diff --git a/docs/pages/reference/backends.mdx b/docs/pages/reference/backends.mdx
index 4fad1f9b58a1..9dfc904f86f1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/reference/backends.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/reference/backends.mdx
@@ -1293,6 +1293,10 @@ teleport:
     # Name of the Firestore table.
     collection_name: Example_TELEPORT_FIRESTORE_TABLE_NAME
 
+    # An optional database id to use. If not provided the default
+    # database for the project is used.
+    database_id: Example_TELEPORT_FIRESTORE_DATABASE_ID
+
     credentials_path: /var/lib/teleport/gcs_creds
 
     # This setting configures Teleport to send the audit events to three places:
@@ -1301,7 +1305,7 @@ teleport:
     # database table, so attempting to use the same table for both will result in errors.
     # When using highly available storage like Firestore, you should make sure that the list always specifies
     # the High Availability storage method first, as this is what the Teleport web UI uses as its source of events to display.
-    audit_events_uri:  ['firestore://Example_TELEPORT_FIRESTORE_EVENTS_TABLE_NAME', 'file:///var/lib/teleport/audit/events', 'stdout://']
+    audit_events_uri:  ['firestore://Example_TELEPORT_FIRESTORE_EVENTS_TABLE_NAME?projectID=$PROJECT_ID&credentialsPath=$CREDENTIALS_PATH&databaseID=$DATABASE_ID', 'file:///var/lib/teleport/audit/events', 'stdout://']
 
     # This setting configures Teleport to save the recorded sessions in GCP storage:
     audit_sessions_uri: gs://Example_TELEPORT_GCS_BUCKET/records
diff --git a/lib/backend/firestore/firestorebk.go b/lib/backend/firestore/firestorebk.go
index e246a996d546..7e80d9f4e4c3 100644
--- a/lib/backend/firestore/firestorebk.go
+++ b/lib/backend/firestore/firestorebk.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package firestore
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"cmp"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	DisableExpiredDocumentPurge bool `json:"disable_expired_document_purge,omitempty"`
 	// EndPoint is used to point the Firestore clients at emulated Firestore storage.
 	EndPoint string `json:"endpoint,omitempty"`
+	// DatabaseID is the identifier of a specific Firestore database to use. If not specified, the
+	// default database for the ProjectID is used.
+	DatabaseID string `json:"database_id,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type backendConfig struct {
@@ -320,14 +324,14 @@ func (t ownerCredentials) GetRequestMetadata(context.Context, ...string) (map[st
 func (t ownerCredentials) RequireTransportSecurity() bool { return false }
 
 // CreateFirestoreClients creates a firestore admin and normal client given the supplied parameters
-func CreateFirestoreClients(ctx context.Context, projectID string, endPoint string, credentialsFile string) (*apiv1.FirestoreAdminClient, *firestore.Client, error) {
+func CreateFirestoreClients(ctx context.Context, projectID, database string, endpoint string, credentialsFile string) (*apiv1.FirestoreAdminClient, *firestore.Client, error) {
 	var args []option.ClientOption
 
-	if endPoint != "" {
+	if endpoint != "" {
 		args = append(args,
 			option.WithTelemetryDisabled(),
 			option.WithoutAuthentication(),
-			option.WithEndpoint(endPoint),
+			option.WithEndpoint(endpoint),
 			option.WithGRPCDialOption(grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials())),
 			option.WithGRPCDialOption(grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(ownerCredentials{})),
 		)
@@ -335,11 +339,21 @@ func CreateFirestoreClients(ctx context.Context, projectID string, endPoint stri
 		args = append(args, option.WithCredentialsFile(credentialsFile))
 	}
 
-	firestoreClient, err := firestore.NewClient(ctx, projectID, args...)
+	firestoreAdminClient, err := apiv1.NewFirestoreAdminClient(ctx, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, ConvertGRPCError(err)
 	}
-	firestoreAdminClient, err := apiv1.NewFirestoreAdminClient(ctx, args...)
+
+	if database == "" {
+		firestoreClient, err := firestore.NewClient(ctx, projectID, args...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, ConvertGRPCError(err)
+		}
+
+		return firestoreAdminClient, firestoreClient, nil
+	}
+
+	firestoreClient, err := firestore.NewClientWithDatabase(ctx, projectID, database, args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, ConvertGRPCError(err)
 	}
@@ -383,7 +397,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, params backend.Params, options Options) (*Backend,
 	}
 
 	closeCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-	firestoreAdminClient, firestoreClient, err := CreateFirestoreClients(closeCtx, cfg.ProjectID, cfg.EndPoint, cfg.CredentialsPath)
+	firestoreAdminClient, firestoreClient, err := CreateFirestoreClients(closeCtx, cfg.ProjectID, cfg.DatabaseID, cfg.EndPoint, cfg.CredentialsPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		cancel()
 		return nil, trace.Wrap(err)
@@ -1095,7 +1109,8 @@ func ConvertGRPCError(err error, args ...interface{}) error {
 }
 
 func (b *Backend) getIndexParent() string {
-	return "projects/" + b.ProjectID + "/databases/(default)/collectionGroups/" + b.CollectionName
+	database := cmp.Or(b.backendConfig.Config.DatabaseID, "(default)")
+	return "projects/" + b.ProjectID + "/databases/" + database + "/collectionGroups/" + b.CollectionName
 }
 
 func (b *Backend) ensureIndexes(adminSvc *apiv1.FirestoreAdminClient) error {
diff --git a/lib/events/firestoreevents/firestoreevents.go b/lib/events/firestoreevents/firestoreevents.go
index 55d7f0a9d48d..1da33c0fc0f7 100644
--- a/lib/events/firestoreevents/firestoreevents.go
+++ b/lib/events/firestoreevents/firestoreevents.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package firestoreevents
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -202,6 +203,8 @@ func (cfg *EventsConfig) SetFromURL(url *url.URL) error {
 	}
 	cfg.ProjectID = projectIDParamString
 
+	cfg.DatabaseID = url.Query().Get("databaseID")
+
 	eventRetentionPeriodParamString := url.Query().Get(eventRetentionPeriodPropertyKey)
 	if eventRetentionPeriodParamString == "" {
 		cfg.RetentionPeriod = defaultEventRetentionPeriod
@@ -286,7 +289,7 @@ func New(cfg EventsConfig) (*Log, error) {
 	})
 	l.Info("Initializing event backend.")
 	closeCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	firestoreAdminClient, firestoreClient, err := firestorebk.CreateFirestoreClients(closeCtx, cfg.ProjectID, cfg.EndPoint, cfg.CredentialsPath)
+	firestoreAdminClient, firestoreClient, err := firestorebk.CreateFirestoreClients(closeCtx, cfg.ProjectID, cfg.DatabaseID, cfg.EndPoint, cfg.CredentialsPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		cancel()
 		return nil, trace.Wrap(err)
@@ -576,7 +579,8 @@ type searchEventsFilter struct {
 }
 
 func (l *Log) getIndexParent() string {
-	return "projects/" + l.ProjectID + "/databases/(default)/collectionGroups/" + l.CollectionName
+	database := cmp.Or(l.Config.DatabaseID, "(default)")
+	return "projects/" + l.ProjectID + "/databases/" + database + "/collectionGroups/" + l.CollectionName
 }
 
 func (l *Log) ensureIndexes(adminSvc *apiv1.FirestoreAdminClient) error {