diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchClient.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchClient.java
index 1cd46bfcc..a5862176e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchClient.java
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ private void closeResources() {
   /**
    * Creates a data stream. Will not recreate the data stream if it already exists.
    *
-   * @param dataStream the data stream to create given in the form {type}-{dataset}-{topic}
+   * @param dataStream the data stream to create given in the form {type}-{dataset}-{namespace}
    * @return true if the data stream was created, false if it already exists
    */
   private boolean createDataStream(String dataStream) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.java
index 51c7d4c85..42b5629d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.java
@@ -332,29 +332,46 @@ public class ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig extends AbstractConfig {
   private static final String KERBEROS_KEYTAB_PATH_DEFAULT = null;
 
   // Data stream configs
+  public static final String DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG = "data.stream.namespace";
+  private static final String DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_DOC = 
+      "Generic name describing user-configurable arbitrary grouping to be written to a data "
+          + "stream. Can be any arbitrary string that is no longer than 100 characters, "
+          + " is in all lowercase, and does not contain spaces or any of these special characters "
+          + "``/\\*\"<>|,#:-``. Otherwise, no value indicates the connector will write to regular "
+          + "indices instead. If set, this configuration will be used alongside "
+          + "``data.stream.type`` and ``data.stream.dataset`` to construct the data stream name in"
+          + "the form of {``data.stream.type``}-{``data.stream.dataset``}-{``"
+          + DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG + "``}. "
+          + "Defaut value is ``${topic}``, that is to say the topic name.";
+  private static final String DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_DISPLAY = "Data Stream Namespace";
+  private static final String DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_DEFAULT = "${topic}";
+
   public static final String DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG = "data.stream.dataset";
   private static final String DATA_STREAM_DATASET_DOC =
       "Generic name describing data ingested and its structure to be written to a data stream. Can "
           + "be any arbitrary string that is no longer than 100 characters, is in all lowercase, "
           + "and does not contain spaces or any of these special characters ``/\\*\"<>|,#:-``. "
           + "Otherwise, no value indicates the connector will write to regular indices instead. "
-          + "If set, this configuration will be used alongside ``data.stream.type`` to "
-          + "construct the data stream name in the form of {``data.stream.type``"
-          + "}-{``" + DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG + "``}-{topic}.";
+          + "If set, this configuration will be used alongside ``data.stream.type`` and "
+          + "``" + DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG + "`` to construct the data stream name in "
+          + "the form of {``data.stream.type``}-{``" + DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG + "``}-{``"
+          + DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG + "``}.";
   private static final String DATA_STREAM_DATASET_DISPLAY = "Data Stream Dataset";
   private static final String DATA_STREAM_DATASET_DEFAULT = "";
-
+  
   public static final String DATA_STREAM_TYPE_CONFIG = "data.stream.type";
   private static final String DATA_STREAM_TYPE_DOC = String.format(
       "Generic type describing the data to be written to data stream. "
           + "The default is %s which indicates the connector will write "
           + "to regular indices instead. If set, this configuration will "
-          + "be used alongside %s to construct the data stream name in the form of "
-          + "{``%s``}-{``%s``}-{topic}.",
+          + "be used alongside %s and %s to construct the data stream name in the form of "
+          + "{``%s``}-{``%s``}-{``%s``}.",
       DataStreamType.NONE.name(),
       DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG,
+      DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG,
       DATA_STREAM_TYPE_CONFIG,
-      DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG
+      DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG,
+      DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG
   );
   private static final String DATA_STREAM_TYPE_DISPLAY = "Data Stream Type";
   private static final DataStreamType DATA_STREAM_TYPE_DEFAULT = DataStreamType.NONE;
@@ -820,6 +837,17 @@ private static void addDataStreamConfigs(ConfigDef configDef) {
     int order = 0;
     configDef
         .define(
+            DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG,
+            Type.STRING,
+            DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_DEFAULT,
+            new DataStreamNamespaceValidator(),
+            Importance.LOW,
+            DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_DOC,
+            DATA_STREAM_GROUP,
+            ++order,
+            Width.MEDIUM,
+            DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_DISPLAY
+        ).define(
             DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG,
             Type.STRING,
             DATA_STREAM_DATASET_DEFAULT,
@@ -946,6 +974,10 @@ public String dataStreamDataset() {
     return getString(DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG);
   }
 
+  public String dataStreamNamespace() {
+    return getString(DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG);
+  }
+
   public DataStreamType dataStreamType() {
     return DataStreamType.valueOf(getString(DATA_STREAM_TYPE_CONFIG).toUpperCase());
   }
@@ -1078,6 +1110,45 @@ public WriteMethod writeMethod() {
     return WriteMethod.valueOf(getString(WRITE_METHOD_CONFIG).toUpperCase());
   }
 
