diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index cc2056e..38b4a51 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, " %s: '%s'",
             MigrationParameter_lookup[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_TLS_HOSTNAME],
             params->tls_hostname ? : "");
+        monitor_printf(mon, " %s: %" PRId64,
+            MigrationParameter_lookup[MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY],
+            params->x_checkpoint_delay);
         monitor_printf(mon, "\n");
     }
 
@@ -1261,6 +1264,7 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     bool has_tls_creds = false;
     bool has_tls_hostname = false;
     bool use_int_value = false;
+    bool has_x_checkpoint_delay = false;
     int i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < MIGRATION_PARAMETER__MAX; i++) {
@@ -1284,6 +1288,8 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                 break;
             case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT:
                 has_cpu_throttle_increment = true;
+            case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY:
+                has_x_checkpoint_delay = true;
                 break;
             case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_TLS_CREDS:
                 has_tls_creds = true;
@@ -1308,6 +1314,7 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
                                        has_cpu_throttle_increment, valueint,
                                        has_tls_creds, valuestr,
                                        has_tls_hostname, valuestr,
+                                       has_x_checkpoint_delay, valueint,
                                        &err);
             break;
         }
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index e5f47d0..3358980 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
 /* Migration XBZRLE default cache size */
 #define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CACHE_SIZE (64 * 1024 * 1024)
 
+/* The delay time (in ms) between two COLO checkpoints
+ * Note: Please change this default value to 10000 when we support hybrid mode.
+ */
+#define DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY 200
+
 static NotifierList migration_state_notifiers =
     NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(migration_state_notifiers);
 
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ MigrationState *migrate_get_current(void)
             .decompress_threads = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_DECOMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT,
             .cpu_throttle_initial = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CPU_THROTTLE_INITIAL,
             .cpu_throttle_increment = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_CPU_THROTTLE_INCREMENT,
+            .x_checkpoint_delay = DEFAULT_MIGRATE_X_CHECKPOINT_DELAY,
         },
     };
 
@@ -582,6 +588,7 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error **errp)
     params->cpu_throttle_increment = s->parameters.cpu_throttle_increment;
     params->tls_creds = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_creds);
     params->tls_hostname = g_strdup(s->parameters.tls_hostname);
+    params->x_checkpoint_delay = s->parameters.x_checkpoint_delay;
 
     return params;
 }
@@ -801,6 +808,8 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(bool has_compress_level,
                                 const char *tls_creds,
                                 bool has_tls_hostname,
                                 const char *tls_hostname,
+                                bool has_x_checkpoint_delay,
+                                int64_t x_checkpoint_delay,
                                 Error **errp)
 {
     MigrationState *s = migrate_get_current();
@@ -836,6 +845,11 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(bool has_compress_level,
                    "cpu_throttle_increment",
                    "an integer in the range of 1 to 99");
     }
+    if (has_x_checkpoint_delay && (x_checkpoint_delay < 0)) {
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE,
+                    "x_checkpoint_delay",
+                    "is invalid, it should be positive");
+    }
 
     if (has_compress_level) {
         s->parameters.compress_level = compress_level;
@@ -860,6 +874,10 @@ void qmp_migrate_set_parameters(bool has_compress_level,
         g_free(s->parameters.tls_hostname);
         s->parameters.tls_hostname = g_strdup(tls_hostname);
     }
+
+    if (has_x_checkpoint_delay) {
+        s->parameters.x_checkpoint_delay = x_checkpoint_delay;
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
index 0ff1a63..7c0639d 100644
--- a/qapi-schema.json
+++ b/qapi-schema.json
@@ -646,12 +646,16 @@
 #                hostname must be provided so that the server's x509
 #                certificate identity can be validated. (Since 2.7)
 #
+# @x-checkpoint-delay: The delay time (in ms) between two COLO checkpoints in
+#          periodic mode. (Since 2.8)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationParameter',
   'data': ['compress-level', 'compress-threads', 'decompress-threads',
            'cpu-throttle-initial', 'cpu-throttle-increment',
-           'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname'] }
+           'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname',
+           'x-checkpoint-delay' ] }
 
 #
 # @migrate-set-parameters
@@ -687,6 +691,8 @@
 #                hostname must be provided so that the server's x509
 #                certificate identity can be validated. (Since 2.7)
 #
+# @x-checkpoint-delay: the delay time between two checkpoints. (Since 2.8)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'command': 'migrate-set-parameters',
@@ -696,7 +702,8 @@
             '*cpu-throttle-initial': 'int',
             '*cpu-throttle-increment': 'int',
             '*tls-creds': 'str',
-            '*tls-hostname': 'str'} }
+            '*tls-hostname': 'str',
+            '*x-checkpoint-delay': 'int' } }
 
 #
 # @MigrationParameters
@@ -730,6 +737,8 @@
 #                hostname must be provided so that the server's x509
 #                certificate identity can be validated. (Since 2.7)
 #
+# @x-checkpoint-delay: the delay time between two COLO checkpoints. (Since 2.8)
+#
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'struct': 'MigrationParameters',
@@ -739,7 +748,9 @@
             'cpu-throttle-initial': 'int',
             'cpu-throttle-increment': 'int',
             'tls-creds': 'str',
-            'tls-hostname': 'str'} }
+            'tls-hostname': 'str',
+            'x-checkpoint-delay': 'int'} }
+
 ##
 # @query-migrate-parameters
 #
diff --git a/qmp-commands.hx b/qmp-commands.hx
index 6a470d3..88e3870 100644
--- a/qmp-commands.hx
+++ b/qmp-commands.hx
@@ -3790,6 +3790,7 @@ Set migration parameters
                           throttled for auto-converge (json-int)
 - "cpu-throttle-increment": set throttle increasing percentage for
                             auto-converge (json-int)
+- "x-checkpoint-delay": set the delay time for periodic checkpoint (json-int)
 
 Arguments:
 
@@ -3803,7 +3804,7 @@ EQMP
     {
         .name       = "migrate-set-parameters",
         .args_type  =
-            "compress-level:i?,compress-threads:i?,decompress-threads:i?,cpu-throttle-initial:i?,cpu-throttle-increment:i?",
+            "compress-level:i?,compress-threads:i?,decompress-threads:i?,cpu-throttle-initial:i?,cpu-throttle-increment:i?,x-checkpoint-delay:i?",
         .mhandler.cmd_new = qmp_marshal_migrate_set_parameters,
     },
 SQMP
