diff --git a/chain/store/snapshot.go b/chain/store/snapshot.go
index f9e65f4bf2b..3c264d19214 100644
--- a/chain/store/snapshot.go
+++ b/chain/store/snapshot.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/types"
 )
 
+const TIPSETKEY_BACKFILL_RANGE = 2 * build.Finality
+
 func (cs *ChainStore) UnionStore() bstore.Blockstore {
 	return bstore.Union(cs.stateBlockstore, cs.chainBlockstore)
 }
@@ -113,6 +115,20 @@ func (cs *ChainStore) Import(ctx context.Context, r io.Reader) (*types.TipSet, e
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to load root tipset from chainfile: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	ts := root
+	for i := 0; i < int(TIPSETKEY_BACKFILL_RANGE); i++ {
+		err = cs.PersistTipset(ctx, ts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		parentTsKey := ts.Parents()
+		ts, err = cs.LoadTipSet(ctx, parentTsKey)
+		if ts == nil || err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("Only able to load the last %d tipsets", i)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
 	return root, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/chain/store/store.go b/chain/store/store.go
index 9ab08c74f76..5ed037ee5e1 100644
--- a/chain/store/store.go
+++ b/chain/store/store.go
@@ -1097,6 +1097,10 @@ func (cs *ChainStore) StateBlockstore() bstore.Blockstore {
 	return cs.stateBlockstore
 }
 
+func (cs *ChainStore) ChainLocalBlockstore() bstore.Blockstore {
+	return cs.chainLocalBlockstore
+}
+
 func ActorStore(ctx context.Context, bs bstore.Blockstore) adt.Store {
 	return adt.WrapStore(ctx, cbor.NewCborStore(bs))
 }
diff --git a/chain/store/store_test.go b/chain/store/store_test.go
index 6dc3407375f..89d0caa2c2c 100644
--- a/chain/store/store_test.go
+++ b/chain/store/store_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/abi"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/crypto"
@@ -124,6 +125,51 @@ func TestChainExportImport(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Test to check if tipset key cids are being stored on snapshot
+func TestChainImportTipsetKeyCid(t *testing.T) {
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	cg, err := gen.NewGenerator()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	var last *types.TipSet
+	var tsKeys []types.TipSetKey
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		ts, err := cg.NextTipSet()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		last = ts.TipSet.TipSet()
+		tsKeys = append(tsKeys, last.Key())
+	}
+
+	if err := cg.ChainStore().Export(ctx, last, last.Height(), false, buf); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	nbs := blockstore.NewMemorySync()
+	cs := store.NewChainStore(nbs, nbs, datastore.NewMapDatastore(), filcns.Weight, nil)
+	defer cs.Close() //nolint:errcheck
+
+	root, err := cs.Import(ctx, buf)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Truef(t, root.Equals(last), "imported chain differed from exported chain")
+
+	err = cs.SetHead(ctx, last)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	for _, tsKey := range tsKeys {
+		_, err := cs.LoadTipSet(ctx, tsKey)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		tsCid, err := tsKey.Cid()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_, err = cs.ChainLocalBlockstore().Get(ctx, tsCid)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	}
+}
+
 func TestChainExportImportFull(t *testing.T) {
 	//stm: @CHAIN_GEN_NEXT_TIPSET_001
 	//stm: @CHAIN_STORE_IMPORT_001, @CHAIN_STORE_EXPORT_001, @CHAIN_STORE_SET_HEAD_001