diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5348456dd0..ff60515526e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Default bonsai to use full-flat db and code-storage-by-code-hash [#6984](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6894)
 - New RPC methods miner_setExtraData and miner_getExtraData [#7078](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7078)
 - Disconnect peers that have multiple discovery ports since they give us bad neighbours [#7089](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7089)
+- `--Xsnapsync-bft-enabled` option enables experimental support for snap sync with IBFT/QBFT permissioned chains [#7140](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7140)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fix parsing `gasLimit` parameter when its value is > `Long.MAX_VALUE` [#7116](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7116)
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
index 1ac480d738c..bb7c25d75f3 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
@@ -1506,11 +1506,11 @@ private void validateOptions() {
   }
 
   private void validateConsensusSyncCompatibilityOptions() {
-    // snap and checkpoint can't be used with BFT but can for clique
+    // snap and checkpoint are experimental for BFT
     if ((genesisConfigOptionsSupplier.get().isIbftLegacy()
             || genesisConfigOptionsSupplier.get().isIbft2()
             || genesisConfigOptionsSupplier.get().isQbft())
-        && genesisConfigOptionsSupplier.get().isEthHash()) {
+        && !unstableSynchronizerOptions.isSnapSyncBftEnabled()) {
       final String errorSuffix = "can't be used with BFT networks";
       if (SyncMode.CHECKPOINT.equals(syncMode) || SyncMode.X_CHECKPOINT.equals(syncMode)) {
         throw new ParameterException(
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
index a6a3555a9f5..29f945f5f91 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/controller/BesuControllerBuilder.java
@@ -837,7 +837,9 @@ private PivotBlockSelector createPivotSelector(
       final MetricsSystem metricsSystem) {
 
     if (genesisConfigOptions.isQbft() || genesisConfigOptions.isIbft2()) {
-      LOG.info("QBFT is configured, creating initial sync for BFT");
+      LOG.info(
+          "{} is configured, creating initial sync for BFT",
+          genesisConfigOptions.getConsensusEngine().toUpperCase());
       return new BFTPivotSelectorFromPeers(
           ethContext, syncConfig, syncState, metricsSystem, protocolContext, nodeKey);
     } else if (genesisConfigOptions.getTerminalTotalDifficulty().isPresent()) {
diff --git a/consensus/qbft/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/qbft/BFTPivotSelectorFromPeers.java b/consensus/qbft/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/qbft/BFTPivotSelectorFromPeers.java
index 61034dd990c..9092e836a7f 100644
--- a/consensus/qbft/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/qbft/BFTPivotSelectorFromPeers.java
+++ b/consensus/qbft/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/consensus/qbft/BFTPivotSelectorFromPeers.java
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ public Optional<FastSyncState> selectNewPivotBlock() {
       // pivot distance
       if (bestPeer.get().chainState().getEstimatedHeight()
           <= syncConfig.getFastSyncPivotDistance()) {
+        LOG.info(
+            "Best peer for sync found but chain height hasn't reached minimum sync pivot distance {}, exiting sync process",
+            syncConfig.getFastSyncPivotDistance());
         throw new NoSyncRequiredException();
       }
 
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ public Optional<FastSyncState> selectNewPivotBlock() {
           && validatorProvider
               .getValidatorsAtHead()
               .contains(Util.publicKeyToAddress(nodeKey.getPublicKey()))) {
+        LOG.info("This node is the only BFT validator, exiting sync process");
         throw new NoSyncRequiredException();
       }
 
@@ -105,6 +109,9 @@ public Optional<FastSyncState> selectNewPivotBlock() {
         // assume this is a new chain
         // and skip waiting for any more peers to sync with. The worst case is this puts us into
         // full sync mode.
+        LOG.info(
+            "Peered with {} validators but no best peer found to sync from. Assuming new BFT chain, exiting sync process",
+            peerValidatorCount.get());
         throw new NoSyncRequiredException();
       }
     }