diff --git a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/basic.py b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/basic.py
index 13ee6c23e..ad3109e8f 100644
--- a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/basic.py
+++ b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/basic.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class BasicEmbeddingsIndex(EmbeddingsIndex):
 
     embedding_model: str
     embedding_engine: str
+    embedding_params: Dict[str, Any]
     index: AnnoyIndex
     embedding_size: int
     cache_config: EmbeddingsCacheConfig
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         embedding_model=None,
         embedding_engine=None,
+        embedding_params=None,
         index=None,
         cache_config: Union[EmbeddingsCacheConfig, Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         search_threshold: float = None,
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._embeddings = []
         self.embedding_model = embedding_model
         self.embedding_engine = embedding_engine
+        self.embedding_params = embedding_params or {}
         self._embedding_size = 0
         self.search_threshold = search_threshold or float("inf")
         if isinstance(cache_config, Dict):
@@ -132,7 +135,9 @@ def embeddings_index(self, index):
     def _init_model(self):
         """Initialize the model used for computing the embeddings."""
         self._model = init_embedding_model(
-            embedding_model=self.embedding_model, embedding_engine=self.embedding_engine
+            embedding_model=self.embedding_model,
+            embedding_engine=self.embedding_engine,
+            embedding_params=self.embedding_params,
         )
 
     @cache_embeddings
diff --git a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/__init__.py b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/__init__.py
index 1bdfab5dc..c9a8f2896 100644
--- a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/__init__.py
+++ b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/__init__.py
@@ -70,12 +70,15 @@ def register_embedding_provider(
 register_embedding_provider(nim.NVIDIAAIEndpointsEmbeddingModel)
 
 
-def init_embedding_model(embedding_model: str, embedding_engine: str) -> EmbeddingModel:
+def init_embedding_model(
+    embedding_model: str, embedding_engine: str, embedding_params: dict = {}
+) -> EmbeddingModel:
     """Initialize the embedding model.
 
     Args:
         embedding_model (str): The path or name of the embedding model.
         embedding_engine (str): The name of the embedding engine.
+        embedding_params (dict): Additional parameters for the embedding model.
 
     Returns:
         EmbeddingModel: An instance of the initialized embedding model.
@@ -84,10 +87,16 @@ def init_embedding_model(embedding_model: str, embedding_engine: str) -> Embeddi
         ValueError: If the embedding engine is invalid.
     """
 
-    model_key = f"{embedding_engine}-{embedding_model}"
+    embedding_params_str = (
+        "_".join([f"{key}={value}" for key, value in embedding_params.items()])
+        or "default"
+    )
+
+    model_key = f"{embedding_engine}-{embedding_model}-{embedding_params_str}"
 
     if model_key not in _embedding_model_cache:
-        model = EmbeddingProviderRegistry().get(embedding_engine)(embedding_model)
+        provider_class = EmbeddingProviderRegistry().get(embedding_engine)
+        model = provider_class(embedding_model=embedding_model, **embedding_params)
         _embedding_model_cache[model_key] = model
 
     return _embedding_model_cache[model_key]
diff --git a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/fastembed.py b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/fastembed.py
index 59524b438..f4b806c13 100644
--- a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/fastembed.py
+++ b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/fastembed.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class FastEmbedEmbeddingModel(EmbeddingModel):
 
     engine_name = "FastEmbed"
 
-    def __init__(self, embedding_model: str):
+    def __init__(self, embedding_model: str, **kwargs):
         from fastembed import TextEmbedding as Embedding
 
         # Enabling a short form model name for all-MiniLM-L6-v2.
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ def __init__(self, embedding_model: str):
         self.embedding_model = embedding_model
 
         try:
-            self.model = Embedding(embedding_model)
+            self.model = Embedding(embedding_model, **kwargs)
         except ValueError as ex:
             # Sometimes the cached model in the temporary folder gets removed,
             # but the folder still exists, which causes an error. In this case,
             # we fall back to an explicit cache directory.
             if "Could not find model.onnx in" in str(ex):
-                self.model = Embedding(embedding_model, cache_dir=".cache")
+                self.model = Embedding(embedding_model, cache_dir=".cache", **kwargs)
             else:
                 raise ex
 
diff --git a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/nim.py b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/nim.py
index f1b29ded8..c76e57c1d 100644
--- a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/nim.py
+++ b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/nim.py
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ class NIMEmbeddingModel(EmbeddingModel):
 
     engine_name = "nim"
 
