diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 6fe6426e252..4f865f1794e 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -141,7 +141,16 @@ func StateProvider(stateProvider statesync.StateProvider) Option {
 // store are empty at the time the function is called.
 //
 // If the block store is not empty, the function returns an error.
-func BootstrapState(ctx context.Context, config *cfg.Config, dbProvider cfg.DBProvider, height uint64, appHash []byte) (err error) {
+func BootstrapState(ctx context.Context, config *cfg.Config, dbProvider cfg.DBProvider, height uint64, appHash []byte) error {
+	return BootstrapStateWithGenProvider(ctx, config, dbProvider, DefaultGenesisDocProviderFunc(config), height, appHash)
+}
+
+// BootstrapStateWithGenProvider synchronizes the stores with the application after state sync
+// has been performed offline. It is expected that the block store and state
+// store are empty at the time the function is called.
+//
+// If the block store is not empty, the function returns an error.
+func BootstrapStateWithGenProvider(ctx context.Context, config *cfg.Config, dbProvider cfg.DBProvider, genProvider GenesisDocProvider, height uint64, appHash []byte) (err error) {
 	logger := log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout))
 	if ctx == nil {
 		ctx = context.Background()
@@ -193,7 +202,7 @@ func BootstrapState(ctx context.Context, config *cfg.Config, dbProvider cfg.DBPr
 		return fmt.Errorf("state not empty, trying to initialize non empty state")
 	}
 
-	genState, _, err := LoadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(stateDB, DefaultGenesisDocProviderFunc(config))
+	genState, _, err := LoadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(stateDB, genProvider)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}