diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index b98c2d43aa83..40c750b8b311 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 	"math/big"
 	"runtime"
 	"slices"
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ var (
 	errInvalidNewChain      = errors.New("invalid new chain")
 )
 
+var (
+	forkReadyInterval = 3 * time.Minute
+)
+
 const (
 	bodyCacheLimit     = 256
 	blockCacheLimit    = 256
@@ -268,6 +273,8 @@ type BlockChain struct {
 	processor  Processor // Block transaction processor interface
 	vmConfig   vm.Config
 	logger     *tracing.Hooks
+
+	lastForkReadyAlert time.Time // Last time there was a fork readiness print out
 }
 
 // NewBlockChain returns a fully initialised block chain using information
@@ -1825,6 +1832,9 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, setHead bool, makeWitness
 		trieDiffNodes, trieBufNodes, _ := bc.triedb.Size()
 		stats.report(chain, it.index, snapDiffItems, snapBufItems, trieDiffNodes, trieBufNodes, setHead)
 
+		// Print confirmation that a future fork is scheduled, but not yet active.
+		bc.logForkReadiness(block)
+
 		if !setHead {
 			// After merge we expect few side chains. Simply count
 			// all blocks the CL gives us for GC processing time
@@ -1858,6 +1868,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, setHead bool, makeWitness
 				"root", block.Root())
 		}
 	}
+
 	stats.ignored += it.remaining()
 	return witness, it.index, err
 }
@@ -2455,6 +2466,23 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) reportBlock(block *types.Block, res *ProcessResult, err er
 	log.Error(summarizeBadBlock(block, receipts, bc.Config(), err))
 }
 
+// logForkReadiness will write a log when a future fork is scheduled, but not
+// active. This is useful so operators know their client is ready for the fork.
+func (bc *BlockChain) logForkReadiness(block *types.Block) {
+	c := bc.Config()
+	current, last := c.LatestFork(block.Time()), c.LatestFork(math.MaxUint64)
+	t := c.Timestamp(last)
+	if t == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	at := time.Unix(int64(*t), 0)
+	if current < last && time.Now().After(bc.lastForkReadyAlert.Add(forkReadyInterval)) {
+		log.Info("Ready for fork activation", "fork", last, "date", at.Format(time.RFC822),
+			"remaining", time.Until(at).Round(time.Second), "timestamp", at.Unix())
+		bc.lastForkReadyAlert = time.Now()
+	}
+}
+
 // summarizeBadBlock returns a string summarizing the bad block and other
 // relevant information.
 func summarizeBadBlock(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.Receipt, config *params.ChainConfig, err error) string {
diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index 593c70b1390d..8ba247c447e8 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -875,6 +875,23 @@ func (c *ChainConfig) LatestFork(time uint64) forks.Fork {
 	}
 }
 
+// Timestamp returns the timestamp associated with the fork or returns nil if
+// the fork isn't defined or isn't a time-based fork.
+func (c *ChainConfig) Timestamp(fork forks.Fork) *uint64 {
+	switch {
+	case fork == forks.Osaka:
+		return c.OsakaTime
+	case fork == forks.Prague:
+		return c.PragueTime
+	case fork == forks.Cancun:
+		return c.CancunTime
+	case fork == forks.Shanghai:
+		return c.ShanghaiTime
+	default:
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // isForkBlockIncompatible returns true if a fork scheduled at block s1 cannot be
 // rescheduled to block s2 because head is already past the fork.
 func isForkBlockIncompatible(s1, s2, head *big.Int) bool {
diff --git a/params/forks/forks.go b/params/forks/forks.go
index 2d44e13b04d8..5d0123b7344f 100644
--- a/params/forks/forks.go
+++ b/params/forks/forks.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package forks
 type Fork int
 
 const (
-	Frontier = iota
+	Frontier Fork = iota
 	FrontierThawing
 	Homestead
 	DAO
@@ -41,3 +41,35 @@ const (
 	Prague
 	Osaka
 )
+
+// String implements fmt.Stringer.
+func (f Fork) String() string {
+	s, ok := forkToString[f]
+	if !ok {
+		return "Unknown fork"
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+var forkToString = map[Fork]string{
+	Frontier:         "Frontier",
+	FrontierThawing:  "Frontier Thawing",
+	Homestead:        "Homestead",
+	DAO:              "DAO",
+	TangerineWhistle: "Tangerine Whistle",
+	SpuriousDragon:   "Spurious Dragon",
+	Byzantium:        "Byzantium",
+	Constantinople:   "Constantinople",
+	Petersburg:       "Petersburg",
+	Istanbul:         "Istanbul",
+	MuirGlacier:      "Muir Glacier",
+	Berlin:           "Berlin",
+	London:           "London",
+	ArrowGlacier:     "Arrow Glacier",
+	GrayGlacier:      "Gray Glacier",
+	Paris:            "Paris",
+	Shanghai:         "Shanghai",
+	Cancun:           "Cancun",
+	Prague:           "Prague",
+	Osaka:            "Osaka",
+}