diff --git a/src/bench/bench_dash.cpp b/src/bench/bench_dash.cpp
index 82b1cf3b3ebd..a1d208502470 100644
--- a/src/bench/bench_dash.cpp
+++ b/src/bench/bench_dash.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
     ECC_Start();
     ECCVerifyHandle verifyHandle;
 
+    BLSInit();
     SetupEnvironment();
     fPrintToDebugLog = false; // don't want to write to debug.log file
 
diff --git a/src/bls/bls.cpp b/src/bls/bls.cpp
index 02a793551866..bb44f50296ac 100644
--- a/src/bls/bls.cpp
+++ b/src/bls/bls.cpp
@@ -462,3 +462,11 @@ static void secure_free(void* p)
     return get_secure_allocator().deallocate(ptr, n);
 }
 #endif
+
+bool BLSInit()
+{
+#ifndef BUILD_BITCOIN_INTERNAL
+    bls::BLS::SetSecureAllocator(secure_allocate, secure_free);
+#endif
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/bls/bls.h b/src/bls/bls.h
index f62ab67566a4..c50a96ee11ec 100644
--- a/src/bls/bls.h
+++ b/src/bls/bls.h
@@ -300,4 +300,6 @@ typedef std::shared_ptr<BLSPublicKeyVector> BLSPublicKeyVectorPtr;
 typedef std::shared_ptr<BLSSecretKeyVector> BLSSecretKeyVectorPtr;
 typedef std::shared_ptr<BLSSignatureVector> BLSSignatureVectorPtr;
 
+bool BLSInit();
+
 #endif // DASH_CRYPTO_BLS_H
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index a66c23991157..5bf399197a24 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -855,6 +855,10 @@ bool InitSanityCheck(void)
     if (!glibc_sanity_test() || !glibcxx_sanity_test())
         return false;
 
+    if (!BLSInit()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_dash.cpp b/src/test/test_dash.cpp
index 7bc3f7e9f734..5300171d1247 100644
--- a/src/test/test_dash.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_dash.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern void noui_connect();
 BasicTestingSetup::BasicTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName)
 {
         ECC_Start();
+        BLSInit();
         SetupEnvironment();
         SetupNetworking();
         InitSignatureCache();