diff --git a/integration/localnet/builder/bootstrap.go b/integration/localnet/builder/bootstrap.go
index d1d63971d2b..27749a39f99 100644
--- a/integration/localnet/builder/bootstrap.go
+++ b/integration/localnet/builder/bootstrap.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ var (
 	numViewsInStakingPhase     uint64
 	numViewsInDKGPhase         uint64
 	numViewsEpoch              uint64
+	numViewsPerSecond          uint64
 	epochCommitSafetyThreshold uint64
 	profiler                   bool
 	profileUploader            bool
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.Uint64Var(&numViewsInStakingPhase, "epoch-staking-phase-length", 2000, "number of views in epoch staking phase")
 	flag.Uint64Var(&numViewsInDKGPhase, "epoch-dkg-phase-length", 2000, "number of views in epoch dkg phase")
 	flag.Uint64Var(&epochCommitSafetyThreshold, "epoch-commit-safety-threshold", 1000, "number of views for safety threshold T (assume: one finalization occurs within T blocks)")
+	flag.Uint64Var(&numViewsPerSecond, "target-view-rate", 1, "target number of views per second")
 	flag.BoolVar(&profiler, "profiler", DefaultProfiler, "whether to enable the auto-profiler")
 	flag.BoolVar(&profileUploader, "profile-uploader", DefaultProfileUploader, "whether to upload profiles to the cloud")
 	flag.BoolVar(&tracing, "tracing", DefaultTracing, "whether to enable low-overhead tracing in flow")
@@ -127,6 +129,9 @@ func main() {
 	if numViewsEpoch != 0 {
 		flowNetworkOpts = append(flowNetworkOpts, testnet.WithViewsInEpoch(numViewsEpoch))
 	}
+	if numViewsPerSecond != 0 {
+		flowNetworkOpts = append(flowNetworkOpts, testnet.WithViewsPerSecond(numViewsPerSecond))
+	}
 	if numViewsInStakingPhase != 0 {
 		flowNetworkOpts = append(flowNetworkOpts, testnet.WithViewsInStakingAuction(numViewsInStakingPhase))
 	}
diff --git a/integration/testnet/network.go b/integration/testnet/network.go
index 250e7eabe53..a84a3c529b0 100644
--- a/integration/testnet/network.go
+++ b/integration/testnet/network.go
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultViewsInStakingAuction      uint64 = 5
 	DefaultViewsInDKGPhase            uint64 = 50
 	DefaultViewsInEpoch               uint64 = 200
+	DefaultViewsPerSecond             uint64 = 1
 	DefaultEpochCommitSafetyThreshold uint64 = 20
 	DefaultEpochExtensionViewCount    uint64 = 50
 
@@ -430,6 +431,7 @@ type NetworkConfig struct {
 	ViewsInDKGPhase            uint64
 	ViewsInStakingAuction      uint64
 	ViewsInEpoch               uint64
+	ViewsPerSecond             uint64
 	EpochCommitSafetyThreshold uint64
 	KVStoreFactory             func(epochStateID flow.Identifier) (protocol_state.KVStoreAPI, error)
 }
@@ -444,6 +446,7 @@ func NewNetworkConfig(name string, nodes NodeConfigs, opts ...NetworkConfigOpt)
 		ViewsInStakingAuction:      DefaultViewsInStakingAuction,
 		ViewsInDKGPhase:            DefaultViewsInDKGPhase,
 		ViewsInEpoch:               DefaultViewsInEpoch,
+		ViewsPerSecond:             DefaultViewsPerSecond,
 		EpochCommitSafetyThreshold: DefaultEpochCommitSafetyThreshold,
 		KVStoreFactory: func(epochStateID flow.Identifier) (protocol_state.KVStoreAPI, error) {
 			return kvstore.NewDefaultKVStore(DefaultEpochCommitSafetyThreshold, DefaultEpochExtensionViewCount, epochStateID)
@@ -483,6 +486,12 @@ func WithViewsInEpoch(views uint64) func(*NetworkConfig) {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithViewsPerSecond(views uint64) func(*NetworkConfig) {
+	return func(config *NetworkConfig) {
+		config.ViewsPerSecond = views
+	}
+}
+
 func WithViewsInDKGPhase(views uint64) func(*NetworkConfig) {
 	return func(config *NetworkConfig) {
 		config.ViewsInDKGPhase = views
@@ -1161,6 +1170,9 @@ func BootstrapNetwork(networkConf NetworkConfig, bootstrapDir string, chainID fl
 
 	dkgOffsetView := rootHeader.View + networkConf.ViewsInStakingAuction - 1
 
+	// target number of seconds in epoch
+	targetDuration := networkConf.ViewsInEpoch / networkConf.ViewsPerSecond
+
 	// generate epoch service events
 	epochSetup := &flow.EpochSetup{
 		Counter:            epochCounter,
@@ -1172,8 +1184,8 @@ func BootstrapNetwork(networkConf NetworkConfig, bootstrapDir string, chainID fl
 		Participants:       participants.ToSkeleton(),
 		Assignments:        clusterAssignments,
 		RandomSource:       randomSource,
-		TargetDuration:     networkConf.ViewsInEpoch, // 1view/s
-		TargetEndTime:      uint64(time.Now().Unix()) + networkConf.ViewsInEpoch,
+		TargetDuration:     targetDuration,
+		TargetEndTime:      uint64(time.Now().Unix()) + targetDuration,
 	}
 
 	epochCommit := &flow.EpochCommit{