diff --git a/src/validation.h b/src/validation.h
--- a/src/validation.h
+++ b/src/validation.h
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@
     const CBlockIndex *m_finalizedBlockIndex GUARDED_BY(cs_main) = nullptr;
 
 public:
-    CChainState(BlockManager &blockman) : m_blockman(blockman) {}
-    CChainState();
+    explicit CChainState(BlockManager &blockman) : m_blockman(blockman) {}
+    explicit CChainState(BlockHash from_snapshot_blockhash = BlockHash());
 
     /**
      * Initialize the CoinsViews UTXO set database management data structures.
@@ -864,6 +864,15 @@
     //! The current chain of blockheaders we consult and build on.
     //! @see CChain, CBlockIndex.
     CChain m_chain;
+
+    /**
+     * The blockhash which is the base of the snapshot this chainstate was
+     * created from.
+     *
+     * IsNull() if this chainstate was not created from a snapshot.
+     */
+    const BlockHash m_from_snapshot_blockhash{};
+
     /**
      * The set of all CBlockIndex entries with BLOCK_VALID_TRANSACTIONS (for
      * itself and all ancestors) and as good as our current tip or better.
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -741,10 +741,15 @@
 
 // NOTE: for now m_blockman is set to a global, but this will be changed
 // in a future commit.
-CChainState::CChainState() : m_blockman(g_blockman) {}
+CChainState::CChainState(BlockHash from_snapshot_blockhash)
+    : m_blockman(g_blockman),
+      m_from_snapshot_blockhash(from_snapshot_blockhash) {}
 
 void CChainState::InitCoinsDB(size_t cache_size_bytes, bool in_memory,
                               bool should_wipe, std::string leveldb_name) {
+    if (!m_from_snapshot_blockhash.IsNull()) {
+        leveldb_name += "_" + m_from_snapshot_blockhash.ToString();
+    }
     m_coins_views = std::make_unique<CoinsViews>(leveldb_name, cache_size_bytes,
                                                  in_memory, should_wipe);
 }