diff --git a/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/handlers/prerender-check.ts b/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/handlers/prerender-check.ts
index a50abac0..440a86bf 100644
--- a/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/handlers/prerender-check.ts
+++ b/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/handlers/prerender-check.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ import "source-map-support/register";
 import { CloudFrontRequest, CloudFrontRequestEvent } from "aws-lambda";
 
 const IS_BOT =
-  /googlebot|Google-InspectionTool|Schema-Markup-Validator|SchemaBot|chrome-lighthouse|lighthouse|adsbot-google|Feedfetcher-Google|bingbot|yandex|baiduspider|Facebot|facebookexternalhit|twitterbot|rogerbot|linkedinbot|embedly|quora link preview|showyoubot|outbrain|pinterest|slackbot|vkShare|W3C_Validator|AhrefsBot|SiteAuditBot|SemrushBot|Screaming Frog SEO Spider/i;
+  /googlebot|bingbot|yandex|baiduspider|facebookexternalhit|facebookbot|twitterbot|linkedinbot|embedly|showyoubot|outbrain|pinterestbot|slackbot|vkShare|W3C_Validator|whatsapp|ImgProxy|flipboard|tumblr|bitlybot|skype|nuzzel|discordbot|google|qwantify|pinterest|lighthouse|telegrambo|Google-InspectionTool|Schema-Markup-Validator|SchemaBot|chrome-lighthouse|adsbot-google|Feedfetcher-Google|Facebot|rogerbot|quora link preview|SiteAuditBot|Storebot|Mediapartners-Google|AdIdxBot|BingPreview|Yahoo! Slurp|duckduckbot|applebot|gptbot/i;
+
 const IS_FILE =
-  /\.(js|css|xml|less|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|pdf|doc|txt|ico|rss|zip|mp3|rar|exe|wmv|doc|avi|ppt|mpg|mpeg|tif|wav|mov|psd|ai|xls|mp4|m4a|swf|dat|dmg|iso|flv|m4v|torrent|ttf|woff|svg|eot)$/i;
+  /\.(js|css|xml|less|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|pdf|doc|txt|ico|rss|zip|mp3|rar|exe|wmv|avi|ppt|mpg|mpeg|tif|wav|mov|psd|ai|xls|mp4|m4a|swf|dat|dmg|iso|flv|m4v|woff|ttf|svg|webmanifest|eot|torrent)$/;
+
+// Allow passing a custom bot detection regex string
+const IS_BOT_CUSTOM = new RegExp(process.env.CUSTOM_BOT_CHECK || "[]", "i");
 
 export const handler = async (
   event: CloudFrontRequestEvent
@@ -14,7 +18,8 @@ export const handler = async (
   // If the request is from a bot, is not a file and is not from prerender
   // then set the x-request-prerender header so the origin-request lambda function
   // alters the origin to prerender.io
-  if (IS_BOT.test(request.headers["user-agent"][0].value)) {
+  const userAgent = request.headers["user-agent"][0].value;
+  if (IS_BOT.test(userAgent) || IS_BOT_CUSTOM.test(userAgent)) {
     if (!IS_FILE.test(request.uri) && !request.headers["x-prerender"]) {
       request.headers["x-request-prerender"] = [
         {
diff --git a/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/prerender-check-construct.ts b/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/prerender-check-construct.ts
index 57105f66..89ee2d5c 100644
--- a/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/prerender-check-construct.ts
+++ b/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/prerender-check-construct.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,20 @@ import { Construct } from "constructs";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { Esbuild } from "@aligent/cdk-esbuild";
 
+export interface PrerenderCheckOptions {
+  /**
+   * A custom regex string to detect bots. Will be used in addition
+   * to the existing bot check regex to determine if a user-agent is a bot.
+   *
+   * @type string
+   */
+  customBotCheckRegex: string;
+}
+
 export class PrerenderCheckFunction extends Construct {
   readonly edgeFunction: experimental.EdgeFunction;
 
-  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string) {
+  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, options?: PrerenderCheckOptions) {
     super(scope, id);
 
     const command = [
@@ -28,6 +38,11 @@ export class PrerenderCheckFunction extends Construct {
             image: DockerImage.fromRegistry("busybox"),
             local: new Esbuild({
               entryPoints: [join(__dirname, "handlers/prerender-check.ts")],
+              define: {
+                "process.env.CUSTOM_BOT_CHECK": JSON.stringify(
+                  options?.customBotCheckRegex ?? "[]"
+                ),
+              },
             }),
           },
         }),
diff --git a/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/prerender-lambda-construct.ts b/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/prerender-lambda-construct.ts
index 6740b0ad..198a7cf9 100644
--- a/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/prerender-lambda-construct.ts
+++ b/packages/prerender-proxy/lib/prerender-lambda-construct.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import {
   CloudFrontCacheControl,
   CloudFrontCacheControlOptions,
 } from "./prerender-cf-cache-control-construct";
-import { PrerenderCheckFunction } from "./prerender-check-construct";
+import {
+  PrerenderCheckFunction,
+  PrerenderCheckOptions,
+} from "./prerender-check-construct";
 import {
   PrerenderFunction,
   PrerenderFunctionOptions,
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 export interface PrerenderLambdaProps {
   prerenderProps: PrerenderFunctionOptions;
   errorResponseProps: ErrorResponseFunctionOptions;
+  prerenderCheckOptions?: PrerenderCheckOptions;
   cacheControlProps?: CloudFrontCacheControlOptions;
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +34,8 @@ export class PrerenderLambda extends Construct {
 
     this.prerenderCheckFunction = new PrerenderCheckFunction(
       this,
-      "PrerenderViewerRequest"
+      "PrerenderViewerRequest",
+      props.prerenderCheckOptions
     );
 
     this.prerenderFunction = new PrerenderFunction(