diff --git a/crates/sui-indexer/src/config.rs b/crates/sui-indexer/src/config.rs
index d22ff0f9e2205..d96c719ea10b8 100644
--- a/crates/sui-indexer/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-indexer/src/config.rs
@@ -162,6 +162,22 @@ pub enum Command {
     },
     /// Run through the migration scripts.
     RunMigrations,
+    /// Backfill DB tables for checkpoint range [\first_checkpoint, \last_checkpoint].
+    /// by running a SQL query provided in \sql.
+    /// The tool will automatically slice it into smaller checkpoint ranges and for each range [start, end],
+    /// it augments the \sql query with:
+    ///   "WHERE {checkpoint_column_name} BETWEEN {start} AND {end}"
+    /// to avoid running out of memory.
+    /// Example:
+    ///  ./sui-indexer --database-url <...> sql-back-fill
+    ///   "INSERT INTO full_objects_history (object_id, object_version, serialized_object) SELECT object_id, object_version, serialized_object FROM objects_history"
+    ///   "checkpoint_sequence_number" 0 100000
+    SqlBackFill {
+        sql: String,
+        checkpoint_column_name: String,
+        first_checkpoint: u64,
+        last_checkpoint: u64,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Args, Default, Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/crates/sui-indexer/src/lib.rs b/crates/sui-indexer/src/lib.rs
index 5f058595e4eb5..9a125f35e8c0e 100644
--- a/crates/sui-indexer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-indexer/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use crate::indexer_reader::IndexerReader;
 use errors::IndexerError;
 
 pub mod apis;
+pub mod config;
 pub mod database;
 pub mod db;
 pub mod errors;
@@ -35,14 +36,13 @@ pub mod indexer_reader;
 pub mod metrics;
 pub mod models;
 pub mod schema;
+pub mod sql_backfill;
 pub mod store;
 pub mod system_package_task;
 pub mod tempdb;
 pub mod test_utils;
 pub mod types;
 
-pub mod config;
-
 pub async fn build_json_rpc_server(
     prometheus_registry: &Registry,
     reader: IndexerReader,
diff --git a/crates/sui-indexer/src/main.rs b/crates/sui-indexer/src/main.rs
index 523e91c28e8a1..1c1523efbbb31 100644
--- a/crates/sui-indexer/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-indexer/src/main.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ use sui_indexer::config::Command;
 use sui_indexer::database::ConnectionPool;
 use sui_indexer::db::{check_db_migration_consistency, reset_database, run_migrations};
 use sui_indexer::indexer::Indexer;
-use sui_indexer::store::PgIndexerStore;
-use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
-use tracing::warn;
-
 use sui_indexer::metrics::{
     spawn_connection_pool_metric_collector, start_prometheus_server, IndexerMetrics,
 };
+use sui_indexer::sql_backfill::run_sql_backfill;
+use sui_indexer::store::PgIndexerStore;
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         Command::RunMigrations => {
             run_migrations(pool.dedicated_connection().await?).await?;
         }
+        Command::SqlBackFill {
+            sql,
+            checkpoint_column_name,
+            first_checkpoint,
+            last_checkpoint,
+        } => {
+            run_sql_backfill(
+                &sql,
+                &checkpoint_column_name,
+                first_checkpoint,
+                last_checkpoint,
+                pool,
+            )
+            .await;
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/sui-indexer/src/sql_backfill.rs b/crates/sui-indexer/src/sql_backfill.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a594e19d2be91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sui-indexer/src/sql_backfill.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright (c) Mysten Labs, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use crate::database::ConnectionPool;
+use diesel_async::RunQueryDsl;
+use futures::{stream, StreamExt};
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+const CHUNK_SIZE: u64 = 10000;
+const MAX_CONCURRENCY: usize = 100;
+
+pub async fn run_sql_backfill(
+    sql: &str,
+    checkpoint_column_name: &str,
+    first_checkpoint: u64,
+    last_checkpoint: u64,
+    pool: ConnectionPool,
+) {
+    let cur_time = Instant::now();
+    let chunks: Vec<(u64, u64)> = (first_checkpoint..=last_checkpoint)
+        .step_by(CHUNK_SIZE as usize)
+        .map(|chunk_start| {
+            let chunk_end = std::cmp::min(chunk_start + CHUNK_SIZE - 1, last_checkpoint);
+            (chunk_start, chunk_end)
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    stream::iter(chunks)
+        .for_each_concurrent(MAX_CONCURRENCY, |(start_id, end_id)| {
+            let pool_clone = pool.clone(); // Clone the pool for async operation
+            async move {
+                // Run the copy in a batch and add a delay
+                backfill_data_batch(sql, checkpoint_column_name, start_id, end_id, pool_clone)
+                    .await;
+                println!("Finished checkpoint range: {} - {}", start_id, end_id);
+            }
+        })
+        .await;
+    println!("Finished backfilling in {:?}", cur_time.elapsed());
+}
+
+async fn backfill_data_batch(
+    sql: &str,
+    checkpoint_column_name: &str,
+    first_checkpoint: u64,
+    last_checkpoint: u64,
+    pool: ConnectionPool,
+) {
+    let mut conn = pool.get().await.unwrap();
+
+    let query = format!(
+        "{} WHERE {} BETWEEN {} AND {}",
+        sql, checkpoint_column_name, first_checkpoint, last_checkpoint
+    );
+
+    // Execute the SQL query using Diesel's async connection
+    // TODO: Add retry support.
+    diesel::sql_query(query).execute(&mut conn).await.unwrap();
+}