diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 844e01e..2ef3f28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ plugins:
           kind: string
         - name: pagination_total_limit_param
           kind: string
+        - name: pagination_initial_offset
+          kind: integer
         - name: streams
           kind: array
         - name: name
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ provided at the top-level will be the default values for each stream.:
 - `pagination_next_page_param`: optional: The name of the param that indicates the page/offset. Defaults to None.
 - `pagination_limit_per_page_param`: optional: The name of the param that indicates the limit/per_page. Defaults to None.
 - `pagination_total_limit_param`: optional: The name of the param that indicates the total limit e.g. total, count. Defaults to total
+- `pagination_initial_offset`: optional: The initial offset for the first request. Defaults to 1.
 - `next_page_token_path`: optional: a jsonpath string representing the path to the "next page" token. Defaults to `'$.next_page'` for the `jsonpath_paginator` paginator only otherwise None.
 - `streams`: required: a list of objects that contain the configuration of each stream. See stream-level params below.
 - `path`: optional: see stream-level params below.
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@ There are additional request styles supported as follows for pagination.
   - `pagination_limit_per_page_param` - the name of the API parameter to limit number of records per page. Default parameter name `limit`.
   - `pagination_total_limit_param` - The name of the param that indicates the total limit e.g. total, count. Defaults to total
   - `next_page_token_path` - Used to locate an appropriate link in the response. Default None - but looks in the `pagination` section of the JSON response by default. Example, jsonpath to get the offset from the NOAA API `'$.metadata.resultset'`.
+  - `pagination_initial_offset` - The initial offset for the first request. Defaults to 1.
 - `simple_header_paginator` - This style uses links in the Header Response to locate the next page. Example the `x-next-page` link used by the Gitlab API.
 - `header_link_paginator` - This style uses the default header link paginator from the Meltano SDK.
 - `restapi_header_link_paginator` - This style is a variant on the header_link_paginator. It supports the ability to read from GitHub API.
diff --git a/meltano.yml b/meltano.yml
index 7e71b27..737c0e0 100644
--- a/meltano.yml
+++ b/meltano.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ plugins:
           kind: string
         - name: pagination_total_limit_param
           kind: string
+        - name: pagination_initial_offset
+          kind: integer
         - name: streams
           kind: array
         - name: path
diff --git a/tap_rest_api_msdk/pagination.py b/tap_rest_api_msdk/pagination.py
index 3c15d27..a2f52af 100644
--- a/tap_rest_api_msdk/pagination.py
+++ b/tap_rest_api_msdk/pagination.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """REST API pagination handling."""
+
 from typing import Any, Optional, cast
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
diff --git a/tap_rest_api_msdk/streams.py b/tap_rest_api_msdk/streams.py
index 0accf71..d06017e 100644
--- a/tap_rest_api_msdk/streams.py
+++ b/tap_rest_api_msdk/streams.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def __init__(
         pagination_next_page_param: Optional[str] = None,
         pagination_limit_per_page_param: Optional[str] = None,
         pagination_total_limit_param: Optional[str] = None,
+        pagination_initial_offset: int = 1,
         start_date: Optional[datetime] = None,
         source_search_field: Optional[str] = None,
         source_search_query: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ def __init__(
             pagination_next_page_param: see tap.py
             pagination_limit_per_page_param: see tap.py
             pagination_total_limit_param: see tap.py
+            pagination_initial_offset: see tap.py
             start_date: see tap.py
             source_search_field: see tap.py
             source_search_query: see tap.py
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.source_search_field = source_search_field
         self.source_search_query = source_search_query
         self.pagination_page_size: Optional[int]
+        self.pagination_initial_offset = pagination_initial_offset
 
         # Setting Pagination Limits
         if self.pagination_request_style == "restapi_header_link_paginator":
@@ -303,7 +306,7 @@ def get_new_paginator(self):
             or self.pagination_request_style == "offset_paginator"
         ):
             return RestAPIOffsetPaginator(
-                start_value=1,
+                start_value=self.pagination_initial_offset,
                 page_size=self.pagination_page_size,
                 jsonpath=self.next_page_token_jsonpath,
                 pagination_total_limit_param=self.pagination_total_limit_param,
diff --git a/tap_rest_api_msdk/tap.py b/tap_rest_api_msdk/tap.py
index 484384e..af6e861 100644
--- a/tap_rest_api_msdk/tap.py
+++ b/tap_rest_api_msdk/tap.py
@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ class TapRestApiMsdk(Tap):
             description="The name of the param that indicates the total limit e.g. "
             "total, count. Defaults to total",
         ),
+        th.Property(
+            "pagination_initial_offset",
+            th.IntegerType,
+            default=1,
+            required=False,
+            description="The initial offset to start pagination from. Defaults to 1",
+        ),
     )
 
     # add common properties to top-level properties
@@ -512,6 +519,10 @@ def discover_streams(self) -> List[DynamicStream]:  # type: ignore
                     pagination_total_limit_param=self.config.get(
                         "pagination_total_limit_param"
                     ),
+                    pagination_initial_offset=self.config.get(
+                        "pagination_initial_offset",
+                        1,
+                    ),
                     schema=schema,
                     start_date=start_date,
                     source_search_field=source_search_field,