diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/declarative_stream.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/declarative_stream.py
index 5dfd37f43a09..f52e496bd3c4 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/declarative_stream.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/declarative_stream.py
@@ -16,12 +16,21 @@ class DeclarativeStream(Stream):
     DeclarativeStream is a Stream that delegates most of its logic to its schema_load and retriever
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, name, primary_key, schema_loader: SchemaLoader, retriever: Retriever, cursor_field: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        primary_key,
+        schema_loader: SchemaLoader,
+        retriever: Retriever,
+        cursor_field: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        checkpoint_interval: Optional[int] = None,
+    ):
         self._name = name
         self._primary_key = primary_key
         self._cursor_field = cursor_field or []
         self._schema_loader = schema_loader
         self._retriever = retriever
+        self._checkpoint_interval = checkpoint_interval
 
     @property
     def primary_key(self) -> Optional[Union[str, List[str], List[List[str]]]]:
@@ -34,6 +43,20 @@ def name(self) -> str:
         """
         return self._name
 
+    @property
+    def state_checkpoint_interval(self) -> Optional[int]:
+        """
+        Decides how often to checkpoint state (i.e: emit a STATE message). E.g: if this returns a value of 100, then state is persisted after reading
+        100 records, then 200, 300, etc.. A good default value is 1000 although your mileage may vary depending on the underlying data source.
+
+        Checkpointing a stream avoids re-reading records in the case a sync is failed or cancelled.
+
+        return None if state should not be checkpointed e.g: because records returned from the underlying data source are not returned in
+        ascending order with respect to the cursor field. This can happen if the source does not support reading records in ascending order of
+        created_at date (or whatever the cursor is). In those cases, state must only be saved once the full stream has been read.
+        """
+        return self._checkpoint_interval
+
     @property
     def state(self) -> MutableMapping[str, Any]:
         return self._retriever.state
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/sources/declarative/test_declarative_stream.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/sources/declarative/test_declarative_stream.py
index a5a05d286e4f..a060709ccf36 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/sources/declarative/test_declarative_stream.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/sources/declarative/test_declarative_stream.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ def test():
     retriever.state = state
     retriever.read_records.return_value = records
     retriever.stream_slices.return_value = stream_slices
-    retriever.state_checkpoint_interval = checkpoint_interval
 
     stream = DeclarativeStream(
         name=name,
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ def test():
         cursor_field=cursor_field,
         schema_loader=schema_loader,
         retriever=retriever,
+        checkpoint_interval=checkpoint_interval,
     )
 
     assert stream.name == name
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ def test():
     assert stream.primary_key == primary_key
     assert stream.cursor_field == cursor_field
     assert stream.stream_slices(sync_mode=SyncMode.incremental, cursor_field=cursor_field, stream_state=None) == stream_slices
+    assert stream.state_checkpoint_interval == checkpoint_interval