diff --git a/java/google/registry/env/crash/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml b/java/google/registry/env/crash/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
index 34a79ea69..75ece5564 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/env/crash/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
+++ b/java/google/registry/env/crash/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@
     <target>backend</target>
   </cron>
 
+  <cron>
+    <url><![CDATA[/_dr/cron/commitLogCheckpoint]]></url>
+    <description>
+      This job checkpoints the commit log buckets and exports the diff since last checkpoint to GCS.
+    </description>
+    <schedule>every 1 minutes synchronized</schedule>
+    <target>backend</target>
+  </cron>
+
   <cron>
     <url><![CDATA[/_dr/task/deleteContactsAndHosts]]></url>
     <description>