diff --git a/pkg/workload/changefeeds/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/workload/changefeeds/BUILD.bazel
index cbdea764909e..9de703848afa 100644
--- a/pkg/workload/changefeeds/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/workload/changefeeds/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/util/hlc",
+        "//pkg/util/log",
         "//pkg/util/timeutil",
         "//pkg/workload",
         "//pkg/workload/histogram",
diff --git a/pkg/workload/changefeeds/changefeeds.go b/pkg/workload/changefeeds/changefeeds.go
index 667e8396501b..c7014ae5946b 100644
--- a/pkg/workload/changefeeds/changefeeds.go
+++ b/pkg/workload/changefeeds/changefeeds.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/hlc"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/timeutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/workload"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/workload/histogram"
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 )
 
+var logResolvedEvery = log.Every(10 * time.Second)
+
 // AddChangefeedToQueryLoad augments the passed QueryLoad to contain an extra
 // worker to run a changefeed over the tables of the generator.
 func AddChangefeedToQueryLoad(
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ func AddChangefeedToQueryLoad(
 	gen workload.ConnFlagser,
 	dbName string,
 	resolvedTarget time.Duration,
+	cursorStr string,
 	urls []string,
 	reg *histogram.Registry,
 	ql *workload.QueryLoad,
@@ -76,8 +80,14 @@ func AddChangefeedToQueryLoad(
 		return err
 	}
 
-	var cursorStr string
-	if err := conn.QueryRow(ctx, "SELECT cluster_logical_timestamp()").Scan(&cursorStr); err != nil {
+	if cursorStr == "" {
+		if err := conn.QueryRow(ctx, "SELECT cluster_logical_timestamp()").Scan(&cursorStr); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	epoch, err := hlc.ParseHLC(cursorStr)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -120,10 +130,15 @@ func AddChangefeedToQueryLoad(
 		return true
 	}
 	var rows pgx.Rows
+	var changefeedStartTime time.Time
 	maybeSetupRows := func() (done bool) {
 		if rows != nil {
 			return false
 		}
+		if changefeedStartTime.IsZero() {
+			changefeedStartTime = timeutil.Now()
+		}
+		log.Dev.Infof(ctx, "creating changefeed after %s with stmt: %s with args %v", timeutil.Since(epoch.GoTime()), stmt, args)
 		var err error
 		rows, err = conn.Query(cfCtx, stmt, args...)
 		return maybeMarkDone(err)
@@ -167,6 +182,11 @@ func AddChangefeedToQueryLoad(
 					return errors.Errorf("resolved timestamp %s is less than last resolved timestamp %s", resolved, lastResolved)
 				}
 				lastResolved = resolved
+				if !lastResolved.IsEmpty() {
+					if logResolvedEvery.ShouldLog() {
+						log.Dev.Infof(ctx, "received resolved timestamp: lag=%s, ts=%s, sinceStart=%s", timeutil.Since(lastResolved.GoTime()), lastResolved, timeutil.Since(changefeedStartTime))
+					}
+				}
 			} else {
 				return errors.Errorf("failed to parse CHANGEFEED event: %s", values[2])
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/workload/cli/run.go b/pkg/workload/cli/run.go
index 59c5ff84e6d1..0c9e2f123ff4 100644
--- a/pkg/workload/cli/run.go
+++ b/pkg/workload/cli/run.go
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ var (
 		"changefeed-max-rate", 0, "Maximum frequency of changefeed ingestion. If 0, no limit.")
 	changefeedResolvedTarget = runFlags.Duration("changefeed-resolved-target", 5*time.Second,
 		"The target frequency of resolved messages. O to disable resolved reporting and accept server defaults.")
+	changefeedCursor = runFlags.String("changefeed-cursor", "",
+		"The cursor to start the changefeed from. If empty, the changefeed will start from the current cluster logical timestamp.")
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -507,7 +509,7 @@ func runRun(gen workload.Generator, urls []string, dbName string) error {
 
 			if *changefeed {
 				log.Dev.Infof(ctx, "adding changefeed to query load...")
-				err = changefeeds.AddChangefeedToQueryLoad(ctx, gen.(workload.ConnFlagser), dbName, *changefeedResolvedTarget, urls, reg, &ops)
+				err = changefeeds.AddChangefeedToQueryLoad(ctx, gen.(workload.ConnFlagser), dbName, *changefeedResolvedTarget, *changefeedCursor, urls, reg, &ops)
 				if err != nil && !*tolerateErrors {
 					return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to initialize changefeed")
 				}