diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
index bd65fa60c..e199398b6 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 #include "distributed/transaction_recovery.h"
 #include "distributed/utils/citus_stat_tenants.h"
 #include "distributed/utils/directory.h"
+#include "distributed/utils/restore_interval.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_log_messages.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_manager.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_protocol.h"
@@ -2678,6 +2679,26 @@ RegisterCitusConfigVariables(void)
 		GUC_STANDARD,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+	DefineCustomStringVariable(
+		"citus.restore_point_interval",
+		gettext_noop("Sets the timeout for periodic recovery cluster point"),
+		NULL,
+		&RestorePointInterval,
+		"never",
+		PGC_SIGHUP,
+		GUC_STANDARD,
+		GucCheckInterval, NULL, NULL);
+
+	DefineCustomStringVariable(
+		"citus.restore_point_interval_name",
+		gettext_noop("Sets the prefix of pointname for the periodic recovery cluster point"),
+		NULL,
+		&RestorePointIntervalName,
+		NULL,
+		PGC_SIGHUP,
+		GUC_STANDARD,
+		NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
 	/* warn about config items in the citus namespace that are not registered above */
 	EmitWarningsOnPlaceholders("citus");
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/maintenanced.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/maintenanced.c
index 9cef13539..63e3a55d6 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/maintenanced.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/maintenanced.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include "distributed/shard_cleaner.h"
 #include "distributed/statistics_collection.h"
 #include "distributed/transaction_recovery.h"
+#include "distributed/utils/restore_interval.h"
 #include "distributed/version_compat.h"
 
 /*
@@ -955,6 +956,11 @@ CitusMaintenanceDaemonMain(Datum main_arg)
 			 */
 		}
 
+		if ( restorePointIntervalMode && IsCoordinator() && !RecoveryInProgress())
+		{
+			CheckRestoreInterval(MyDatabaseId, myDbData->userOid);
+		}
+
 		if (got_SIGHUP)
 		{
 			got_SIGHUP = false;