-    def __init__(self, embedding_model: str):
+    def __init__(self, embedding_model: str, **kwargs):
         try:
             from langchain_nvidia_ai_endpoints import NVIDIAEmbeddings
 
             self.model = embedding_model
-            self.document_embedder = NVIDIAEmbeddings(model=embedding_model)
+            self.document_embedder = NVIDIAEmbeddings(model=embedding_model, **kwargs)
 
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
diff --git a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/openai.py b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/openai.py
index bb574b91e..4a567b86e 100644
--- a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/openai.py
+++ b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/openai.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class OpenAIEmbeddingModel(EmbeddingModel):
     def __init__(
         self,
         embedding_model: str,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         try:
             import openai
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ def __init__(
             )
 
         self.model = embedding_model
-        self.client = OpenAI()
+        self.client = OpenAI(**kwargs)
 
         self.embedding_size_dict = {
             "text-embedding-ada-002": 1536,
diff --git a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/sentence_transformers.py b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/sentence_transformers.py
index ec8cacdc1..21932b725 100644
--- a/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/sentence_transformers.py
+++ b/nemoguardrails/embeddings/providers/sentence_transformers.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class SentenceTransformerEmbeddingModel(EmbeddingModel):
 
     engine_name = "SentenceTransformers"
 
-    def __init__(self, embedding_model: str):
+    def __init__(self, embedding_model: str, **kwargs):
         try:
             from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
         except ImportError:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def __init__(self, embedding_model: str):
             )
 
         device = "cuda" if cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
-        self.model = SentenceTransformer(embedding_model, device=device)
+        self.model = SentenceTransformer(embedding_model, device=device, **kwargs)
         # Get the embedding dimension of the model
         self.embedding_size = self.model.get_sentence_embedding_dimension()
 
diff --git a/nemoguardrails/rails/llm/llmrails.py b/nemoguardrails/rails/llm/llmrails.py
index b24fcb99c..22ffb005c 100644
--- a/nemoguardrails/rails/llm/llmrails.py
+++ b/nemoguardrails/rails/llm/llmrails.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ def __init__(
         # The default embeddings model is using FastEmbed
         self.default_embedding_model = "all-MiniLM-L6-v2"
         self.default_embedding_engine = "FastEmbed"
+        self.default_embedding_params = {}
 
         # We keep a cache of the events history associated with a sequence of user messages.
         # TODO: when we update the interface to allow to return a "state object", this
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ def __init__(
             if model.type == "embeddings":
                 self.default_embedding_model = model.model
                 self.default_embedding_engine = model.engine
+                self.default_embedding_params = model.parameters or {}
                 break
 
