diff --git a/sdk/azcore/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/azcore/CHANGELOG.md
index 052a21cca66b..5659beb509a9 100644
--- a/sdk/azcore/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/azcore/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Features Added
 
-* Added function `FetcherForNextLink` to the `runtime` package to centralize creation of `Pager[T].Fetcher` from a next link URL.
+* Added function `FetcherForNextLink` and `FetcherForNextLinkOptions` to the `runtime` package to centralize creation of `Pager[T].Fetcher` from a next link URL.
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/azcore/runtime/pager.go b/sdk/azcore/runtime/pager.go
index f1daac50d32a..1dc4d3e49464 100644
--- a/sdk/azcore/runtime/pager.go
+++ b/sdk/azcore/runtime/pager.go
@@ -91,14 +91,30 @@ func (p *Pager[T]) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	return json.Unmarshal(data, &p.current)
 }
 
+// FetcherForNextLinkOptions contains the optional values for [FetcherForNextLink].
+type FetcherForNextLinkOptions struct {
+	// NextReq is the func to be called when requesting subsequent pages.
+	// Used for paged operations that have a custom next link operation.
+	NextReq func(context.Context, string) (*policy.Request, error)
+}
+
 // FetcherForNextLink is a helper containing boilerplate code to simplify creating a PagingHandler[T].Fetcher from a next link URL.
-func FetcherForNextLink(ctx context.Context, pl Pipeline, nextLink string, createReq func(context.Context) (*policy.Request, error)) (*http.Response, error) {
+//   - ctx is the [context.Context] controlling the lifetime of the HTTP operation
+//   - pl is the [Pipeline] used to dispatch the HTTP request
+//   - nextLink is the URL used to fetch the next page. the empty string indicates the first page is to be requested
+//   - firstReq is the func to be called when creating the request for the first page
+//   - options contains any optional parameters, pass nil to accept the default values
+func FetcherForNextLink(ctx context.Context, pl Pipeline, nextLink string, firstReq func(context.Context) (*policy.Request, error), options *FetcherForNextLinkOptions) (*http.Response, error) {
 	var req *policy.Request
 	var err error
 	if nextLink == "" {
-		req, err = createReq(ctx)
+		req, err = firstReq(ctx)
 	} else if nextLink, err = EncodeQueryParams(nextLink); err == nil {
-		req, err = NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, nextLink)
+		if options != nil && options.NextReq != nil {
+			req, err = options.NextReq(ctx, nextLink)
+		} else {
+			req, err = NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, nextLink)
+		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/sdk/azcore/runtime/pager_test.go b/sdk/azcore/runtime/pager_test.go
index 9d205b297d60..6eb92414e64a 100644
--- a/sdk/azcore/runtime/pager_test.go
+++ b/sdk/azcore/runtime/pager_test.go
@@ -264,52 +264,69 @@ func TestFetcherForNextLink(t *testing.T) {
 	pl := exported.NewPipeline(srv)
 
 	srv.AppendResponse()
-	createReqCalled := false
+	firstReqCalled := false
 	resp, err := FetcherForNextLink(context.Background(), pl, "", func(ctx context.Context) (*policy.Request, error) {
-		createReqCalled = true
+		firstReqCalled = true
 		return NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, srv.URL())
-	})
+	}, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.True(t, createReqCalled)
+	require.True(t, firstReqCalled)
 	require.NotNil(t, resp)
 	require.EqualValues(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
 
 	srv.AppendResponse()
-	createReqCalled = false
+	firstReqCalled = false
+	nextReqCalled := false
 	resp, err = FetcherForNextLink(context.Background(), pl, srv.URL(), func(ctx context.Context) (*policy.Request, error) {
-		createReqCalled = true
+		firstReqCalled = true
 		return NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, srv.URL())
+	}, &FetcherForNextLinkOptions{
+		NextReq: func(ctx context.Context, s string) (*policy.Request, error) {
+			nextReqCalled = true
+			return NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, srv.URL())
+		},
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.False(t, createReqCalled)
+	require.False(t, firstReqCalled)
+	require.True(t, nextReqCalled)
 	require.NotNil(t, resp)
 	require.EqualValues(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
 
 	resp, err = FetcherForNextLink(context.Background(), pl, "", func(ctx context.Context) (*policy.Request, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("failed")
+	}, &FetcherForNextLinkOptions{})
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	require.Nil(t, resp)
+
+	resp, err = FetcherForNextLink(context.Background(), pl, srv.URL(), func(ctx context.Context) (*policy.Request, error) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}, &FetcherForNextLinkOptions{
+		NextReq: func(ctx context.Context, s string) (*policy.Request, error) {
+			return nil, errors.New("failed")
+		},
 	})
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	require.Nil(t, resp)
 
 	srv.AppendError(errors.New("failed"))
 	resp, err = FetcherForNextLink(context.Background(), pl, "", func(ctx context.Context) (*policy.Request, error) {
-		createReqCalled = true
+		firstReqCalled = true
 		return NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, srv.URL())
-	})
+	}, &FetcherForNextLinkOptions{})
 	require.Error(t, err)
-	require.True(t, createReqCalled)
+	require.True(t, firstReqCalled)
 	require.Nil(t, resp)
 
 	srv.AppendResponse(mock.WithStatusCode(http.StatusBadRequest), mock.WithBody([]byte(`{ "error": { "code": "InvalidResource", "message": "doesn't exist" } }`)))
-	createReqCalled = false
+	firstReqCalled = false
 	resp, err = FetcherForNextLink(context.Background(), pl, srv.URL(), func(ctx context.Context) (*policy.Request, error) {
-		createReqCalled = true
+		firstReqCalled = true
 		return NewRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, srv.URL())
-	})
+	}, nil)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	var respErr *exported.ResponseError
 	require.ErrorAs(t, err, &respErr)
 	require.EqualValues(t, "InvalidResource", respErr.ErrorCode)
-	require.False(t, createReqCalled)
+	require.False(t, firstReqCalled)
 	require.Nil(t, resp)
 }