diff --git a/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConfig.java b/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConfig.java
index 3fb2859d2dd46..9307820ba5051 100644
--- a/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConfig.java
+++ b/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConfig.java
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public class MirrorCheckpointConfig extends MirrorConnectorConfig {
     public static final String CHECKPOINTS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR_DOC = "Replication factor for checkpoints topic.";
     public static final short CHECKPOINTS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR_DEFAULT = 3;
 
+    protected static final String CHECKPOINTS_TASKS_MAXIMUM = "checkpoints.tasks.max";
+    protected static final String CHECKPOINTS_TASKS_MAXIMUM_DOC = "Maximum number of checkpoint connector tasks.";
+    private static final int CHECKPOINTS_TASKS_MAX_DEFAULT = 1;
+
     protected static final String TASK_CONSUMER_GROUPS = "task.assigned.groups";
 
     public static final String CONSUMER_POLL_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = "consumer.poll.timeout.ms";
@@ -124,6 +128,10 @@ Duration syncGroupOffsetsInterval() {
         }
     }
 
+    Integer getCheckpointConnectorTaskMax() {
+        return getInt(CHECKPOINTS_TASKS_MAXIMUM);
+    }
+
     Map<String, String> taskConfigForConsumerGroups(List<String> groups, int taskIndex) {
         Map<String, String> props = originalsStrings();
         props.put(TASK_CONSUMER_GROUPS, String.join(",", groups));
@@ -250,6 +258,12 @@ private static ConfigDef defineCheckpointConfig(ConfigDef baseConfig) {
                         CHECKPOINTS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR_DEFAULT,
                         ConfigDef.Importance.LOW,
                         CHECKPOINTS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR_DOC)
+                .define(
+                        CHECKPOINTS_TASKS_MAXIMUM,
+                        ConfigDef.Type.INT,
+                        CHECKPOINTS_TASKS_MAX_DEFAULT,
+                        ConfigDef.Importance.LOW,
+                        CHECKPOINTS_TASKS_MAXIMUM_DOC)
                 .define(
                         OFFSET_SYNCS_TOPIC_LOCATION,
                         ConfigDef.Type.STRING,
diff --git a/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConnector.java b/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConnector.java
index 0af3b14e3b8e9..2111ef8c0f4e0 100644
--- a/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConnector.java
+++ b/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConnector.java
@@ -146,8 +146,11 @@ public List<Map<String, String>> taskConfigs(int maxTasks) {
                 || config.emitCheckpointsInterval().isNegative()) {
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
-        int numTasks = Math.min(maxTasks, knownConsumerGroups.size());
-        List<List<String>> groupsPartitioned = ConnectorUtils.groupPartitions(new ArrayList<>(knownConsumerGroups), numTasks);
+
+        final int limitCheckpointConnectorsTasks = Math.min(maxTasks, config.getCheckpointConnectorTaskMax());
+        final int numTasks = Math.min(limitCheckpointConnectorsTasks, knownConsumerGroups.size());
+        log.info("Limiting the CheckpointConnector tasks to {}", numTasks);
+        final List<List<String>> groupsPartitioned = ConnectorUtils.groupPartitions(new ArrayList<>(knownConsumerGroups), numTasks);
         return IntStream.range(0, numTasks)
                 .mapToObj(i -> config.taskConfigForConsumerGroups(groupsPartitioned.get(i), i))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
diff --git a/connect/mirror/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConnectorTest.java b/connect/mirror/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConnectorTest.java
index d726ee7c0ecb1..16e900db8dd81 100644
--- a/connect/mirror/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConnectorTest.java
+++ b/connect/mirror/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorCheckpointConnectorTest.java
@@ -87,6 +87,52 @@ public void testMirrorCheckpointConnectorEnabled() {
                 "MirrorCheckpointConnectorEnabled for " + CONSUMER_GROUP + " failed");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMirrorCheckpointConnectorEnabledLimitMaxTasksDefaultOfOne() {
+        // enable the checkpoint emission
+        MirrorCheckpointConfig config = new MirrorCheckpointConfig(
+                makeProps("emit.checkpoints.enabled", "true"));
+
+        Set<String> knownConsumerGroups = new HashSet<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
+            knownConsumerGroups.add(String.format("consumer-group-%d", i));
+        }
+        // MirrorCheckpointConnector as minimum to run taskConfig()
+        MirrorCheckpointConnector connector = new MirrorCheckpointConnector(knownConsumerGroups,
+                config);
+        List<Map<String, String>> output = connector.taskConfigs(100);
+        // expect 5 task will be created
+        final int expectedTaskCount = 1;
+        assertEquals(expectedTaskCount, output.size(), "Expected number of tasks incorrect.");
+        final long groupsInTask = Arrays.stream(output.get(0).get(MirrorCheckpointConfig.TASK_CONSUMER_GROUPS).split(",")).count();
+        assertEquals(500L, groupsInTask);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMirrorCheckpointConnectorEnabledLimitMaxTasksToFive() {
+        // enable the checkpoint emission
+        MirrorCheckpointConfig config = new MirrorCheckpointConfig(
+                makeProps("emit.checkpoints.enabled", "true",
+                        "checkpoints.tasks.max", "5"));
+
+        Set<String> knownConsumerGroups = new HashSet<>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
+            knownConsumerGroups.add(String.format("consumer-group-%d", i));
+        }
+        // MirrorCheckpointConnector as minimum to run taskConfig()
+        MirrorCheckpointConnector connector = new MirrorCheckpointConnector(knownConsumerGroups,
+                config);
+        List<Map<String, String>> output = connector.taskConfigs(100);
+        // expect 5 task will be created
+        final int expectedTaskCount = 5;
+        assertEquals(expectedTaskCount, output.size(), "Expected number of tasks incorrect.");
+        output.forEach(task -> {
+            final long groupsInTask = Arrays.stream(task.get(MirrorCheckpointConfig.TASK_CONSUMER_GROUPS).split(",")).count();
+            assertEquals(100L, groupsInTask);
+        });
+
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testNoConsumerGroup() {
         MirrorCheckpointConfig config = new MirrorCheckpointConfig(makeProps());