diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvclient/rangefeed/config.go b/pkg/kv/kvclient/rangefeed/config.go
index 73ea4d522ff3..7a391aef076f 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvclient/rangefeed/config.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvclient/rangefeed/config.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package rangefeed
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/retry"
 )
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ type config struct {
 	withInitialScan    bool
 	withDiff           bool
 	onInitialScanError OnInitialScanError
+	onCheckpoint       OnCheckpoint
 }
 
 type optionFunc func(*config)
@@ -80,6 +82,17 @@ func WithRetry(options retry.Options) Option {
 	})
 }
 
+// OnCheckpoint is called when a rangefeed checkpoint occurs.
+type OnCheckpoint func(ctx context.Context, checkpoint *roachpb.RangeFeedCheckpoint)
+
+// WithOnCheckpoint sets up a callback that's invoked whenever a check point
+// event is emitted.
+func WithOnCheckpoint(f OnCheckpoint) Option {
+	return optionFunc(func(c *config) {
+		c.onCheckpoint = f
+	})
+}
+
 func initConfig(c *config, options []Option) {
 	*c = config{} // the default config is its zero value
 	for _, o := range options {
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvclient/rangefeed/rangefeed.go b/pkg/kv/kvclient/rangefeed/rangefeed.go
index aff22fe5135e..c98fd6c17bd5 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvclient/rangefeed/rangefeed.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvclient/rangefeed/rangefeed.go
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ func (f *RangeFeed) processEvents(
 				if _, err := frontier.Forward(ev.Checkpoint.Span, ev.Checkpoint.ResolvedTS); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+				if f.onCheckpoint != nil {
+					f.onCheckpoint(ctx, ev.Checkpoint)
+				}
 			case ev.Error != nil:
 				// Intentionally do nothing, we'll get an error returned from the
 				// call to RangeFeed.