diff --git a/app/components/blacklight/facet_component.rb b/app/components/blacklight/facet_component.rb
index 3d7926e7b..f90c33c5a 100644
--- a/app/components/blacklight/facet_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/blacklight/facet_component.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ class FacetComponent < ViewComponent::Base
     # @param [Blacklight::Solr::Response::Facets::FacetField] display_facet
     # @param [Blacklight::Configuration] blacklight_config
     # @param [Boolean] layout
-    # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
-    def initialize(display_facet_or_field_config: nil, display_facet: nil, field_config: nil, response: nil, blacklight_config: nil, **component_args)
+    # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity, Metrics/PerceivedComplexity, Metrics/ParameterLists
+    def initialize(display_facet_or_field_config: nil, display_facet: nil, field_config: nil, response: nil, blacklight_config: nil, component: nil, **component_args)
       if display_facet_or_field_config.is_a? Blacklight::FacetFieldPresenter
         @facet_field_presenter = display_facet_or_field_config
         @field_config = @facet_field_presenter.facet_field
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ def initialize(display_facet_or_field_config: nil, display_facet: nil, field_con
         raise ArgumentError, 'You must provide one of display_facet or field_config' unless @field_config
       end
 
+      @component = component || (@field_config.component == true ? Blacklight::FacetFieldListComponent : @field_config.component)
       @component_args = component_args
     end
-    # rubocop:enable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity
+    # rubocop:enable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity, Metrics/PerceivedComplexity, Metrics/ParameterLists
 
     def render?
       helpers.should_render_field?(@field_config, @display_facet)
@@ -41,10 +42,8 @@ def render?
     def call
       return render_partial if @field_config.partial
 
-      component = @field_config.component == true ? Blacklight::FacetFieldListComponent : @field_config.component
-
       render(
-        component.new(
+        @component.new(
           facet_field: @facet_field_presenter || helpers.facet_field_presenter(@field_config, @display_facet),
           **@component_args
         )
diff --git a/spec/components/blacklight/facet_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/blacklight/facet_component_spec.rb
index 3aa85330e..0ec546bf5 100644
--- a/spec/components/blacklight/facet_component_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/blacklight/facet_component_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,25 @@
     expect(rendered).to have_selector 'ul.facet-values'
   end
 
+  context 'with a provided component' do
+    let(:component_kwargs) { { field_config: facet_config, display_facet: display_facet, component: component_class } }
+    let(:component_class) do
+      Class.new(Blacklight::FacetFieldListComponent) do
+        def self.name
+          'CustomFacetComponent'
+        end
+
+        def call
+          'Custom facet rendering'
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'renders the provided component' do
+      expect(rendered).to have_content 'Custom facet rendering'
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'with a facet configured to use a partial' do
     let(:facet_config) do
       Blacklight::Configuration::FacetField.new(key: 'field', partial: 'catalog/facet_partial').normalize!