diff --git a/internal/verifier/check.go b/internal/verifier/check.go
index be64d92a..b7a1338d 100644
--- a/internal/verifier/check.go
+++ b/internal/verifier/check.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func (verifier *Verifier) Check(ctx context.Context, filter map[string]any) {
 			verifier.logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msgf("Fatal error in generation %d", verifier.generation)
 		}
 	}()
+	verifier.MaybeStartPeriodicHeapProfileCollection(ctx)
 }
 
 func (verifier *Verifier) waitForChangeStream() error {
diff --git a/internal/verifier/migration_verifier.go b/internal/verifier/migration_verifier.go
index 711ed9f4..9271634b 100644
--- a/internal/verifier/migration_verifier.go
+++ b/internal/verifier/migration_verifier.go
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ type Verifier struct {
 	// The filter is applied to all namespaces in both initial checking and iterative checking.
 	// The verifier only checks documents within the filter.
 	globalFilter map[string]any
+
+	pprofInterval time.Duration
 }
 
 // VerificationStatus holds the Verification Status
@@ -360,6 +362,20 @@ func (verifier *Verifier) SetReadPreference(arg string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (verifier *Verifier) SetPprofInterval(arg string) error {
+	if arg == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	interval, err := time.ParseDuration(arg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	verifier.pprofInterval = interval
+	return nil
+}
+
 // DocumentStats gets various stats (TODO clarify)
 func DocumentStats(ctx context.Context, client *mongo.Client, namespaces []string) {
 
diff --git a/internal/verifier/pprof.go b/internal/verifier/pprof.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ffc3371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/verifier/pprof.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package verifier
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime/pprof"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func (verifier *Verifier) MaybeStartPeriodicHeapProfileCollection(ctx context.Context) {
+	if verifier.pprofInterval == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(verifier.pprofInterval)
+		defer ticker.Stop()
+
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				collectHeapUsage()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+}
+
+func collectHeapUsage() {
+	heapFileName := fmt.Sprintf("heap-%s.out", time.Now().UTC().Format("20060102T150405Z"))
+	heapFile, err := os.Create(heapFileName)
+	defer heapFile.Close()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	err = pprof.Lookup("heap").WriteTo(heapFile, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main/migration_verifier.go b/main/migration_verifier.go
index 8513b2d5..4289eb5d 100644
--- a/main/migration_verifier.go
+++ b/main/migration_verifier.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 	failureDisplaySize    = "failureDisplaySize"
 	ignoreReadConcernFlag = "ignoreReadConcern"
 	configFileFlag        = "configFile"
+	pprofInterval         = "pprofInterval"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ func main() {
 			Name:  ignoreReadConcernFlag,
 			Usage: "Use connection-default read concerns rather than setting majority read concern. This option may degrade consistency, so only enable it if majority read concern (the default) doesn’t work.",
 		}),
+		altsrc.NewStringFlag(cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  pprofInterval,
+			Usage: "Interval to periodically collect pprof profiles (e.g. --pprofInterval=\"5m\")",
+		}),
 	}
 
 	app := &cli.App{
@@ -207,6 +212,7 @@ func handleArgs(ctx context.Context, cCtx *cli.Context) (*verifier.Verifier, err
 	v.SetNumWorkers(cCtx.Int(numWorkers))
 	v.SetGenerationPauseDelayMillis(time.Duration(cCtx.Int64(generationPauseDelay)))
 	v.SetWorkerSleepDelayMillis(time.Duration(cCtx.Int64(workerSleepDelay)))
+	v.SetPprofInterval(cCtx.String(pprofInterval))
 
 	partitionSizeMB := cCtx.Uint64(partitionSizeMB)
 	if partitionSizeMB != 0 {