         # InteractionLogAdapters used for tracing
@@ -429,6 +431,9 @@ def _get_embeddings_search_provider_instance(
                 embedding_engine=esp_config.parameters.get(
                     "embedding_engine", self.default_embedding_engine
                 ),
+                embedding_params=esp_config.parameters.get(
+                    "embedding_parameters", self.default_embedding_params
+                ),
                 cache_config=esp_config.cache,
                 # We make sure we also pass additional relevant params.
                 **{
diff --git a/tests/test_embedding_providers.py b/tests/test_embedding_providers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2945d50bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_embedding_providers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+
+import asyncio
+from typing import List
+
+import pytest
+
+from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers import (
+    init_embedding_model,
+    register_embedding_provider,
+)
+from nemoguardrails.embeddings.providers.base import EmbeddingModel
+
+SUPPORTED_PARAMS = {"param1", "param2"}
+
+
+class MockEmbeddingModel(EmbeddingModel):
+    """Mock embedding model for testing purposes.
+
+        Supported embedding models:
+            - mock-embedding-small: Embedding size of 128.
+            - mock-embedding-large: Embedding size of 256.
+        Supported parameters:
+            - param1
+            - param2
+
+    Args:
+        embedding_model (str): The name of the embedding model.
+
+    Attributes:
+        model (str): The name of the embedding model.
+        embedding_size (int): The size of the embeddings.
+
+    Methods:
+        encode: Encode a list of documents into embeddings.
+    """
+
+    engine_name = "mock_engine"
+
+    def __init__(self, embedding_model: str, **kwargs):
+        self.model = embedding_model
+        self.embedding_size_dict = {
+            "mock-embedding-small": 128,
+            "mock-embedding-large": 256,
+        }
+
+        self.embedding_params = kwargs
+
+        if self.model not in self.embedding_size_dict:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid embedding model: {self.model}")
+
+        supported_params = SUPPORTED_PARAMS
+
+        for param in self.embedding_params:
+            if param not in supported_params:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unsupported parameter: {param}")
+
+        self.embedding_size = self.embedding_size_dict[self.model]
+
+    async def encode_async(self, documents: List[str]) -> List[List[float]]:
+        """Encode a list of documents into embeddings asynchronously.
+
+        Args:
+            documents (List[str]): The list of documents to be encoded.
+
+        Returns:
+            List[List[float]]: The encoded embeddings.
+        """
+        return await asyncio.get_running_loop().run_in_executor(
+            None, self.encode, documents
+        )
+
+    def encode(self, documents: List[str]) -> List[List[float]]:
+        """Encode a list of documents into embeddings.
+
+        Args:
+            documents (List[str]): The list of documents to be encoded.
+
+        Returns:
+            List[List[float]]: The encoded embeddings.
+        """
+        return [[float(i) for i in range(self.embedding_size)] for _ in documents]
+
+
+register_embedding_provider(MockEmbeddingModel)
+
+
+def test_init_embedding_model_with_params():
+    embedding_model = "mock-embedding-small"
+    embedding_engine = "mock_engine"
+    supported_param = next(iter(SUPPORTED_PARAMS))
+    embedding_params = {supported_param: "value1"}
+    model = init_embedding_model(embedding_model, embedding_engine, embedding_params)
+    assert isinstance(model, MockEmbeddingModel)
+    assert model.model == embedding_model
+    assert model.embedding_size == 128
+    assert model.engine_name == embedding_engine
+    assert model.embedding_params == embedding_params
+
+
+def test_init_embedding_model_without_params():
+    embedding_model = "mock-embedding-large"
+    embedding_engine = "mock_engine"
+    model = init_embedding_model(embedding_model, embedding_engine)
+    assert isinstance(model, MockEmbeddingModel)
+    assert model.model == embedding_model
+    assert model.embedding_size == 256
+    assert model.engine_name == embedding_engine
+    assert model.embedding_params == {}
+
+
+def test_init_embedding_model_with_unsupported_params():
+    embedding_model = "mock-embedding-small"
+    embedding_engine = "mock_engine"
+    embedding_params = {"unsupported_param": "value"}
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unsupported parameter: unsupported_param"):
+        init_embedding_model(embedding_model, embedding_engine, embedding_params)
+
+
+def test_init_embedding_model_with_invalid_model():
+    embedding_model = "invalid_model"
+    embedding_engine = "mock_engine"
+    embedding_params = {"param1": "value1"}
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid embedding model: invalid_model"):
+        init_embedding_model(embedding_model, embedding_engine, embedding_params)
+
+
+def test_encode_method():
+    embedding_model = "mock-embedding-small"
+    embedding_engine = "mock_engine"
+    model = init_embedding_model(embedding_model, embedding_engine)
+    assert isinstance(model, MockEmbeddingModel)
+    documents = ["doc1", "doc2", "doc3"]
+    embeddings = model.encode(documents)
+    assert len(embeddings) == len(documents)
+    assert len(embeddings[0]) == model.embedding_size
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_encode_async_method():
+    embedding_model = "mock-embedding-large"
+    embedding_engine = "mock_engine"
+    model = init_embedding_model(embedding_model, embedding_engine)
+    assert isinstance(model, MockEmbeddingModel)
+    documents = ["doc1", "doc2", "doc3"]
+    embeddings = await model.encode_async(documents)
+    assert len(embeddings) == len(documents)
+    assert len(embeddings[0]) == model.embedding_size
diff --git a/tests/test_embeddings_fastembed.py b/tests/test_embeddings_fastembed.py
index aaaba76c9..973c74a8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_embeddings_fastembed.py
+++ b/tests/test_embeddings_fastembed.py
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ def test_sync_embeddings():
     assert len(result[0]) == 384
 
 
+def test_additional_params_with_fastembed():
+    model = FastEmbedEmbeddingModel("all-MiniLM-L6-v2", max_length=512, lazy_load=True)
+    result = model.encode(["test"])
+
+    assert len(result[0]) == 384
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_async_embeddings():
     model = FastEmbedEmbeddingModel("all-MiniLM-L6-v2")