diff --git a/lib/events/athena/athena.go b/lib/events/athena/athena.go
index 493cc09d9063e..5b6a30f6bab72 100644
--- a/lib/events/athena/athena.go
+++ b/lib/events/athena/athena.go
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	BatchMaxItems int
 	// BatchMaxInterval defined interval at which parquet files will be created (optional).
 	BatchMaxInterval time.Duration
+	// ConsumerLockName defines a name of a SQS consumer lock (optional).
+	// If provided, it will be prefixed with "athena/" to avoid accidental
+	// collision with existing locks.
+	ConsumerLockName string
+	// ConsumerDisabled defines if SQS consumer should be disabled (optional).
+	ConsumerDisabled bool
 
 	// Clock is a clock interface, used in tests.
 	Clock clockwork.Clock
@@ -414,6 +420,16 @@ func (cfg *Config) SetFromURL(url *url.URL) error {
 		}
 		cfg.BatchMaxInterval = dur
 	}
+	if consumerLockName := url.Query().Get("consumerLockName"); consumerLockName != "" {
+		cfg.ConsumerLockName = consumerLockName
+	}
+	if val := url.Query().Get("consumerDisabled"); val != "" {
+		boolVal, err := strconv.ParseBool(val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return trace.BadParameter("invalid consumerDisabled value: %v", err)
+		}
+		cfg.ConsumerDisabled = boolVal
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -481,20 +497,23 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) (*Log, error) {
 		return nil, trace.Wrap(err)
 	}
 
-	consumerCtx, consumerCancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-
-	consumer, err := newConsumer(cfg, consumerCancel)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, trace.Wrap(err)
-	}
-
 	l := &Log{
-		publisher:      newPublisherFromAthenaConfig(cfg),
-		querier:        querier,
-		consumerCloser: consumer,
+		publisher: newPublisherFromAthenaConfig(cfg),
+		querier:   querier,
 	}
 
-	go consumer.run(consumerCtx)
+	if !cfg.ConsumerDisabled {
+		consumerCtx, consumerCancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+
+		consumer, err := newConsumer(cfg, consumerCancel)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, trace.Wrap(err)
+		}
+
+		l.consumerCloser = consumer
+
+		go consumer.run(consumerCtx)
+	}
 
 	return l, nil
 }
@@ -524,6 +543,10 @@ func (l *Log) Close() error {
 	return trace.Wrap(l.consumerCloser.Close())
 }
 
+func (l *Log) IsConsumerDisabled() bool {
+	return l.consumerCloser == nil
+}
+
 var isAlphanumericOrUnderscoreRe = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$")
 
 func isAlphanumericOrUnderscore(s string) bool {
diff --git a/lib/events/athena/athena_test.go b/lib/events/athena/athena_test.go
index fb908c5aeb3de..baa4430db6a0d 100644
--- a/lib/events/athena/athena_test.go
+++ b/lib/events/athena/athena_test.go
@@ -89,13 +89,15 @@ func TestConfig_SetFromURL(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "params to batcher",
-			url:  "athena://db.tbl/?queueURL=https://queueURL&batchMaxItems=1000&batchMaxInterval=10s",
+			url:  "athena://db.tbl/?queueURL=https://queueURL&batchMaxItems=1000&batchMaxInterval=10s&consumerLockName=mylock&consumerDisabled=true",
 			want: Config{
 				TableName:        "tbl",
 				Database:         "db",
 				QueueURL:         "https://queueURL",
 				BatchMaxItems:    1000,
 				BatchMaxInterval: 10 * time.Second,
+				ConsumerLockName: "mylock",
+				ConsumerDisabled: true,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ func TestConfig_CheckAndSetDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 				GetQueryResultsInterval:    100 * time.Millisecond,
 				BatchMaxItems:              20000,
 				BatchMaxInterval:           1 * time.Minute,
+				ConsumerLockName:           "",
 				PublisherConsumerAWSConfig: dummyAWSCfg,
 				StorerQuerierAWSConfig:     dummyAWSCfg,
 				Backend:                    mockBackend{},
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ func TestConfig_CheckAndSetDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 				GetQueryResultsInterval:    100 * time.Millisecond,
 				BatchMaxItems:              20000,
 				BatchMaxInterval:           1 * time.Minute,
+				ConsumerLockName:           "",
 				PublisherConsumerAWSConfig: dummyAWSCfg,
 				StorerQuerierAWSConfig:     dummyAWSCfg,
 				Backend:                    mockBackend{},
diff --git a/lib/events/athena/consumer.go b/lib/events/athena/consumer.go
index df1a27f909a73..2b0417ec07a44 100644
--- a/lib/events/athena/consumer.go
+++ b/lib/events/athena/consumer.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ type consumer struct {
 	storeLocationBucket string
 	batchMaxItems       int
 	batchMaxInterval    time.Duration
+	consumerLockName    string
 
 	// perDateFileParquetWriter returns file writer per date.
 	// Added in config to allow testing.
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ func newConsumer(cfg Config, cancelFn context.CancelFunc) (*consumer, error) {
 		storeLocationBucket: cfg.locationS3Bucket,
 		batchMaxItems:       cfg.BatchMaxItems,
 		batchMaxInterval:    cfg.BatchMaxInterval,
+		consumerLockName:    cfg.ConsumerLockName,
 		collectConfig:       collectCfg,
 		sqsDeleter:          sqsClient,
 		queueURL:            cfg.QueueURL,
@@ -251,10 +253,14 @@ func (c *consumer) runContinuouslyOnSingleAuth(ctx context.Context, eventsProces
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 		default:
+			lockName := []string{"athena", c.consumerLockName}
+			if c.consumerLockName == "" {
+				lockName = []string{"athena_lock"}
+			}
 			err := backend.RunWhileLocked(ctx, backend.RunWhileLockedConfig{
 				LockConfiguration: backend.LockConfiguration{
 					Backend:            c.backend,
-					LockNameComponents: []string{"athena_lock"},
+					LockNameComponents: lockName,
 					// TTL is higher then batchMaxInterval because we want to optimize
 					// for low backend writes.
 					TTL: 5 * c.batchMaxInterval,
diff --git a/lib/service/service_test.go b/lib/service/service_test.go
index 9162d5b46c686..a735e325d1e9a 100644
--- a/lib/service/service_test.go
+++ b/lib/service/service_test.go
@@ -530,6 +530,16 @@ func TestAthenaAuditLogSetup(t *testing.T) {
 				require.True(t, ok, "invalid logger type, got %T", v)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:          "valid athena config with disabled consumer",
+			uris:          []string{sampleAthenaURI + "&consumerDisabled=true"},
+			externalAudit: externalAuditStorageDisabled,
+			wantFn: func(t *testing.T, alog events.AuditLogger) {
+				v, ok := alog.(*athena.Log)
+				require.True(t, ok, "invalid logger type, got %T", v)
+				require.True(t, v.IsConsumerDisabled(), "consumer is not disabled")
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:          "config with rate limit - should use events.SearchEventsLimiter",
 			uris:          []string{sampleAthenaURI + "&limiterRefillAmount=3&limiterBurst=2"},