diff --git a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
index 6e3886a04e6da..839144d06b6ec 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
       - [runtimeOnly](#runtimeonly)
       - [compileOnly](#compileonly)
       - [testImplementation](#testimplementation)
+    - [Gradle Plugins](#gradle-plugins)
+      - [Distribution Download Plugin](#distribution-download-plugin)
   - [Misc](#misc)
     - [git-secrets](#git-secrets)
       - [Installation](#installation)
@@ -340,6 +342,15 @@ somehow. OpenSearch plugins use this configuration to include dependencies that
 Code that is on the classpath for compiling tests that are part of this project but not production code. The canonical example
 of this is `junit`.
 
+### Gradle Plugins
+
+#### Distribution Download Plugin
+
+The Distribution Download plugin downloads the latest version of OpenSearch by default, and supports overriding this behavior by setting `customDistributionUrl`.
+```
+./gradlew integTest -DcustomDistributionUrl="https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/bundle-build/1.2.0/1127/linux/x64/dist/opensearch-1.2.0-linux-x64.tar.gz"
+```
+
 ## Misc
 
 ### git-secrets
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/DistributionDownloadPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/DistributionDownloadPlugin.java
index 86774265c81ad..8b5e81bc2ef07 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/DistributionDownloadPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/DistributionDownloadPlugin.java
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
 
         setupResolutionsContainer(project);
         setupDistributionContainer(project, dockerSupport);
-        setupDownloadServiceRepo(project);
         project.afterEvaluate(this::setupDistributions);
     }
 
@@ -153,6 +152,7 @@ void setupDistributions(Project project) {
                 dependencies.add(distribution.getExtracted().getName(), distributionDependency.getExtractedNotation());
             }
         }
+        setupDownloadServiceRepo(project);
     }
 
     private DistributionDependency resolveDependencyNotation(Project p, OpenSearchDistribution distribution) {
@@ -195,16 +195,22 @@ private static void setupDownloadServiceRepo(Project project) {
         if (project.getRepositories().findByName(DOWNLOAD_REPO_NAME) != null) {
             return;
         }
-        addIvyRepo(
-            project,
-            DOWNLOAD_REPO_NAME,
-            "https://artifacts.opensearch.org",
-            FAKE_IVY_GROUP,
-            "/releases" + RELEASE_PATTERN_LAYOUT,
-            "/release-candidates" + RELEASE_PATTERN_LAYOUT
-        );
-
-        addIvyRepo(project, SNAPSHOT_REPO_NAME, "https://artifacts.opensearch.org", FAKE_SNAPSHOT_IVY_GROUP, SNAPSHOT_PATTERN_LAYOUT);
+        Object customDistributionUrl = project.findProperty("customDistributionUrl");
+        // checks if custom Distribution Url has been passed by user from plugins
+        if (customDistributionUrl != null) {
+            addIvyRepo(project, DOWNLOAD_REPO_NAME, customDistributionUrl.toString(), FAKE_IVY_GROUP, "");
+            addIvyRepo(project, SNAPSHOT_REPO_NAME, customDistributionUrl.toString(), FAKE_SNAPSHOT_IVY_GROUP, "");
+        } else {
+            addIvyRepo(
+                project,
+                DOWNLOAD_REPO_NAME,
+                "https://artifacts.opensearch.org",
+                FAKE_IVY_GROUP,
+                "/releases" + RELEASE_PATTERN_LAYOUT,
+                "/release-candidates" + RELEASE_PATTERN_LAYOUT
+            );
+            addIvyRepo(project, SNAPSHOT_REPO_NAME, "https://artifacts.opensearch.org", FAKE_SNAPSHOT_IVY_GROUP, SNAPSHOT_PATTERN_LAYOUT);
+        }
 
         addIvyRepo2(project, DOWNLOAD_REPO_NAME_ES, "https://artifacts-no-kpi.elastic.co", FAKE_IVY_GROUP_ES);
         addIvyRepo2(project, SNAPSHOT_REPO_NAME_ES, "https://snapshots-no-kpi.elastic.co", FAKE_SNAPSHOT_IVY_GROUP_ES);
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gradle/DistributionDownloadPluginTests.java b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gradle/DistributionDownloadPluginTests.java
index 98feb3ef2ac93..d6299311e1d9b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gradle/DistributionDownloadPluginTests.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gradle/DistributionDownloadPluginTests.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.gradle.test.GradleUnitTestCase;
 import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
+import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.repositories.DefaultIvyArtifactRepository;
 import org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -79,6 +80,58 @@ public void testVersionDefault() {
         assertEquals(distro.getVersion(), VersionProperties.getOpenSearch());
     }
 
+    public void testCustomDistributionUrlWithUrl() {
+        Project project = createProject(null, false);
+        String customUrl = "https://artifacts.opensearch.org/custom";
+        project.getExtensions().getExtraProperties().set("customDistributionUrl", customUrl);
+        DistributionDownloadPlugin plugin = project.getPlugins().getPlugin(DistributionDownloadPlugin.class);
+        plugin.setupDistributions(project);
+        assertEquals(4, project.getRepositories().size());
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("opensearch-downloads")).getUrl().toString(),
+            customUrl
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("opensearch-snapshots")).getUrl().toString(),
+            customUrl
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("elasticsearch-downloads")).getUrl().toString(),
+            "https://artifacts-no-kpi.elastic.co"
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("elasticsearch-snapshots")).getUrl().toString(),
+            "https://snapshots-no-kpi.elastic.co"
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testCustomDistributionUrlWithoutUrl() {
+        Project project = createProject(null, false);
+        DistributionDownloadPlugin plugin = project.getPlugins().getPlugin(DistributionDownloadPlugin.class);
+        plugin.setupDistributions(project);
+        assertEquals(5, project.getRepositories().size());
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("opensearch-downloads")).getUrl().toString(),
+            "https://artifacts.opensearch.org"
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("opensearch-downloads2")).getUrl().toString(),
+            "https://artifacts.opensearch.org"
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("opensearch-snapshots")).getUrl().toString(),
+            "https://artifacts.opensearch.org"
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("elasticsearch-downloads")).getUrl().toString(),
+            "https://artifacts-no-kpi.elastic.co"
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+            ((DefaultIvyArtifactRepository) project.getRepositories().getAt("elasticsearch-snapshots")).getUrl().toString(),
+            "https://snapshots-no-kpi.elastic.co"
+        );
+    }
+
     public void testBadVersionFormat() {
         assertDistroError(
             createProject(null, false),