diff --git a/rs/cli/src/commands/network.rs b/rs/cli/src/commands/network.rs
index 2fc17f965..fa8a6b93a 100644
--- a/rs/cli/src/commands/network.rs
+++ b/rs/cli/src/commands/network.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ pub struct Network {
     #[clap(long)]
     pub heal: bool,
 
+    /// Optimize the decentralization of the subnets that are not compliant with the
+    /// business rules (target topology).
+    #[clap(long, visible_alias = "optimize")]
+    pub optimize_decentralization: bool,
+
     /// Ensure that at least one node of each node operator is
     /// assigned to some (any) subnet. Node will only be assigned to a subnet if
     /// this does not worsen the decentralization of the target subnet.
@@ -37,9 +42,11 @@ impl ExecutableCommand for Network {
         let ic_admin = ctx.ic_admin().await?;
         let mut errors = vec![];
         let network_heal = self.heal || std::env::args().any(|arg| arg == "heal");
-        if network_heal {
+        if network_heal || self.optimize_decentralization {
             info!("Healing the network by replacing unhealthy nodes and optimizing decentralization in subnets that have unhealthy nodes");
-            let proposals = runner.network_heal(ctx.forum_post_link(), &self.skip_subnets).await?;
+            let proposals = runner
+                .network_heal(ctx.forum_post_link(), &self.skip_subnets, self.optimize_decentralization)
+                .await?;
             for proposal in proposals {
                 if let Err(e) = ic_admin.propose_run(proposal.cmd, proposal.opts).await {
                     errors.push(e);
diff --git a/rs/cli/src/runner.rs b/rs/cli/src/runner.rs
index 3bb3d3aec..267e9748d 100644
--- a/rs/cli/src/runner.rs
+++ b/rs/cli/src/runner.rs
@@ -505,7 +505,12 @@ impl Runner {
         })
     }
 
-    pub async fn network_heal(&self, forum_post_link: Option<String>, skip_subnets: &[String]) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<RunnerProposal>> {
+    pub async fn network_heal(
+        &self,
+        forum_post_link: Option<String>,
+        skip_subnets: &[String],
+        optimize_decentralization: bool,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<RunnerProposal>> {
         let mut errors = vec![];
 
         // Get the list of subnets, and the list of open proposal for each subnet, if any
@@ -544,6 +549,7 @@ impl Runner {
                     vec![]
                 }),
                 &all_nodes,
+                optimize_decentralization,
             )
             .await?;
 
diff --git a/rs/decentralization/src/nakamoto/mod.rs b/rs/decentralization/src/nakamoto/mod.rs
index e56951f5e..5d0798de9 100644
--- a/rs/decentralization/src/nakamoto/mod.rs
+++ b/rs/decentralization/src/nakamoto/mod.rs
@@ -647,7 +647,10 @@ mod tests {
         // expected error message
         assert_eq!(
             new_test_subnet(0, 2, 0).check_business_rules().unwrap(),
-            (1000, vec!["Subnet should have 1 DFINITY-owned nodes, got 0".to_string()])
+            (
+                1000,
+                vec!["Subnet should have 1 DFINITY-owned node(s) for subnet recovery, got 0".to_string()]
+            )
         );
     }
 
@@ -998,7 +1001,7 @@ mod tests {
         important.insert(subnet.principal, subnet);
 
         let network_heal_response = NetworkHealRequest::new(important.clone())
-            .heal_and_optimize(nodes_available.clone(), &health_of_nodes, vec![], &all_nodes)
+            .heal_and_optimize(nodes_available.clone(), &health_of_nodes, vec![], &all_nodes, false)
             .await
             .unwrap();
         let result = network_heal_response.first().unwrap().clone();
diff --git a/rs/decentralization/src/network.rs b/rs/decentralization/src/network.rs
index b89f1915e..95c4ec2a1 100644
--- a/rs/decentralization/src/network.rs
+++ b/rs/decentralization/src/network.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::nakamoto::NakamotoScore;
-use crate::subnets::unhealthy_with_nodes;
+use crate::subnets::{subnets_with_business_rules_violations, unhealthy_with_nodes};
 use crate::SubnetChangeResponse;
 use actix_web::http::StatusCode;
 use actix_web::{HttpResponse, ResponseError};
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ impl DecentralizedSubnet {
 
