diff --git a/src/accelerate/commands/config/cluster.py b/src/accelerate/commands/config/cluster.py
index 44fe8af32da..695cd784c7f 100644
--- a/src/accelerate/commands/config/cluster.py
+++ b/src/accelerate/commands/config/cluster.py
@@ -446,6 +446,12 @@ def get_cluster_input():
                     default=True,
                     error_message="Please enter yes or no.",
                 )
+            fsdp_config["fsdp_activation_checkpointing"] = _ask_field(
+                "Do you want to enable FSDP activation checkpointing? [yes/NO]: ",
+                _convert_yes_no_to_bool,
+                default=False,
+                error_message="Please enter yes or no.",
+            )
 
     megatron_lm_config = {}
     if distributed_type in [DistributedType.MULTI_GPU]:
diff --git a/src/accelerate/utils/launch.py b/src/accelerate/utils/launch.py
index 1932fe0592a..4189aacb63a 100644
--- a/src/accelerate/utils/launch.py
+++ b/src/accelerate/utils/launch.py
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ def prepare_multi_gpu_env(args: argparse.Namespace) -> Dict[str, str]:
         current_env["FSDP_USE_ORIG_PARAMS"] = str(args.fsdp_use_orig_params).lower()
         current_env["FSDP_CPU_RAM_EFFICIENT_LOADING"] = str(args.fsdp_cpu_ram_efficient_loading).lower()
         current_env["FSDP_SYNC_MODULE_STATES"] = str(args.fsdp_sync_module_states).lower()
+        current_env["FSDP_ACTIVATION_CHECKPOINTING"] = str(args.fsdp_activation_checkpointing).lower()
 
     if args.use_megatron_lm:
         prefix = "MEGATRON_LM_"