diff --git a/libs/partners/mongodb/langchain_mongodb/chat_message_histories.py b/libs/partners/mongodb/langchain_mongodb/chat_message_histories.py
index 38c3a9271e..d50538b3c0 100644
--- a/libs/partners/mongodb/langchain_mongodb/chat_message_histories.py
+++ b/libs/partners/mongodb/langchain_mongodb/chat_message_histories.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
-from typing import List
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 from langchain_core.chat_history import BaseChatMessageHistory
 from langchain_core.messages import (
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 DEFAULT_DBNAME = "chat_history"
 DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME = "message_store"
+DEFAULT_SESSION_ID_KEY = "SessionId"
+DEFAULT_HISTORY_KEY = "History"
 
 
 class MongoDBChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ class MongoDBChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
             of a single chat session.
         database_name: name of the database to use
         collection_name: name of the collection to use
+        session_id_key: name of the field that stores the session id
+        history_key: name of the field that stores the chat history
+        create_index: whether to create an index on the session id field
+        index_kwargs: additional keyword arguments to pass to the index creation
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -33,11 +39,18 @@ class MongoDBChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
         session_id: str,
         database_name: str = DEFAULT_DBNAME,
         collection_name: str = DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME,
+        *,
+        session_id_key: str = DEFAULT_SESSION_ID_KEY,
+        history_key: str = DEFAULT_HISTORY_KEY,
+        create_index: bool = True,
+        index_kwargs: Optional[Dict] = None,
     ):
         self.connection_string = connection_string
         self.session_id = session_id
         self.database_name = database_name
         self.collection_name = collection_name
+        self.session_id_key = session_id_key
+        self.history_key = history_key
 
         try:
             self.client: MongoClient = MongoClient(connection_string)
@@ -46,18 +59,21 @@ class MongoDBChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
 
         self.db = self.client[database_name]
         self.collection = self.db[collection_name]
-        self.collection.create_index("SessionId")
+
+        if create_index:
+            index_kwargs = index_kwargs or {}
+            self.collection.create_index(self.session_id_key, **index_kwargs)
 
     @property
     def messages(self) -> List[BaseMessage]:  # type: ignore
         """Retrieve the messages from MongoDB"""
         try:
-            cursor = self.collection.find({"SessionId": self.session_id})
+            cursor = self.collection.find({self.session_id_key: self.session_id})
         except errors.OperationFailure as error:
             logger.error(error)
 
         if cursor:
-            items = [json.loads(document["History"]) for document in cursor]
+            items = [json.loads(document[self.history_key]) for document in cursor]
         else:
             items = []
 
@@ -69,8 +85,8 @@ class MongoDBChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
         try:
             self.collection.insert_one(
                 {
-                    "SessionId": self.session_id,
-                    "History": json.dumps(message_to_dict(message)),
+                    self.session_id_key: self.session_id,
+                    self.history_key: json.dumps(message_to_dict(message)),
                 }
             )
         except errors.WriteError as err:
@@ -79,6 +95,6 @@ class MongoDBChatMessageHistory(BaseChatMessageHistory):
     def clear(self) -> None:
         """Clear session memory from MongoDB"""
         try:
-            self.collection.delete_many({"SessionId": self.session_id})
+            self.collection.delete_many({self.session_id_key: self.session_id})
         except errors.WriteError as err:
             logger.error(err)
diff --git a/libs/partners/mongodb/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_message_histories.py b/libs/partners/mongodb/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_message_histories.py
index 2c1889a43a..9c89c6d424 100644
--- a/libs/partners/mongodb/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_message_histories.py
+++ b/libs/partners/mongodb/tests/unit_tests/test_chat_message_histories.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class PatchedMongoDBChatMessageHistory(MongoDBChatMessageHistory):
         self.database_name = "test-database"
         self.collection_name = "test-collection"
         self.collection = MockCollection()
+        self.session_id_key = "SessionId"
+        self.history_key = "History"
 
 
 def test_memory_with_message_store() -> None: