diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be78e904..611fd1e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,6 +151,25 @@ val controlMeasure: ControlMeasure =
 println("Generated control measure is: " + controlMeasure.asJson)
 ```
 
+#### Customizing ControlMeasure
+In case you need to change the data the ControlMeasure holds, you can do this in a usual scala way - the model comprises
+of case classes, so the built-in copy methods are available, e.g. `cm.copy(metadata = cm.metadata.copy(sourceApplication = "UpdatedAppName"))`
+
+However, to make things slightly easier in the checkpoint department, ControlMeasure's helper method `withPrecedingCheckpoint()`
+to prepend a custom checkpoint has been added shifting existing checkpoint behind while also increasing their order:
+
+```scala
+import za.co.absa.atum.model._
+
+val cm: ControlMeasure = ... // existing ControlMeasure with 2 checkpoints
+val cpToBePrepended: Checkpoint = Checkpoint(..., order = 1, ...)
+
+cm.checkpoints.map(_.order) // List(1, 2)
+cpToBePrepended.order // 1
+val updatedCm = cm.withPrecedingCheckpoint(cpToBePrepended)
+updatedCm.checkpoints.map(_.order) // List(1, 2, 3)
+```
+
 #### Writing an _INFO file with the ControlMeasure to HDFS
 ```scala
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, Path}
diff --git a/model/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/atum/model/ControlMeasure.scala b/model/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/atum/model/ControlMeasure.scala
index 201ecab5..f079eaa1 100644
--- a/model/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/atum/model/ControlMeasure.scala
+++ b/model/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/atum/model/ControlMeasure.scala
@@ -25,4 +25,20 @@ case class ControlMeasure
 ) {
   def asJson: String = SerializationUtils.asJson(this)
   def asJsonPretty: String = SerializationUtils.asJsonPretty(this)
+
+  /**
+   * A new ControlMeasure will be constructed with the supplied `checkpoint1` as the new first checkpoint (as-is,
+   * e.g. its order value is neither checked nor adjusted).
+   * Any existing checkpoints will be shifted behind with their order indices increased by 1.
+   *
+   * @param checkpoint1 a new checkpoint preceding all the existing
+   */
+  def withPrecedingCheckpoint(checkpoint1: Checkpoint): ControlMeasure = {
+    val shiftedCheckpoints = checkpoints.map { cp =>
+      cp.copy(order = cp.order + 1)
+    }
+
+    this.copy(checkpoints = checkpoint1 :: shiftedCheckpoints)
+
+  }
 }
diff --git a/model/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/atum/model/ControlMeasureSpec.scala b/model/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/atum/model/ControlMeasureSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4ead578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/atum/model/ControlMeasureSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 ABSA Group Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package za.co.absa.atum.model
+
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+
+class ControlMeasureSpec extends org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
+
+  private val cp1 = Checkpoint("prependingCp", None, None, "01-01-2020 07:00:00", "01-01-2020 07:00:10", "wf1", 1, List(
+    Measurement("control1", "someControlType", "column1", "1234")
+  ))
+
+  "ControlMeasure" should "get a new Checkpoint with no checkpoints" in {
+    val cm = getTestingControlMeasure(0)
+    cm.checkpoints should have length 0
+
+    val updatedCm = cm.withPrecedingCheckpoint(cp1)
+
+    // cp1 prepended as-is
+    val expectedCm: ControlMeasure = ControlMeasure(
+      ControlMeasureMetadata("AtumTest", "CZ", "Snapshot", "example_input.csv", "public", 1, "01-01-2020", Map.empty),
+      runUniqueId = None,
+      checkpoints = List(Checkpoint("prependingCp", None, None, "01-01-2020 07:00:00", "01-01-2020 07:00:10", "wf1", 1, List(
+        Measurement("control1", "someControlType", "column1", "1234"))
+    )))
+
+    updatedCm shouldBe expectedCm
+  }
+
+  "ControlMeasure" should "get a new Checkpoint with existing checkpoints being shifted back with their order, too" in {
+    val cm = getTestingControlMeasure(2)
+    cm.checkpoints should have length 2
+    cm.checkpoints.map(_.order) shouldBe Seq(1,2)
+
+    val updatedCm = cm.withPrecedingCheckpoint(cp1)
+
+    // cp1 prepended as-is
+    updatedCm.checkpoints should have length 3
+    updatedCm.checkpoints.head shouldBe cp1
+    updatedCm.checkpoints.tail.map(_.order) shouldBe Seq(2,3) // existing order shifted back
+  }
+
+  private def getTestingControlMeasure(cpCount: Int): ControlMeasure = {
+    require(cpCount >= 0 && cpCount < 10)
+    val testingCheckpoints  = Range(0, cpCount).map(_ + 1) // starting with order: 1
+      .map { order =>
+        Checkpoint(s"orig-cp$order", None, None, s"01-01-2020 0$order:00:00", s"01-01-2020 0$order:00:10", "wf1", order, List(
+          Measurement("control1", "someControlType", "column1", "1234")
+        ))
+      }
+
+    ControlMeasure(
+      ControlMeasureMetadata("AtumTest", "CZ", "Snapshot", "example_input.csv", "public", 1, "01-01-2020", Map.empty),
+      runUniqueId = None,
+      checkpoints = testingCheckpoints.toList
+    )
+  }
+
+}