diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/DaprPolyglotOptions.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/DaprPolyglotOptions.cs
index a759a1c50..202fe8bcd 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/DaprPolyglotOptions.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/DaprPolyglotOptions.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ internal sealed record DaprSidecarExportOptions
     public string? RuntimePath { get; init; }
     public string? SchedulerHostAddress { get; init; }
     public string? UnixDomainSocket { get; init; }
+    public string? SidecarName { get; init; }
 
     public DaprSidecarOptions ToDaprSidecarOptions()
     {
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ public DaprSidecarOptions ToDaprSidecarOptions()
             RunFile = RunFile,
             RuntimePath = RuntimePath,
             SchedulerHostAddress = SchedulerHostAddress,
-            UnixDomainSocket = UnixDomainSocket
+            UnixDomainSocket = UnixDomainSocket,
+            SidecarName = SidecarName
         };
 #pragma warning restore CS0618
     }
diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/DaprSidecarOptions.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/DaprSidecarOptions.cs
index 3ef4bca3d..95116c150 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/DaprSidecarOptions.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/DaprSidecarOptions.cs
@@ -241,4 +241,12 @@ public string? DaprReadBufferSize
     /// If specified, the Dapr sidecar will use Unix Domain Sockets for API calls.
     /// </remarks>
     public string? UnixDomainSocket { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the name of the Dapr sidecar resource as it appears in the Aspire dashboard.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// When null or whitespace, the default name <c>{resourceName}-dapr</c> is used.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public string? SidecarName { get; init; }
 }
diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/IDistributedApplicationComponentBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/IDistributedApplicationComponentBuilderExtensions.cs
index 423775c63..89b237e56 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/IDistributedApplicationComponentBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr/IDistributedApplicationComponentBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ public static IResourceBuilder<T> WithDaprSidecar<T>(this IResourceBuilder<T> bu
     [AspireExportIgnore(Reason = "Use the exported DTO-based overload instead to avoid ambiguous polyglot wrapper generation.")]
     public static IResourceBuilder<T> WithDaprSidecar<T>(this IResourceBuilder<T> builder, DaprSidecarOptions? options = null) where T : IResource
     {
-        return builder.WithDaprSidecar(
+        var sidecarName = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options?.SidecarName) ? options.SidecarName : null;
+
+        return builder.WithDaprSidecarCore(
+            sidecarName,
             sidecarBuilder =>
             {
                 if (options is not null)
@@ -61,11 +64,18 @@ internal static IResourceBuilder<T> WithDaprSidecarExport<T>(this IResourceBuild
     /// <returns>The resource builder instance.</returns>
     [AspireExport("configureDaprSidecar", MethodName = "configureDaprSidecar", Description = "Adds a Dapr sidecar to the resource and exposes it for callback configuration")]
     public static IResourceBuilder<T> WithDaprSidecar<T>(this IResourceBuilder<T> builder, Action<IResourceBuilder<IDaprSidecarResource>> configureSidecar) where T : IResource
+    {
+        return builder.WithDaprSidecarCore(null, configureSidecar);
+    }
+
+    private static IResourceBuilder<T> WithDaprSidecarCore<T>(this IResourceBuilder<T> builder, string? sidecarName, Action<IResourceBuilder<IDaprSidecarResource>> configureSidecar) where T : IResource
     {
         // Add Dapr is idempotent, so we can call it multiple times.
         builder.ApplicationBuilder.AddDapr();
 
-        var sidecarBuilder = builder.ApplicationBuilder.AddResource(new DaprSidecarResource($"{builder.Resource.Name}-dapr"))
+        var name = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sidecarName) ? sidecarName : $"{builder.Resource.Name}-dapr";
+
+        var sidecarBuilder = builder.ApplicationBuilder.AddResource(new DaprSidecarResource(name))
                                                        .WithInitialState(new()
                                                        {
                                                            Properties = [],
diff --git a/tests/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr.Tests/WithDaprSidecarTests.cs b/tests/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr.Tests/WithDaprSidecarTests.cs
index 5d3b39a59..a433644a4 100644
--- a/tests/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr.Tests/WithDaprSidecarTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Dapr.Tests/WithDaprSidecarTests.cs
@@ -154,6 +154,63 @@ public void ResourceWithWaitAnnotationAndDaprSidecar_SetsUpCorrectDependencies()
         Assert.Equal(sidecarResource, sidecarAnnotation.Sidecar);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void SidecarNameCanBeSetViaOptions()
+    {
+        var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder();
+
+        builder.AddProject<Projects.CommunityToolkit_Aspire_Hosting_Dapr_ServiceA>("test")
+            .WithDaprSidecar(new DaprSidecarOptions { SidecarName = "my-custom-sidecar" });
+
+        var resource = Assert.Single(builder.Resources.OfType<DaprSidecarResource>());
+        Assert.Equal("my-custom-sidecar", resource.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SidecarNameDefaultsToResourceNameWhenNotSet()
+    {
+        var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder();
+
+        builder.AddProject<Projects.CommunityToolkit_Aspire_Hosting_Dapr_ServiceA>("test")
+            .WithDaprSidecar();
+
+        var resource = Assert.Single(builder.Resources.OfType<DaprSidecarResource>());
+        Assert.Equal("test-dapr", resource.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SidecarNameDefaultsToResourceNameWhenSetToWhitespace()
+    {
+        var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder();
+
+        builder.AddProject<Projects.CommunityToolkit_Aspire_Hosting_Dapr_ServiceA>("test")
+            .WithDaprSidecar(new DaprSidecarOptions { SidecarName = "   " });
+
+        var resource = Assert.Single(builder.Resources.OfType<DaprSidecarResource>());
+        Assert.Equal("test-dapr", resource.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SidecarNameCanBeSetWithAppId()
+    {
+        var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder();
+
+        builder.AddProject<Projects.CommunityToolkit_Aspire_Hosting_Dapr_ServiceA>("my-service")
+            .WithDaprSidecar(new DaprSidecarOptions
+            {
+                SidecarName = "my-custom-sidecar",
+                AppId = "my-service"
+            });
+
+        var resource = Assert.Single(builder.Resources.OfType<DaprSidecarResource>());
+        Assert.Equal("my-custom-sidecar", resource.Name);
+
+        var annotation = Assert.Single(resource.Annotations.OfType<DaprSidecarOptionsAnnotation>());
+        Assert.Equal("my-service", annotation.Options.AppId);
+        Assert.Equal("my-custom-sidecar", annotation.Options.SidecarName);
+    }
+
+
     [Fact] 
     public void ResourceWithMultipleWaitAnnotationsAndDaprSidecar_HasAllWaitDependencies()
     {