diff --git a/base/dcp_feed.go b/base/dcp_feed.go
index f5d63ced8b..c8e92e2d14 100644
--- a/base/dcp_feed.go
+++ b/base/dcp_feed.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ const DCPBackfillSeqs = "_sync:dcp_backfill" // Bucket doc used for DCP sequence
 // DCP will already be sending more documents per snapshot.
 const kCheckpointThreshold = 1
 
+// Only persist checkpoint once per kCheckpointTimeThreshold (per vbucket)
+const kCheckpointTimeThreshold = 1 * time.Minute
+
 // Persist backfill progress every 10s
 const kBackfillPersistInterval = 10 * time.Second
 
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ type DCPReceiver struct {
 	meta                   [][]byte                       // To track metadata blob's per vbucketId.
 	vbuuids                map[uint16]uint64              // Map of vbucket uuids, by vbno.  Used in cases of manual vbucket metadata creation
 	updatesSinceCheckpoint []uint64                       // Number of updates since the last checkpoint. Used to avoid checkpoint persistence feedback loop
+	lastCheckpointTime     []time.Time                    // Time of last checkpoint persistence, per vbucket.  Used to manage checkpoint persistence volume
 	notify                 sgbucket.BucketNotifyFn        // Function to callback when we lose our dcp feed
 	callback               sgbucket.FeedEventCallbackFunc // Function to callback for mutation processing
 	backfill               backfillStatus                 // Backfill state and stats
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ func NewDCPReceiver(callback sgbucket.FeedEventCallbackFunc, bucket Bucket, maxV
 		meta:                   make([][]byte, maxVbNo),
 		vbuuids:                make(map[uint16]uint64, maxVbNo),
 		updatesSinceCheckpoint: make([]uint64, maxVbNo),
+		lastCheckpointTime:     make([]time.Time, maxVbNo),
 	}
 
 	r.callback = callback
@@ -248,11 +253,18 @@ func (r *DCPReceiver) SetMetaData(vbucketId uint16, value []byte) error {
 
 	// Check persistMeta to avoids persistence if the only feed events we've seen are the DCP echo of DCP checkpoint docs
 	if r.persistCheckpoints && r.updatesSinceCheckpoint[vbucketId] >= kCheckpointThreshold {
+
+		// Don't checkpoint more frequently than kCheckpointTimeThreshold
+		if time.Since(r.lastCheckpointTime[vbucketId]) < kCheckpointTimeThreshold {
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		err := r.persistCheckpoint(vbucketId, value)
 		if err != nil {
 			Warnf(KeyAll, "Unable to persist DCP metadata - will retry next snapshot. Error: %v", err)
 		}
 		r.updatesSinceCheckpoint[vbucketId] = 0
+		r.lastCheckpointTime[vbucketId] = time.Now()
 	}
 	return nil
 }