diff --git a/src/seeder/main.cpp b/src/seeder/main.cpp
--- a/src/seeder/main.cpp
+++ b/src/seeder/main.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@
         gArgs.AddArg("-help-debug",
                      "Show all debugging options (usage: --help -help-debug)",
                      ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
+        gArgs.AddArg("-debugseedlist",
+                     "Limits the list of seeds to only local host (default 0)",
+                     ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
         SetupChainParamsBaseOptions();
 
         gArgs.AddArg("-help", "", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY,
@@ -462,8 +465,13 @@
 const static unsigned int MAX_HOSTS_PER_SEED = 128;
 
 extern "C" void *ThreadSeeder(void *) {
+    std::vector<std::string> seeds = Params().DNSSeeds();
+    if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-debugseedlist", false)) {
+        seeds.clear();
+        seeds.push_back("localhost");
+    }
     do {
-        for (const std::string &seed : Params().DNSSeeds()) {
+        for (const std::string &seed : seeds) {
             std::vector<CNetAddr> ips;
             LookupHost(seed.c_str(), ips, MAX_HOSTS_PER_SEED, true);
             for (auto &ip : ips) {