diff --git a/fairseq/models/hubert/hubert.py b/fairseq/models/hubert/hubert.py
index 232a5e402a..412d936543 100644
--- a/fairseq/models/hubert/hubert.py
+++ b/fairseq/models/hubert/hubert.py
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ class HubertConfig(FairseqDataclass):
         metadata={"help": "skip computing losses over unmasked frames"},
     )
 
+    checkpoint_activations: bool = field(
+        default=False, metadata={"help": "recompute activations and save memory for extra compute"}
+    )
 
 @register_model("hubert", dataclass=HubertConfig)
 class HubertModel(BaseFairseqModel):