diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDMemoryTest.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDMemoryTest.cpp
index b4cb37a5a6..5ee8537f37 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDMemoryTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDMemoryTest.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 #include "SDMAPacket.hpp"
 #include "linux/kfd_ioctl.h"
 
+/* Captures user specified time (seconds) to sleep */
+extern unsigned int g_SleepTime;
+
 void KFDMemoryTest::SetUp() {
     ROUTINE_START
 
@@ -93,6 +96,15 @@ TEST_F(KFDMemoryTest, MMapLarge) {
     int i = 0;
     /* Allocate 1024GB, aka 1TB*/
     for (; i < nObjects; i++) {
+
+        /* Code snippet to allow CRIU checkpointing */
+        if (i == (1 << 6)) {
+            if (g_SleepTime > 0) {
+                LOG() << "Pause for: " << g_SleepTime << " seconds" <<  std::endl;
+                sleep(g_SleepTime);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (hsaKmtRegisterMemory(addr + i, s - i))
             break;
         if (hsaKmtMapMemoryToGPUNodes(addr + i, s - i,
@@ -633,6 +645,7 @@ void KFDMemoryTest::BinarySearchLargestBuffer(int allocNode, const HsaMemFlags &
                                         HSAuint64 highMB, int nodeToMap,
                                         HSAuint64 *lastSizeMB) {
     int ret;
+    int iter = 0;
 
     HsaMemMapFlags mapFlags = {0};
     HSAuint64 granularityMB = highMB > 512 ? 128 : 16;
@@ -656,6 +669,15 @@ void KFDMemoryTest::BinarySearchLargestBuffer(int allocNode, const HsaMemFlags &
             continue;
         }
 
+        /* Code snippet to allow CRIU checkpointing */
+        iter++;
+        if (iter == 3) {
+            if (g_SleepTime > 0) {
+                LOG() << "Pause for: " << g_SleepTime << " seconds" <<  std::endl;
+                sleep(g_SleepTime);
+            }
+        }
+
         ret = hsaKmtMapMemoryToGPUNodes(pDb, size, NULL,
                         mapFlags, 1, reinterpret_cast<HSAuint32 *>(&nodeToMap));
         if (ret) {
@@ -908,6 +930,14 @@ TEST_F(KFDMemoryTest, MMBench) {
         HSAuint64 allocTime, map1Time, unmap1Time, mapAllTime, unmapAllTime, freeTime;
         HSAuint32 allocNode;
 
+        /* Code snippet to allow CRIU checkpointing */
+        if (testIndex == 3) {
+            if (g_SleepTime > 0) {
+                LOG() << "Pause for: " << g_SleepTime << " seconds" <<  std::endl;
+                sleep(g_SleepTime);
+            }
+        }
+
         if ((testIndex % nSizes) == 0)
             LOG() << "--------------------------------------------------------------------------" << std::endl;
 
diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestMain.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestMain.cpp
index 2b33ac153d..59c0dc806f 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestMain.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestMain.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ unsigned int g_TestTimeOut;
 int g_TestNodeId;
 int g_TestDstNodeId;
 bool g_IsChildProcess;
+unsigned int g_SleepTime;
 unsigned int g_TestGPUFamilyId;
 class KFDBaseComponentTest *g_baseTest;
 
@@ -80,12 +81,20 @@ GTEST_API_ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         if ( args.TimeOut > 0 )
             g_TestTimeOut = args.TimeOut;
 
+        g_SleepTime = 0x00;
+        if (args.SleepTime > 0) {
+            g_SleepTime = args.SleepTime;
+        }
+
         // If --node is not specified, then args.NodeId == -1
         g_TestNodeId = args.NodeId;
         g_TestDstNodeId = args.DstNodeId;
 
         LOG() << "Profile: " << (TESTPROFILE)g_TestRunProfile << std::endl;
         LOG() << "HW capabilities: 0x" << std::hex << g_TestENVCaps << std::endl;
+        if (g_SleepTime > 0) {
+            LOG() << "Sleep time in seconds as specified by user: " << std::dec << g_SleepTime << std::endl;
+        }
 
         return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
     }
diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/LinuxOSWrapper.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/LinuxOSWrapper.cpp
index f5308249bf..b8855061d5 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/LinuxOSWrapper.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/LinuxOSWrapper.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ void ComandLineArgumentsUsage() {
     printf("\t--child arg\t - Child Process\n");
     printf("\t--timeout arg\t - Time Out\n");
     printf("\t--dst_node\t - For testing multiple nodes");
+    printf("\t--sleep_time\t - For testing CRIU, etc");
 }
 
 bool GetCommandLineArguments(int argc, char **argv, CommandLineArguments& rArgs) {
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ bool GetCommandLineArguments(int argc, char **argv, CommandLineArguments& rArgs)
         { "timeout", required_argument, 0, 0},
         { "node", required_argument, 0, 0 },
         { "dst_node", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+        { "sleep_time", required_argument, 0, 0 },
         { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
     };
 
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ bool GetCommandLineArguments(int argc, char **argv, CommandLineArguments& rArgs)
     rArgs.TimeOut = 0;
     rArgs.NodeId = -1;
     rArgs.DstNodeId = -1;
+    rArgs.SleepTime = 0;
 
     while (true) {
         int c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "", long_options, &option_index);
@@ -200,6 +203,14 @@ bool GetCommandLineArguments(int argc, char **argv, CommandLineArguments& rArgs)
                     rArgs.DstNodeId = dstNodeId;
             }
             break;
+        /* Sleep time - used in testing CRIU */
+        case 6:
+            {
+                int sleepTime = atoi(optarg);
+                if (sleepTime >= 0)
+                    rArgs.SleepTime = sleepTime;
+            }
+            break;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/OSWrapper.hpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/OSWrapper.hpp
index 4ded18e0e0..d7d69b7f73 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/OSWrapper.hpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/OSWrapper.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ struct CommandLineArguments {
     unsigned int TimeOut;
     int NodeId;
     int DstNodeId;
+    /* Time in units of seconds */
+    unsigned int SleepTime;
 };
 
 // It is either MEM_NONE or the bitwise OR of one or more of the following flags