diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/state/__init__.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/state/__init__.py
index d8f3419c7..c08d19dcd 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/state/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/state/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from crewai.state.checkpoint_config import CheckpointConfig, CheckpointEventType
+from crewai.state.provider.sqlite_provider import SqliteProvider
 
 
-__all__ = ["CheckpointConfig", "CheckpointEventType"]
+__all__ = ["CheckpointConfig", "CheckpointEventType", "SqliteProvider"]
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/state/provider/sqlite_provider.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/state/provider/sqlite_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51f7096d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/state/provider/sqlite_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+"""SQLite state provider for checkpointing."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+import sqlite3
+import uuid
+
+import aiosqlite
+
+from crewai.state.provider.core import BaseProvider
+
+
+_CREATE_TABLE = """
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS checkpoints (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    data TEXT NOT NULL
+)
+"""
+
+_INSERT = "INSERT INTO checkpoints (id, created_at, data) VALUES (?, ?, ?)"
+_SELECT = "SELECT data FROM checkpoints WHERE id = ?"
+_PRUNE = """
+DELETE FROM checkpoints WHERE rowid NOT IN (
+    SELECT rowid FROM checkpoints ORDER BY rowid DESC LIMIT ?
+)
+"""
+
+
+def _make_id() -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Generate a checkpoint ID and ISO timestamp.
+
+    Returns:
+        A tuple of (checkpoint_id, timestamp).
+    """
+    ts = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S")
+    checkpoint_id = f"{ts}_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
+    return checkpoint_id, ts
+
+
+class SqliteProvider(BaseProvider):
+    """Persists runtime state checkpoints in a SQLite database.
+
+    The ``directory`` argument to ``checkpoint`` / ``acheckpoint`` is
+    used as the database path (e.g. ``"./.checkpoints.db"``).
+
+    Args:
+        max_checkpoints: Maximum number of checkpoints to retain.
+            Oldest rows are pruned after each write. None keeps all.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, max_checkpoints: int | None = None) -> None:
+        self.max_checkpoints = max_checkpoints
+
+    def checkpoint(self, data: str, directory: str) -> str:
+        """Write a checkpoint to the SQLite database.
+
+        Args:
+            data: The serialized JSON string to persist.
+            directory: Path to the SQLite database file.
+
+        Returns:
+            A location string in the format ``"db_path#checkpoint_id"``.
+        """
+        checkpoint_id, ts = _make_id()
+        Path(directory).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        with sqlite3.connect(directory) as conn:
+            conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+            conn.execute(_CREATE_TABLE)
+            conn.execute(_INSERT, (checkpoint_id, ts, data))
+            if self.max_checkpoints is not None:
+                conn.execute(_PRUNE, (self.max_checkpoints,))
+            conn.commit()
+        return f"{directory}#{checkpoint_id}"
+
+    async def acheckpoint(self, data: str, directory: str) -> str:
+        """Write a checkpoint to the SQLite database asynchronously.
+
+        Args:
+            data: The serialized JSON string to persist.
+            directory: Path to the SQLite database file.
+
+        Returns:
+            A location string in the format ``"db_path#checkpoint_id"``.
+        """
+        checkpoint_id, ts = _make_id()
+        Path(directory).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        async with aiosqlite.connect(directory) as db:
+            await db.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
+            await db.execute(_CREATE_TABLE)
+            await db.execute(_INSERT, (checkpoint_id, ts, data))
+            if self.max_checkpoints is not None:
+                await db.execute(_PRUNE, (self.max_checkpoints,))
+            await db.commit()
+        return f"{directory}#{checkpoint_id}"
+
+    def from_checkpoint(self, location: str) -> str:
+        """Read a checkpoint from the SQLite database.
+
+        Args:
+            location: A location string returned by ``checkpoint()``.
+
+        Returns:
+            The raw JSON string.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If the checkpoint ID is not found.
+        """
+        db_path, checkpoint_id = location.rsplit("#", 1)
+        with sqlite3.connect(db_path) as conn:
+            row = conn.execute(_SELECT, (checkpoint_id,)).fetchone()
+            if row is None:
+                raise ValueError(f"Checkpoint not found: {checkpoint_id}")
+            result: str = row[0]
+            return result
+
+    async def afrom_checkpoint(self, location: str) -> str:
+        """Read a checkpoint from the SQLite database asynchronously.
+
+        Args:
+            location: A location string returned by ``acheckpoint()``.
+
+        Returns:
+            The raw JSON string.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If the checkpoint ID is not found.
+        """
+        db_path, checkpoint_id = location.rsplit("#", 1)
+        async with aiosqlite.connect(db_path) as db:
+            cursor = await db.execute(_SELECT, (checkpoint_id,))
+            row = await cursor.fetchone()
+            if row is None:
+                raise ValueError(f"Checkpoint not found: {checkpoint_id}")
+            result: str = row[0]
+            return result