diff --git a/optimum/neuron/accelerate/utils/misc.py b/optimum/neuron/accelerate/utils/misc.py
index a4e974225..15d094691 100644
--- a/optimum/neuron/accelerate/utils/misc.py
+++ b/optimum/neuron/accelerate/utils/misc.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from ....utils import logging
 from ...utils import is_torch_neuronx_available, is_torch_xla_available, patch_everywhere
 from ...utils.patching import Patcher
+from ...utils.peft_utils import NeuronPeftModel
 from ...utils.require_utils import requires_neuronx_distributed, requires_safetensors, requires_torch_xla
 
 
@@ -186,12 +187,15 @@ def patched_gradient_checkpointing_enable(self, gradient_checkpointing_kwargs=No
 
 
 @requires_neuronx_distributed
-def apply_activation_checkpointing(model: Union["PreTrainedModel", "NxDPPModel"]):
+def apply_activation_checkpointing(model: Union["PreTrainedModel", "NxDPPModel", NeuronPeftModel]):
     from neuronx_distributed.pipeline import NxDPPModel
     from neuronx_distributed.utils.activation_checkpoint import (
         apply_activation_checkpointing as nxd_apply_activation_checkpointing,
     )
 
+    if isinstance(model, NeuronPeftModel):
+        model._prepare_model_for_gradient_checkpointing(model.get_base_model())
+
     if isinstance(model, NxDPPModel):
         modules = model.local_module.modules()
     else: