diff --git a/internal/datastore/memdb/watch.go b/internal/datastore/memdb/watch.go
index 528eb37fba..262fbadf6f 100644
--- a/internal/datastore/memdb/watch.go
+++ b/internal/datastore/memdb/watch.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (mdb *memdbDatastore) Watch(ctx context.Context, ar datastore.Revision, opt
 			var stagedUpdates []*datastore.RevisionChanges
 			var watchChan <-chan struct{}
 			var err error
-			stagedUpdates, currentTxn, watchChan, err = mdb.loadChanges(ctx, currentTxn)
+			stagedUpdates, currentTxn, watchChan, err = mdb.loadChanges(ctx, currentTxn, options)
 			if err != nil {
 				errs <- err
 				return
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ func (mdb *memdbDatastore) Watch(ctx context.Context, ar datastore.Revision, opt
 
 			// Write the staged updates to the channel
 			for _, changeToWrite := range stagedUpdates {
-				if len(changeToWrite.RelationshipChanges) == 0 {
-					continue
-				}
-
 				select {
 				case updates <- changeToWrite:
 				default:
@@ -72,7 +68,7 @@ func (mdb *memdbDatastore) Watch(ctx context.Context, ar datastore.Revision, opt
 	return updates, errs
 }
 
-func (mdb *memdbDatastore) loadChanges(_ context.Context, currentTxn int64) ([]*datastore.RevisionChanges, int64, <-chan struct{}, error) {
+func (mdb *memdbDatastore) loadChanges(_ context.Context, currentTxn int64, options datastore.WatchOptions) ([]*datastore.RevisionChanges, int64, <-chan struct{}, error) {
 	mdb.RLock()
 	defer mdb.RUnlock()
 
@@ -88,7 +84,23 @@ func (mdb *memdbDatastore) loadChanges(_ context.Context, currentTxn int64) ([]*
 	lastRevision := currentTxn
 	for changeRaw := it.Next(); changeRaw != nil; changeRaw = it.Next() {
 		change := changeRaw.(*changelog)
-		changes = append(changes, &change.changes)
+
+		if options.Content&datastore.WatchRelationships == datastore.WatchRelationships && len(change.changes.RelationshipChanges) > 0 {
+			changes = append(changes, &change.changes)
+		}
+
+		if options.Content&datastore.WatchCheckpoints == datastore.WatchCheckpoints && change.revisionNanos > lastRevision {
+			changes = append(changes, &datastore.RevisionChanges{
+				Revision:     revisions.NewForTimestamp(change.revisionNanos),
+				IsCheckpoint: true,
+			})
+		}
+
+		if options.Content&datastore.WatchSchema == datastore.WatchSchema &&
+			len(change.changes.ChangedDefinitions) > 0 || len(change.changes.DeletedCaveats) > 0 || len(change.changes.DeletedNamespaces) > 0 {
+			changes = append(changes, &change.changes)
+		}
+
 		lastRevision = change.revisionNanos
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/datastore/mysql/datastore_test.go b/internal/datastore/mysql/datastore_test.go
index aa7bbd0f6d..808fd4e671 100644
--- a/internal/datastore/mysql/datastore_test.go
+++ b/internal/datastore/mysql/datastore_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestMySQLDatastoreDSNWithoutParseTime(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMySQL8Datastore(t *testing.T) {
 	b := testdatastore.RunMySQLForTestingWithOptions(t, testdatastore.MySQLTesterOptions{MigrateForNewDatastore: true}, "")
 	dst := datastoreTester{b: b, t: t}
-	test.AllWithExceptions(t, test.DatastoreTesterFunc(dst.createDatastore), test.WithCategories(test.WatchSchemaCategory))
+	test.AllWithExceptions(t, test.DatastoreTesterFunc(dst.createDatastore), test.WithCategories(test.WatchSchemaCategory, test.WatchCheckpointsCategory))
 	additionalMySQLTests(t, b)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/datastore/test/datastore.go b/pkg/datastore/test/datastore.go
index b9b20318e6..0addafb726 100644
--- a/pkg/datastore/test/datastore.go
+++ b/pkg/datastore/test/datastore.go
@@ -56,12 +56,18 @@ func (c Categories) WatchSchema() bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+func (c Categories) WatchCheckpoints() bool {
+	_, ok := c[WatchCheckpointsCategory]
+	return ok
+}
+
 var noException = Categories{}
 
 const (
-	GCCategory          = "GC"
-	WatchCategory       = "Watch"
-	WatchSchemaCategory = "WatchSchema"
+	GCCategory               = "GC"
+	WatchCategory            = "Watch"
+	WatchSchemaCategory      = "WatchSchema"
+	WatchCheckpointsCategory = "WatchCheckpoints"
 )
 
 func WithCategories(cats ...string) Categories {
@@ -138,6 +144,10 @@ func AllWithExceptions(t *testing.T, tester DatastoreTester, except Categories)
 		t.Run("TestWatchSchema", func(t *testing.T) { WatchSchemaTest(t, tester) })
 		t.Run("TestWatchAll", func(t *testing.T) { WatchAllTest(t, tester) })
 	}
+
+	if !except.Watch() && !except.WatchCheckpoints() {
+		t.Run("TestWatchCheckpoints", func(t *testing.T) { WatchCheckpointsTest(t, tester) })
+	}
 }
 
 // All runs all generic datastore tests on a DatastoreTester.
diff --git a/pkg/datastore/test/watch.go b/pkg/datastore/test/watch.go
index f4f6babbe9..dde08ecc58 100644
--- a/pkg/datastore/test/watch.go
+++ b/pkg/datastore/test/watch.go
@@ -607,3 +607,50 @@ func verifyMixedUpdates(
 
 	require.False(expectDisconnect, "all changes verified without expected disconnect")
 }
+
+func WatchCheckpointsTest(t *testing.T, tester DatastoreTester) {
+	require := require.New(t)
+
+	ds, err := tester.New(0, veryLargeGCInterval, veryLargeGCWindow, 16)
+	require.NoError(err)
+
+	setupDatastore(ds, require)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	lowestRevision, err := ds.HeadRevision(ctx)
+	require.NoError(err)
+
+	changes, errchan := ds.Watch(ctx, lowestRevision, datastore.WatchOptions{
+		Content:            datastore.WatchCheckpoints | datastore.WatchRelationships,
+		CheckpointInterval: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+	})
+	require.Zero(len(errchan))
+
+	afterTouchRevision, err := common.WriteTuples(ctx, ds, core.RelationTupleUpdate_TOUCH,
+		tuple.Parse("document:firstdoc#viewer@user:tom"),
+	)
+	require.NoError(err)
+	verifyCheckpointUpdate(require, afterTouchRevision, changes)
+}
+
+func verifyCheckpointUpdate(
+	require *require.Assertions,
+	expectedRevision datastore.Revision,
+	changes <-chan *datastore.RevisionChanges,
+) {
+	changeWait := time.NewTimer(waitForChangesTimeout)
+	for {
+		select {
+		case change, ok := <-changes:
+			require.True(ok)
+			if change.IsCheckpoint {
+				require.True(change.Revision.Equal(change.Revision) || change.Revision.GreaterThan(expectedRevision))
+				return
+			}
+		case <-changeWait.C:
+			require.Fail("Timed out", "waited for checkpoint")
+		}
+	}
+}