         if dfinity_owned_nodes_count != target_dfinity_owned_nodes_count {
             checks.push(format!(
-                "Subnet should have {} DFINITY-owned nodes, got {}",
+                "Subnet should have {} DFINITY-owned node(s) for subnet recovery, got {}",
                 target_dfinity_owned_nodes_count, dfinity_owned_nodes_count
             ));
             penalties += target_dfinity_owned_nodes_count.abs_diff(dfinity_owned_nodes_count) * 1000;
@@ -1258,6 +1258,7 @@ impl NetworkHealRequest {
         health_of_nodes: &IndexMap<PrincipalId, HealthStatus>,
         cordoned_features: Vec<NodeFeaturePair>,
         all_nodes: &[Node],
+        optimize_for_business_rules_compliance: bool,
     ) -> Result<Vec<SubnetChangeResponse>, NetworkError> {
         let mut subnets_changed = Vec::new();
         let subnets_to_heal = unhealthy_with_nodes(&self.subnets, health_of_nodes)
@@ -1273,12 +1274,42 @@ impl NetworkHealRequest {
             })
             .sorted_by(|a, b| a.cmp(b).reverse())
             .collect_vec();
+        let subnets_to_optimize = if optimize_for_business_rules_compliance {
+            // Exclude subnets that are already in subnets_to_heal
+            let subnet_ids_to_heal = subnets_to_heal
+                .iter()
+                .map(|subnet| subnet.decentralized_subnet.id)
+                .collect::<AHashSet<_>>();
+            let subnets = self
+                .subnets
+                .iter()
+                .filter_map(|(subnet_id, subnet)| {
+                    if subnet_ids_to_heal.contains(subnet_id) {
+                        None
+                    } else {
+                        Some(subnet.clone())
+                    }
+                })
+                .collect_vec();
+            // Find subnets that have business rules violations
+            subnets_with_business_rules_violations(&subnets)
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|subnet| NetworkHealSubnets {
+                    name: subnet.metadata.name.clone(),
+                    decentralized_subnet: DecentralizedSubnet::from(subnet),
+                    unhealthy_nodes: vec![],
+                })
+                .sorted_by(|a, b| a.cmp(b).reverse())
+                .collect_vec()
+        } else {
+            vec![]
+        };
 
-        if subnets_to_heal.is_empty() {
-            info!("Nothing to do! All subnets are healthy.")
+        if subnets_to_heal.is_empty() && subnets_to_optimize.is_empty() {
+            info!("Nothing to do! All subnets are healthy and compliant with business rules.")
         }
 
-        for subnet in subnets_to_heal {
+        for subnet in subnets_to_heal.into_iter().chain(subnets_to_optimize) {
             // If more than 1/3 nodes do not have the latest subnet state, subnet will stall.
             // From those 1/2 are added and 1/2 removed -> nodes_in_subnet/3 * 1/2 = nodes_in_subnet/6
             let max_replaceable_nodes = subnet.decentralized_subnet.nodes.len() / 6;
@@ -1406,6 +1437,11 @@ impl NetworkHealRequest {
                     .expect("No suitable changes found")
             };
 
+            if change.node_ids_removed.is_empty() {
+                warn!("No suitable changes found for subnet {}", subnet.decentralized_subnet.id);
+                continue;
+            }
+
             info!(
                 "Replacing {} nodes in subnet {} gives Nakamoto coefficient: {}\n",
                 change.node_ids_removed.len(),
diff --git a/rs/decentralization/src/subnets.rs b/rs/decentralization/src/subnets.rs
index cd6a5a3f0..ea2e2dd45 100644
--- a/rs/decentralization/src/subnets.rs
+++ b/rs/decentralization/src/subnets.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use crate::network::DecentralizedSubnet;
+
 pub fn unhealthy_with_nodes(
     subnets: &IndexMap<PrincipalId, Subnet>,
     nodes_health: &IndexMap<PrincipalId, HealthStatus>,
@@ -33,6 +35,26 @@ pub fn unhealthy_with_nodes(
         .collect::<IndexMap<_, _>>()
 }
 
+pub fn subnets_with_business_rules_violations(subnets: &[Subnet]) -> Vec<Subnet> {
+    subnets
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|subnet| {
+            let decentralized_subnet = DecentralizedSubnet::from(subnet.clone());
+
+            if decentralized_subnet
+                .check_business_rules()
+                .expect("business rules check should succeed")
+                .0
+                > 0
+            {
+                Some(subnet.clone())
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        })
+        .collect_vec()
+}
+
 pub struct NodesRemover {
     pub no_auto: bool,
     pub remove_degraded: bool,