diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index 1b919f69cc..53ded54de8 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "service/cache_hitrate_calculator.hh"
 #include "sstables/compaction_manager.hh"
 #include "sstables/sstables.hh"
+#include <db/view/view_update_from_staging_generator.hh>
 
 seastar::metrics::metric_groups app_metrics;
 
@@ -755,6 +756,13 @@ int main(int ac, char** av) {
                 local_proxy.allow_replaying_hints();
             }).get();
 
+            static sharded<db::view::view_update_from_staging_generator> view_update_from_staging_generator;
+            if (cfg->view_building()) {
+                supervisor::notify("Launching generate_mv_updates for non system tables");
+                view_update_from_staging_generator.start(std::ref(db), std::ref(proxy)).get();
+                view_update_from_staging_generator.invoke_on_all(&db::view::view_update_from_staging_generator::start).get();
+            }
+
             static sharded<db::view::view_builder> view_builder;
             if (cfg->view_building()) {
                 supervisor::notify("starting the view builder");
@@ -800,6 +808,10 @@ int main(int ac, char** av) {
                 return view_builder.stop();
             });
 
+            engine().at_exit([] {
+                return view_update_from_staging_generator.stop();
+            });
+
             engine().at_exit([&db] {
                 return db.invoke_on_all([](auto& db) {
                     return db.get_compaction_manager().stop();