diff --git a/pkg/indexstorage/indexstorage.go b/pkg/indexstorage/indexstorage.go
index fc1422149..53f38c3d1 100644
--- a/pkg/indexstorage/indexstorage.go
+++ b/pkg/indexstorage/indexstorage.go
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ func NewIndexStorage(providerType string) (IndexStorage, error) {
 	case redis.ProviderType:
 		return redis.NewProvider(viper.GetString("redis_server.address"), viper.GetString("redis_server.port"), viper.GetString("redis_server.password"))
 	case mysql.ProviderType:
-		return mysql.NewProvider(viper.GetString("search_index.mysql.dsn"))
+		return mysql.NewProvider(viper.GetString("search_index.mysql.dsn"),
+			mysql.WithConnMaxIdleTime(viper.GetDuration("search_index.mysql.conn_max_idletime")),
+			mysql.WithConnMaxLifetime(viper.GetDuration("search_index.mysql.conn_max_lifetime")),
+			mysql.WithMaxIdleConns(viper.GetInt("search_index.mysql.max_idle_connections")),
+			mysql.WithMaxOpenConns(viper.GetInt("search_index.mysql.max_open_connections")))
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid index storage provider type: %v", providerType)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/indexstorage/mysql/mysql.go b/pkg/indexstorage/mysql/mysql.go
index 05b0d27f5..812aaf11e 100644
--- a/pkg/indexstorage/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/pkg/indexstorage/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/sigstore/rekor/pkg/log"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	// this imports the mysql driver for go
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ type IndexStorageProvider struct {
 	db *sqlx.DB
 }
 
-func NewProvider(dsn string) (*IndexStorageProvider, error) {
+func NewProvider(dsn string, opts ...Options) (*IndexStorageProvider, error) {
 	var err error
 	provider := &IndexStorageProvider{}
 	provider.db, err = sqlx.Open(ProviderType, dsn)
@@ -57,10 +56,12 @@ func NewProvider(dsn string) (*IndexStorageProvider, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	provider.db.SetConnMaxIdleTime(viper.GetDuration("search_index.mysql.conn_max_idletime"))
-	provider.db.SetConnMaxLifetime(viper.GetDuration("search_index.mysql.conn_max_lifetime"))
-	provider.db.SetMaxOpenConns(viper.GetInt("search_index.mysql.max_open_connections"))
-	provider.db.SetMaxIdleConns(viper.GetInt("search_index.mysql.max_idle_connections"))
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o.applyConnMaxIdleTime(provider.db)
+		o.applyConnMaxLifetime(provider.db)
+		o.applyMaxIdleConns(provider.db)
+		o.applyMaxOpenConns(provider.db)
+	}
 
 	if _, err := provider.db.Exec(createTableStmt); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create table if not exists failed: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/indexstorage/mysql/options.go b/pkg/indexstorage/mysql/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e307cf9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/indexstorage/mysql/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Sigstore Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package mysql
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+)
+
+// Options configures connections to the MySQL index storage system
+type Options interface {
+	applyConnMaxIdleTime(*sqlx.DB)
+	applyConnMaxLifetime(*sqlx.DB)
+	applyMaxIdleConns(*sqlx.DB)
+	applyMaxOpenConns(*sqlx.DB)
+}
+
+// NoOpOptionImpl implements the MySQLOption interfaces as no-ops.
+type noOpOptionImpl struct{}
+
+// applyConnMaxIdleTime is a no-op required to fully implement the requisite interfaces
+func (noOpOptionImpl) applyConnMaxIdleTime(_ *sqlx.DB) {}
+
+// ApplyConnMaxLifetime is a no-op required to fully implement the requisite interfaces
+func (noOpOptionImpl) applyConnMaxLifetime(_ *sqlx.DB) {}
+
+// ApplyMaxOpenConns is a no-op required to fully implement the requisite interfaces
+func (noOpOptionImpl) applyMaxOpenConns(_ *sqlx.DB) {}
+
+// ApplyMaxIdleConns is a no-op required to fully implement the requisite interfaces
+func (noOpOptionImpl) applyMaxIdleConns(_ *sqlx.DB) {}
+
+// RequestConnMaxIdleTime implements the functional option pattern for specifying the maximum connection idle time
+type RequestConnMaxIdleTime struct {
+	noOpOptionImpl
+	idleTime time.Duration
+}
+
+// applyConnMaxIdleTime sets the maximum connection idle time
+func (r RequestConnMaxIdleTime) applyConnMaxIdleTime(db *sqlx.DB) {
+	if db != nil {
+		db.SetConnMaxIdleTime(r.idleTime)
+	}
+}
+
+// WithConnMaxIdleTime specifies the maximum connection idle time
+func WithConnMaxIdleTime(idleTime time.Duration) RequestConnMaxIdleTime {
+	return RequestConnMaxIdleTime{idleTime: idleTime}
+}
+
+// RequestConnMaxLifetime implements the functional option pattern for specifying the maximum connection lifetime
+type RequestConnMaxLifetime struct {
+	noOpOptionImpl
+	lifetime time.Duration
+}
+
+// ApplyConnMaxLifetime sets the maximum connection lifetime
+func (r RequestConnMaxLifetime) applyConnMaxLifetime(db *sqlx.DB) {
+	if db != nil {
+		db.SetConnMaxLifetime(r.lifetime)
+	}
+}
+
+// WithConnMaxLifetime specifies the maximum connection lifetime
+func WithConnMaxLifetime(lifetime time.Duration) RequestConnMaxLifetime {
+	return RequestConnMaxLifetime{lifetime: lifetime}
+}
+
+// RequestMaxIdleConns implements the functional option pattern for specifying the maximum number of idle connections
+type RequestMaxIdleConns struct {
+	noOpOptionImpl
+	idleConns int
+}
+
+// ApplyMaxIdleConns sets the maximum number of idle connections
+func (r RequestMaxIdleConns) applyMaxIdleConns(db *sqlx.DB) {
+	if db != nil {
+		db.SetMaxIdleConns(r.idleConns)
+	}
+}
+
+// WithMaxIdleConns specifies the maximum number of idle connections
+func WithMaxIdleConns(idleConns int) RequestMaxIdleConns {
+	return RequestMaxIdleConns{idleConns: idleConns}
+}
+
+// RequestMaxOpenConns implements the functional option pattern for specifying the maximum number of open connections
+type RequestMaxOpenConns struct {
+	noOpOptionImpl
+	openConns int
+}
+
+// applyMaxOpenConns sets the maximum number of open connections
+func (r RequestMaxOpenConns) applyMaxOpenConns(db *sqlx.DB) {
+	if db != nil {
+		db.SetMaxOpenConns(r.openConns)
+	}
+}
+
+// WithMaxOpenConns specifies the maximum number of open connections
+func WithMaxOpenConns(openConns int) RequestMaxOpenConns {
+	return RequestMaxOpenConns{openConns: openConns}
+}