diff --git a/langchain/chains/chat_vector_db/base.py b/langchain/chains/chat_vector_db/base.py
index 76789e6c..f9431baf 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/chat_vector_db/base.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/chat_vector_db/base.py
@@ -81,13 +81,14 @@ class ChatVectorDBChain(Chain, BaseModel):
     def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         question = inputs["question"]
         chat_history_str = _get_chat_history(inputs["chat_history"])
+        vectordbkwargs = inputs.get("vectordbkwargs", {})
         if chat_history_str:
             new_question = self.question_generator.run(
                 question=question, chat_history=chat_history_str
             )
         else:
             new_question = question
-        docs = self.vectorstore.similarity_search(new_question, k=4)
+        docs = self.vectorstore.similarity_search(new_question, k=4, **vectordbkwargs)
         new_inputs = inputs.copy()
         new_inputs["question"] = new_question
         new_inputs["chat_history"] = chat_history_str
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ class ChatVectorDBChain(Chain, BaseModel):
     async def _acall(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, str]:
         question = inputs["question"]
         chat_history_str = _get_chat_history(inputs["chat_history"])
+        vectordbkwargs = inputs.get("vectordbkwargs", {})
         if chat_history_str:
             new_question = await self.question_generator.arun(
                 question=question, chat_history=chat_history_str
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ class ChatVectorDBChain(Chain, BaseModel):
         else:
             new_question = question
         # TODO: This blocks the event loop, but it's not clear how to avoid it.
-        docs = self.vectorstore.similarity_search(new_question, k=4)
+        docs = self.vectorstore.similarity_search(new_question, k=4, **vectordbkwargs)
         new_inputs = inputs.copy()
         new_inputs["question"] = new_question
         new_inputs["chat_history"] = chat_history_str