diff --git a/src/Service.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationTests.cs b/src/Service.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationTests.cs
index 5692311c73..7965fed602 100644
--- a/src/Service.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationTests.cs
+++ b/src/Service.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationTests.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class ConfigurationTests
         private const string POST_STARTUP_CONFIG_ENTITY = "Book";
         private const string POST_STARTUP_CONFIG_ENTITY_SOURCE = "books";
         private const string POST_STARTUP_CONFIG_ROLE = "PostStartupConfigRole";
+        private const string COSMOS_DATABASE_NAME = "config_db";
         private const int RETRY_COUNT = 5;
         private const int RETRY_WAIT_SECONDS = 1;
 
@@ -429,6 +430,8 @@ public async Task TestSettingConfigurationCreatesCorrectClasses()
             Assert.AreEqual(DatabaseType.cosmos, configuration.DatabaseType, "Expected cosmos database type after configuring the runtime with cosmos settings.");
             Assert.AreEqual(config.Schema, configuration.DataSource.CosmosDbNoSql.GraphQLSchema, "Expected the schema in the configuration to match the one sent to the configuration endpoint.");
             Assert.AreEqual(config.ConnectionString, configuration.ConnectionString, "Expected the connection string in the configuration to match the one sent to the configuration endpoint.");
+            string db = configProvider.GetRuntimeConfiguration().DataSource.CosmosDbNoSql.Database;
+            Assert.AreEqual(COSMOS_DATABASE_NAME, db, "Expected the database name in the runtime config to match the one sent to the configuration endpoint.");
         }
 
         [TestMethod("Validates that an exception is thrown if there's a null model in filter parser.")]
@@ -975,7 +978,8 @@ private static ConfigurationPostParameters GetCosmosConfigurationParameters()
                 File.ReadAllText(cosmosFile),
                 File.ReadAllText("schema.gql"),
                 "AccountEndpoint=https://localhost:8081/;AccountKey=C2y6yDjf5/R+ob0N8A7Cgv30VRDJIWEHLM+4QDU5DE2nQ9nDuVTqobD4b8mGGyPMbIZnqyMsEcaGQy67XIw/Jw==",
-                AccessToken: null);
+                AccessToken: null,
+                Database: COSMOS_DATABASE_NAME);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Service/Configurations/RuntimeConfigProvider.cs b/src/Service/Configurations/RuntimeConfigProvider.cs
index 6510c2167d..daf728d86a 100644
--- a/src/Service/Configurations/RuntimeConfigProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Service/Configurations/RuntimeConfigProvider.cs
@@ -213,12 +213,14 @@ public static bool LoadRuntimeConfigValue(
         /// <param name="schema">The GraphQL Schema. Can be left null for SQL configurations.</param>
         /// <param name="connectionString">The connection string to the database.</param>
         /// <param name="accessToken">The string representation of a managed identity access token
+        /// <param name="Database"> The name of the database to be used for Cosmos</param>
         /// useful to connect to the database.</param>
         public void Initialize(
             string configuration,
             string? schema,
             string connectionString,
-            string? accessToken)
+            string? accessToken,
+            string? database = null)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(connectionString))
             {
@@ -247,6 +249,12 @@ public void Initialize(
                     }
 
                     CosmosDbOptions? cosmosDb = RuntimeConfiguration.DataSource.CosmosDbNoSql! with { GraphQLSchema = schema };
+
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(database))
+                    {
+                        cosmosDb = cosmosDb with { Database = database };
+                    }
+
                     DataSource dataSource = RuntimeConfiguration.DataSource with { CosmosDbNoSql = cosmosDb };
                     RuntimeConfiguration = RuntimeConfiguration with { DataSource = dataSource };
                 }
diff --git a/src/Service/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs b/src/Service/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
index 73f5a6f6b1..52d6990256 100644
--- a/src/Service/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
+++ b/src/Service/Controllers/ConfigurationController.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ public ActionResult Index([FromBody] ConfigurationPostParameters configuration)
                 configuration.Configuration,
                 configuration.Schema,
                 configuration.ConnectionString,
-                configuration.AccessToken);
+                configuration.AccessToken,
+                configuration.Database);
 
             return new OkResult();
         }
@@ -45,10 +46,12 @@ public ActionResult Index([FromBody] ConfigurationPostParameters configuration)
     /// <param name="Schema">The GraphQL schema. Can be left empty for SQL databases.</param>
     /// <param name="ConnectionString">The database connection string.</param>
     /// <param name="AccessToken">The managed identity access token (if any) used to connect to the database.</param>
+    /// <param name="Database"> The name of the database to be used for Cosmos</param>
     public record class ConfigurationPostParameters(
         string Configuration,
         string? Schema,
         string ConnectionString,
-        string? AccessToken)
+        string? AccessToken,
+        string? Database = null)
     { }
 }