to datastore: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Infow("Persisted peers successfully", "amount", len(peers))
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/libs/pidstore/pidstore_test.go b/libs/pidstore/pidstore_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eafceff3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/pidstore/pidstore_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package pidstore
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/sync"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestPutLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+	defer t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	peerstore := NewPeerIDStore(sync.MutexWrap(datastore.NewMapDatastore()))
+
+	ids, err := generateRandomPeerList(10)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = peerstore.Put(ctx, ids)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	retrievedPeerlist, err := peerstore.Load(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, len(ids), len(retrievedPeerlist))
+	assert.Equal(t, ids, retrievedPeerlist)
+}
+
+func generateRandomPeerList(length int) ([]peer.ID, error) {
+	peerlist := make([]peer.ID, length)
+	for i := range peerlist {
+		key, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, 2096)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		_, pubkey, err := crypto.KeyPairFromStdKey(key)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		peerID, err := peer.IDFromPublicKey(pubkey)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		peerlist[i] = peerID
+	}
+
+	return peerlist, nil
+}