diff --git a/docs/docs/integrations/vectorstores/azuresearch.ipynb b/docs/docs/integrations/vectorstores/azuresearch.ipynb
index 06c8c81263..6398b46bf3 100644
--- a/docs/docs/integrations/vectorstores/azuresearch.ipynb
+++ b/docs/docs/integrations/vectorstores/azuresearch.ipynb
@@ -169,6 +169,23 @@
     ")"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Specify additional properties for the Azure client such as the following https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/core/azure-core/README.md#configurations\n",
+    "vector_store: AzureSearch = AzureSearch(\n",
+    "    azure_search_endpoint=vector_store_address,\n",
+    "    azure_search_key=vector_store_password,\n",
+    "    index_name=index_name,\n",
+    "    embedding_function=embeddings.embed_query,\n",
+    "    # Configure max retries for the Azure client\n",
+    "    additional_search_client_options={\"retry_total\": 4},\n",
+    ")"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/azuresearch.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/azuresearch.py
index 9543120c3c..8f1946a7f5 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/azuresearch.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/vectorstores/azuresearch.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def _get_search_client(
     user_agent: Optional[str] = "langchain",
     cors_options: Optional[CorsOptions] = None,
     async_: bool = False,
+    additional_search_client_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
 ) -> Union[SearchClient, AsyncSearchClient]:
     from azure.core.credentials import AzureKeyCredential
     from azure.core.exceptions import ResourceNotFoundError
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ def _get_search_client(
         VectorSearchProfile,
     )
 
+    additional_search_client_options = additional_search_client_options or {}
     default_fields = default_fields or []
     if key is None:
         credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ def _get_search_client(
             index_name=index_name,
             credential=credential,
             user_agent=user_agent,
+            **additional_search_client_options,
         )
     else:
         return AsyncSearchClient(
@@ -232,6 +235,7 @@ def _get_search_client(
             index_name=index_name,
             credential=credential,
             user_agent=user_agent,
+            **additional_search_client_options,
         )
 
 
@@ -256,6 +260,7 @@ class AzureSearch(VectorStore):
         cors_options: Optional[CorsOptions] = None,
         *,
         vector_search_dimensions: Optional[int] = None,
+        additional_search_client_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         try:
@@ -320,6 +325,7 @@ class AzureSearch(VectorStore):
             default_fields=default_fields,
             user_agent=user_agent,
             cors_options=cors_options,
+            additional_search_client_options=additional_search_client_options,
         )
         self.search_type = search_type
         self.semantic_configuration_name = semantic_configuration_name
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/vectorstores/test_azure_search.py b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/vectorstores/test_azure_search.py
index 25aabb8759..a06fbfd151 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/vectorstores/test_azure_search.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/vectorstores/test_azure_search.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -121,12 +121,15 @@ def mock_default_index(*args, **kwargs):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
     )
 
 
-def create_vector_store() -> AzureSearch:
+def create_vector_store(
+    additional_search_client_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+) -> AzureSearch:
     return AzureSearch(
         azure_search_endpoint=DEFAULT_ENDPOINT,
         azure_search_key=DEFAULT_KEY,
         index_name=DEFAULT_INDEX_NAME,
         embedding_function=DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
+        additional_search_client_options=additional_search_client_options,
     )
 
 
@@ -168,3 +171,20 @@ def test_init_new_index() -> None:
         assert json.dumps(created_index.as_dict()) == json.dumps(
             mock_default_index().as_dict()
         )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.requires("azure.search.documents")
+def test_additional_search_options() -> None:
+    from azure.search.documents.indexes import SearchIndexClient
+
+    def mock_create_index() -> None:
+        pytest.fail("Should not create index in this test")
+
+    with patch.multiple(
+        SearchIndexClient, get_index=mock_default_index, create_index=mock_create_index
+    ):
+        vector_store = create_vector_store(
+            additional_search_client_options={"api_version": "test"}
+        )
+        assert vector_store.client is not None
+        assert vector_store.client._api_version == "test"