diff --git a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 93b5d12522b9..1312348c8fb3 100644
--- a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #nullable enable
 ~Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.RedisCacheOptions.ProfilingSession.get -> System.Func<StackExchange.Redis.Profiling.ProfilingSession>
 ~Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.RedisCacheOptions.ProfilingSession.set -> void
+~Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.RedisCacheOptions.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory.get -> System.Func<System.Threading.Tasks.Task<StackExchange.Redis.IConnectionMultiplexer>>
+~Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis.RedisCacheOptions.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory.set -> void
diff --git a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCache.cs b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCache.cs
index 25704e1a9218..b377f47bae42 100644
--- a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCache.cs
+++ b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCache.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class RedisCache : IDistributedCache, IDisposable
         private const string DataKey = "data";
         private const long NotPresent = -1;
 
-        private volatile ConnectionMultiplexer _connection;
+        private volatile IConnectionMultiplexer _connection;
         private IDatabase _cache;
         private bool _disposed;
 
@@ -190,13 +190,20 @@ private void Connect()
             {
                 if (_cache == null)
                 {
-                    if (_options.ConfigurationOptions != null)
+                    if(_options.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory == null)
                     {
-                        _connection = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(_options.ConfigurationOptions);
+                        if (_options.ConfigurationOptions is not null)
+                        {
+                            _connection = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(_options.ConfigurationOptions);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            _connection = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(_options.Configuration);
+                        }
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        _connection = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(_options.Configuration);
+                        _connection = _options.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
                     }
 
                     TryRegisterProfiler();
@@ -224,13 +231,20 @@ private void Connect()
             {
                 if (_cache == null)
                 {
-                    if (_options.ConfigurationOptions != null)
+                    if(_options.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory == null)
                     {
-                        _connection = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync(_options.ConfigurationOptions).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        if (_options.ConfigurationOptions is not null)
+                        {
+                            _connection = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync(_options.ConfigurationOptions).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            _connection = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync(_options.Configuration).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        _connection = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync(_options.Configuration).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        _connection = await _options.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory();
                     }
 
                     TryRegisterProfiler();
@@ -449,7 +463,7 @@ private void Refresh(string key, DateTimeOffset? absExpr, TimeSpan? sldExpr)
                     options.AbsoluteExpiration.Value,
                     "The absolute expiration value must be in the future.");
             }
-            
+
             if (options.AbsoluteExpirationRelativeToNow.HasValue)
             {
                 return creationTime + options.AbsoluteExpirationRelativeToNow;
diff --git a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCacheOptions.cs b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCacheOptions.cs
index 3b42427b4120..4ee57d4d666f 100644
--- a/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCacheOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCacheOptions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
 using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using StackExchange.Redis;
 using StackExchange.Redis.Profiling;
@@ -17,13 +18,18 @@ public class RedisCacheOptions : IOptions<RedisCacheOptions>
         /// The configuration used to connect to Redis.
         /// </summary>
         public string Configuration { get; set; }
-        
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The configuration used to connect to Redis.
         /// This is preferred over Configuration.
         /// </summary>
         public ConfigurationOptions ConfigurationOptions { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a delegate to create the ConnectionMultiplexer instance.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Func<Task<IConnectionMultiplexer>> ConnectionMultiplexerFactory { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The Redis instance name.
         /// </summary>