diff --git a/cmd/internal/discover.go b/cmd/internal/discover.go
index 00bbc31..7ff4f0c 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/discover.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/discover.go
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type DiscoverSettings struct {
-	AutoSelectTables bool
-	ExcludedTables   []string
+	AutoSelectTables   bool
+	ExcludedTables     []string
+	UseIncrementalSync bool
 }
 
 func Discover(ctx context.Context, source PlanetScaleSource, mysql PlanetScaleEdgeMysqlAccess, settings DiscoverSettings) (Catalog, error) {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func Discover(ctx context.Context, source PlanetScaleSource, mysql PlanetScaleEd
 		}
 		table.KeyProperties = keyProperties
 		table.CursorProperties = keyProperties
-		table.GenerateMetadata(keyProperties, settings.AutoSelectTables)
+		table.GenerateMetadata(keyProperties, settings.AutoSelectTables, settings.UseIncrementalSync)
 
 		c.Streams = append(c.Streams, table)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/internal/types.go b/cmd/internal/types.go
index e905c58..717cc05 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/types.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/types.go
@@ -197,9 +197,13 @@ func (m MetadataCollection) GetPropertyMap() map[string]Metadata {
 	return propertyMap
 }
 
-func (s *Stream) GenerateMetadata(keyProperties []string, autoSelect bool) error {
+func (s *Stream) GenerateMetadata(keyProperties []string, autoSelect, useIncrementalSync bool) error {
 	streamMetadata := NewMetadata(autoSelect)
 	streamMetadata.Metadata.TableKeyProperties = keyProperties
+	if useIncrementalSync {
+		streamMetadata.Metadata.ReplicationMethod = "INCREMENTAL"
+	}
+
 	streamMetadata.Metadata.ValidReplicationKeys = keyProperties
 	// need this to be an empty array since Singer needs an empty JSON array here.
 	streamMetadata.Metadata.BreadCrumb = []string{}
diff --git a/cmd/singer-tap/main.go b/cmd/singer-tap/main.go
index 4b4b9ca..049b6d8 100644
--- a/cmd/singer-tap/main.go
+++ b/cmd/singer-tap/main.go
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	version         string
-	commit          string
-	date            string
-	discoverMode    bool
-	catalogFilePath string
-	configFilePath  string
-	stateFilePath   string
-	autoSelect      bool
-	excludedTables  string
+	version            string
+	commit             string
+	date               string
+	discoverMode       bool
+	catalogFilePath    string
+	configFilePath     string
+	stateFilePath      string
+	autoSelect         bool
+	useIncrementalSync bool
+	excludedTables     string
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&catalogFilePath, "catalog", "", "path to a catalog file for this tap")
 	flag.StringVar(&stateFilePath, "state", "", "path to state file for this configuration")
 	flag.BoolVar(&autoSelect, "auto-select", false, "(discover mode only) select all tables & columns in the schema")
+	flag.BoolVar(&useIncrementalSync, "incremental", false, "(discover mode only) all tables & views will be synced incrementally")
 	flag.StringVar(&excludedTables, "excluded-tables", "", "(discover mode only) comma separated list of tables & views to exclude.")
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ func execute(discoverMode bool, logger internal.Logger, configFilePath, catalogF
 	if discoverMode {
 		logger.Info("running in discovery mode")
 		settings := internal.DiscoverSettings{
-			AutoSelectTables: autoSelect,
+			AutoSelectTables:   autoSelect,
+			UseIncrementalSync: useIncrementalSync,
 		}
 
 		if len(excludedTables) > 0 {