+  private static class DataStreamNamespaceValidator implements Validator {
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public void ensureValid(String name, Object value) {
+      if (value == null) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      String namespace = (String) value;
+
+      if (namespace.length() > 100) {
+        throw new ConfigException(
+            name, namespace, "The specified namespace must be no longer than 100 characters."
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (!namespace.equals(namespace.toLowerCase())) {
+        throw new ConfigException(
+            name, namespace, "The specified namespace must be in all lowercase."
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (namespace.matches(".*[\\\\\\/\\*\\?\\\"<>| ,#\\-:]+.*")) {
+        throw new ConfigException(
+            name, namespace,
+            "The specified namespace must not contain any spaces or "
+            + "invalid characters \\/*?\"<>|,#-:"
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return "A valid namespace name that is all lowercase, less than 100 characters, and "
+          + "does not contain any spaces or invalid characters \\/*?\"<>|,#-:";
+    }
+  }
+
   private static class DataStreamDatasetValidator implements Validator {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkTask.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkTask.java
index 8ff18ac71..9e81e6eaf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkTask.java
@@ -182,8 +182,9 @@ private String convertTopicToIndexName(String topic) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the converted index name from a given topic name in the form {type}-{dataset}-{topic}.
-   * For the <code>topic</code>, Elasticsearch accepts:
+   * Returns the converted datastream name from a given topic name in the form:
+   * {type}-{dataset}-{namespace}
+   * For the <code>namespace</code> (that can contain topic), Elasticsearch accepts:
    * <ul>
    *   <li>all lowercase</li>
    *   <li>no longer than 100 bytes</li>
@@ -191,22 +192,23 @@ private String convertTopicToIndexName(String topic) {
    * (<a href="https://github.com/elastic/ecs/blob/master/rfcs/text/0009-data_stream-fields.md#restrictions-on-values">ref</a>_.)
    */
   private String convertTopicToDataStreamName(String topic) {
-    topic = topic.toLowerCase();
-    if (topic.length() > 100) {
-      topic = topic.substring(0, 100);
+    String namespace = config.dataStreamNamespace();
+    namespace = namespace.replace("${topic}", topic.toLowerCase());
+    if (namespace.length() > 100) {
+      namespace = namespace.substring(0, 100);
     }
     String dataStream = String.format(
         "%s-%s-%s",
         config.dataStreamType().name().toLowerCase(),
         config.dataStreamDataset(),
-        topic
+        namespace
     );
     return dataStream;
   }
 
   /**
    * Returns the converted index name from a given topic name. If writing to a data stream,
-   * returns the index name in the form {type}-{dataset}-{topic}. For both cases, Elasticsearch
+   * returns the index name in the form {type}-{dataset}-{namespace}. For both cases, Elasticsearch
    * accepts:
    * <ul>
    *   <li>all lowercase</li>
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfigTest.java
index 9e1123b5f..0c6cf11f0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfigTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ public void testSetHttpTimeoutsConfig() {
     assertEquals(config.connectionTimeoutMs(), 15000);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void shouldAllowValidChractersDataStreamNamespace() {
+    props.put(DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG, "a_valid.namespace123");
+    new ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig(props);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void shouldAllowValidChractersDataStreamDataset() {
     props.put(DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG, "a_valid.dataset123");
@@ -69,12 +75,24 @@ public void shouldAllowValidDataStreamTypeCaseInsensitive() {
     new ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig(props);
   }
 
+  @Test(expected = ConfigException.class)
+  public void shouldNotAllowInvalidCaseDataStreamNamespace() {
+    props.put(DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG, "AN_INVALID.namespace123");
+    new ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig(props);
+  }
+
   @Test(expected = ConfigException.class)
   public void shouldNotAllowInvalidCaseDataStreamDataset() {
     props.put(DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG, "AN_INVALID.dataset123");
     new ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig(props);
   }
 
+  @Test(expected = ConfigException.class)
+  public void shouldNotAllowInvalidCharactersDataStreamNamespace() {
+    props.put(DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG, "not-valid?");
+    new ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig(props);
+  }
+
   @Test(expected = ConfigException.class)
   public void shouldNotAllowInvalidCharactersDataStreamDataset() {
     props.put(DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG, "not-valid?");
@@ -87,6 +105,12 @@ public void shouldNotAllowInvalidDataStreamType() {
     new ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig(props);
   }
 
+  @Test(expected = ConfigException.class)
+  public void shouldNotAllowLongDataStreamNamespace() {
+    props.put(DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG, String.format("%d%100d", 1, 1));
+    new ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig(props);
+  }
+
   @Test(expected = ConfigException.class)
   public void shouldNotAllowLongDataStreamDataset() {
     props.put(DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG, String.format("%d%100d", 1, 1));
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkTaskTest.java b/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkTaskTest.java
index 9aeda6a19..3091454b6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkTaskTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.BehaviorOnNullValues;
 
 import static io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.BEHAVIOR_ON_NULL_VALUES_CONFIG;
+import static io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG;
 import static io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG;
 import static io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.DATA_STREAM_TYPE_CONFIG;
 import static io.confluent.connect.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSinkConnectorConfig.DROP_INVALID_MESSAGE_CONFIG;
@@ -376,6 +377,24 @@ public void testConvertTopicToDataStreamAllowUnderscores() {
     verify(client, times(1)).createIndexOrDataStream(eq(indexName));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testConvertTopicToDataStreamWithCustomNamespace() {
+    String type = "logs";
+    String dataset = "a_valid_dataset";
+    String namespaceTemplate = "a_valid_prefix_${topic}";
+    props.put(DATA_STREAM_TYPE_CONFIG, type);
+    props.put(DATA_STREAM_DATASET_CONFIG, dataset);
+    props.put(DATA_STREAM_NAMESPACE_CONFIG, namespaceTemplate);
+    setUpTask();
+
+    String topic = "a_valid_topic";
+    String namespace = namespaceTemplate.replace("${topic}", topic);
+    when(assignment.contains(eq(new TopicPartition(topic, 1)))).thenReturn(true);
+    task.put(Collections.singletonList(record(topic, true, false, 0)));
+    String indexName = dataStreamName(type, dataset, namespace);
+    verify(client, times(1)).createIndexOrDataStream(eq(indexName));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testConvertTopicToDataStreamTooLong() {
     String type = "logs";