diff --git a/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/README.md b/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/README.md
index b6b1655416..56fdcaf2bf 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/README.md
+++ b/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/README.md
@@ -38,4 +38,37 @@ receivers:
 The full list of settings exposed for this receiver are documented in
 [config.go](./config.go).
 
+## Persistent Storage
+
+If a storage extension is configured in the collector configuration's `service.extensions` property,
+the `raw_k8s_events` receiver stores the latest resource version retrieved from the Kubernetes API server
+so that after a restart, the receiver will continue retrieving events starting from that resource version
+instead of using the `max_event_age` property.
+This prevents the receiver from reporting duplicate events when the receiver is restarted in less than the `max_event_age` time.
+On the other hand, this also allows the receiver to catch up on missed events in case it was not running for longer than `max_event_age` time.
+Note that the default maximum age of events retained by the API Server is one hour - see the [--event-ttl][event_ttl] option of `kube-apiserver`.
+
+Example configuration:
+
+```yaml
+extensions:
+  file_storage:
+    directory: .
+
+receivers:
+  raw_k8s_events:
+
+service:
+  extensions:
+  - file_storage
+  pipelines:
+    logs:
+      receivers:
+      - raw_k8s_events
+      exporters:
+      - nop
+```
+
 [Fluentd plugin]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-fluentd/tree/main/fluent-plugin-events
+
+[event_ttl]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/kube-apiserver/#options
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/config.go b/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/config.go
index 2d5fbe8062..f3305adc4d 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/config.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/config.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// ConsumeMaxRetries is the maximum number of retries for recoverable pipeline errors
 	ConsumeMaxRetries uint64 `mapstructure:"consume_max_retries"`
+
+	ResourceVersion uint64 `mapstructure:"resource_version"`
 }
 
 // Validate checks if the receiver configuration is valid
diff --git a/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/receiver.go b/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/receiver.go
index 16cfa5ca3b..d686f4020e 100644
--- a/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/pkg/receiver/rawk8seventsreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -210,6 +211,23 @@ func (r *rawK8sEventsReceiver) processEventChange(ctx context.Context, eventChan
 // Check if we should process the event
 // Currently this only checks if the event isn't too old
 func (r *rawK8sEventsReceiver) isEventAccepted(event *corev1.Event) bool {
+	if r.cfg.ResourceVersion > 0 {
+		incomingEventResourceVersionNumber, err := strconv.ParseUint(event.ResourceVersion, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			r.logger.Debug("Failed checking if event is accepted, cannot convert incoming resource version to a number. Accepting the incoming event.", zap.Error(err), zap.Any("start_resource_version", r.cfg.ResourceVersion), zap.Any("incoming_event_version", event.ResourceVersion))
+			return true
+		}
+
+		incomingEventIsNewer := incomingEventResourceVersionNumber >= r.cfg.ResourceVersion
+		if incomingEventIsNewer {
+			r.logger.Debug("Incoming event is accepted as it is newer.", zap.Any("start_resource_version", r.cfg.ResourceVersion), zap.Any("incoming_event_version", incomingEventResourceVersionNumber))
+			return true
+		} else {
+			r.logger.Debug("Incoming event is NOT accepted, as it is older.", zap.Any("start_resource_version", r.cfg.ResourceVersion), zap.Any("incoming_event_version", incomingEventResourceVersionNumber))
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
 	eventTime := getEventTimestamp(event)
 	minAcceptableTime := r.startTime.Add(-r.cfg.MaxEventAge)
 	return eventTime.After(minAcceptableTime) || eventTime.Equal(minAcceptableTime)