diff --git a/integration_tests/twitter-pulsar/pb/create_source.sql b/integration_tests/twitter-pulsar/pb/create_source.sql
index bf41939b40d91..22c4927ab3bb9 100644
--- a/integration_tests/twitter-pulsar/pb/create_source.sql
+++ b/integration_tests/twitter-pulsar/pb/create_source.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CREATE SOURCE twitter WITH (
     connector = 'pulsar',
     pulsar.topic = 'twitter',
-    pulsar.service.url = 'pulsar://message_queue:6650'
+    pulsar.service.url = 'pulsar://message_queue:6650',
+    subscription.name.prefix = 'custom_prefix'
 ) ROW FORMAT PROTOBUF MESSAGE 'twitter.schema.Event' ROW SCHEMA LOCATION 'http://file_server:8080/schema';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/connector/src/source/pulsar/mod.rs b/src/connector/src/source/pulsar/mod.rs
index 5d6d111b13bff..ffbc3be495bf9 100644
--- a/src/connector/src/source/pulsar/mod.rs
+++ b/src/connector/src/source/pulsar/mod.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ pub struct PulsarProperties {
     #[serde(rename = "iceberg.bucket", default)]
     pub iceberg_bucket: Option<String>,
 
+    /// Specify a custom consumer group id prefix for the source.
+    /// Defaults to `rw-consumer`.
+    ///
+    /// Notes:
+    /// - Each job (materialized view) will have multiple subscriptions and
+    ///   contains a generated suffix in the subscription name.
+    ///   The subscription name will be `{subscription_name_prefix}-{fragment_id}-{actor_id}`.
+    #[serde(rename = "subscription.name.prefix")]
+    pub subscription_name_prefix: Option<String>,
+
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub unknown_fields: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
diff --git a/src/connector/src/source/pulsar/source/reader.rs b/src/connector/src/source/pulsar/source/reader.rs
index 212c459388b25..20f6872474e88 100644
--- a/src/connector/src/source/pulsar/source/reader.rs
+++ b/src/connector/src/source/pulsar/source/reader.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ use crate::source::{
     SplitMetaData, SplitReader,
 };
 
+const PULSAR_DEFAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_PREFIX: &str = "rw-consumer";
+
 pub enum PulsarSplitReader {
     Broker(PulsarBrokerReader),
     Iceberg(PulsarIcebergReader),
@@ -174,8 +176,12 @@ impl SplitReader for PulsarBrokerReader {
             .with_topic(&topic)
             .with_subscription_type(SubType::Exclusive)
             .with_subscription(format!(
-                "rw-consumer-{}-{}",
-                source_ctx.fragment_id, source_ctx.actor_id
+                "{}-{}-{}",
+                props
+                    .subscription_name_prefix
+                    .unwrap_or(PULSAR_DEFAULT_SUBSCRIPTION_PREFIX.to_string()),
+                source_ctx.fragment_id,
+                source_ctx.actor_id
             ));
 
         let builder = match split.start_offset.clone() {
diff --git a/src/connector/with_options_source.yaml b/src/connector/with_options_source.yaml
index 695a2aeaa1c14..c54dce97ad1cd 100644
--- a/src/connector/with_options_source.yaml
+++ b/src/connector/with_options_source.yaml
@@ -1016,6 +1016,17 @@ PulsarProperties:
     field_type: String
     required: false
     default: Default::default
+  - name: subscription.name.prefix
+    field_type: String
+    comments: |-
+      Specify a custom consumer group id prefix for the source.
+      Defaults to `rw-consumer`.
+
+      Notes:
+      - Each job (materialized view) will have multiple subscriptions and
+      contains a generated suffix in the subscription name.
+      The subscription name will be `{subscription_name_prefix}-{fragment_id}-{actor_id}`.
+    required: false
 S3Properties:
   fields:
   - name: s3.region_name