diff --git a/receivers/telegram/config.go b/receivers/telegram/config.go
index fc94a041..55610868 100644
--- a/receivers/telegram/config.go
+++ b/receivers/telegram/config.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	DisableWebPagePreview bool   `json:"disable_web_page_preview,omitempty" yaml:"disable_web_page_preview,omitempty"`
 	ProtectContent        bool   `json:"protect_content,omitempty" yaml:"protect_content,omitempty"`
 	DisableNotifications  bool   `json:"disable_notifications,omitempty" yaml:"disable_notifications,omitempty"`
+	APIURL                string `json:"api_url,omitempty" yaml:"api_url,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func NewConfig(jsonData json.RawMessage, decryptFn receivers.DecryptFunc) (Config, error) {
@@ -71,5 +72,8 @@ func NewConfig(jsonData json.RawMessage, decryptFn receivers.DecryptFunc) (Confi
 	if !found {
 		return settings, fmt.Errorf("unknown parse_mode, must be Markdown, MarkdownV2, HTML or None")
 	}
+	if settings.APIURL == "" {
+		settings.APIURL = APIURL
+	}
 	return settings, nil
 }
diff --git a/receivers/telegram/config_test.go b/receivers/telegram/config_test.go
index cd8fe70c..62444143 100644
--- a/receivers/telegram/config_test.go
+++ b/receivers/telegram/config_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "Minimal valid configuration",
 			settings: `{ "bottoken": "test-token", "chatid": "test-chat-id" }`,
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                APIURL,
 				BotToken:              "test-token",
 				ChatID:                "test-chat-id",
 				Message:               templates.DefaultMessageEmbed,
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"bottoken": []byte("test-token"),
 			},
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                APIURL,
 				BotToken:              "test-token",
 				ChatID:                "test-chat-id",
 				Message:               templates.DefaultMessageEmbed,
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"bottoken": []byte("test-token-key"),
 			},
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                APIURL,
 				BotToken:              "test-token-key",
 				ChatID:                "test-chat-id",
 				Message:               templates.DefaultMessageEmbed,
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"bottoken": []byte("test-token"),
 			},
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                APIURL,
 				BotToken:              "test-token",
 				ChatID:                "chat-id",
 				Message:               templates.DefaultMessageEmbed,
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "Extracts all fields",
 			settings: FullValidConfigForTesting,
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                "https://api.test.com/bot%s/%s",
 				BotToken:              "test-token",
 				ChatID:                "12345678",
 				Message:               "test-message",
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			settings:       FullValidConfigForTesting,
 			secureSettings: receiversTesting.ReadSecretsJSONForTesting(FullValidSecretsForTesting),
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                "https://api.test.com/bot%s/%s",
 				BotToken:              "test-secret-token",
 				ChatID:                "12345678",
 				Message:               "test-message",
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"bottoken": []byte("test-token"),
 			},
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                APIURL,
 				BotToken:              "test-token",
 				ChatID:                "12345678",
 				Message:               templates.DefaultMessageEmbed,
@@ -165,6 +172,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"bottoken": []byte("test-token"),
 			},
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                APIURL,
 				BotToken:              "test-token",
 				ChatID:                "12345678",
 				Message:               templates.DefaultMessageEmbed,
@@ -181,6 +189,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"bottoken": []byte("test-token"),
 			},
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                APIURL,
 				BotToken:              "test-token",
 				ChatID:                "12345678",
 				Message:               templates.DefaultMessageEmbed,
diff --git a/receivers/telegram/telegram.go b/receivers/telegram/telegram.go
index 6208584b..903b3d37 100644
--- a/receivers/telegram/telegram.go
+++ b/receivers/telegram/telegram.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (tn *Notifier) newWebhookSyncCmd(action string, fn func(writer *multipart.W
 	}
 
 	cmd := &receivers.SendWebhookSettings{
-		URL:        fmt.Sprintf(APIURL, tn.settings.BotToken, action),
+		URL:        fmt.Sprintf(tn.settings.APIURL, tn.settings.BotToken, action),
 		Body:       b.String(),
 		HTTPMethod: "POST",
 		HTTPHeader: map[string]string{
diff --git a/receivers/telegram/testing.go b/receivers/telegram/testing.go
index 55714627..e774b083 100644
--- a/receivers/telegram/testing.go
+++ b/receivers/telegram/testing.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package telegram
 
 // FullValidConfigForTesting is a string representation of a JSON object that contains all fields supported by the notifier Config. It can be used without secrets.
 const FullValidConfigForTesting = `{
+	"api_url": "https://api.test.com/bot%s/%s",
 	"bottoken" :"test-token",
 	"chatid" :"12345678",
 	"message" :"test-message",