diff --git a/.changeset/seven-plums-return.md b/.changeset/seven-plums-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71016577b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/seven-plums-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common': patch
+---
+
+Clusters configured with the `aws` authentication strategy can now customize the
+`x-k8s-aws-id` header value used to generate tokens. This value can be specified
+specified via the `kubernetes.io/x-k8s-aws-id` parameter (in
+`metadata.annotations` for clusters in the catalog, or the `authMetadata` block
+on clusters in the app-config). This is particularly helpful when a Backstage
+instance contains multiple AWS clusters with the same name in different regions
+-- using this new parameter, the clusters can be given different logical names
+to distinguish them but still use the same ID for the purposes of generating
+tokens.
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/AwsIamStrategy.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/AwsIamStrategy.test.ts
index 9959e1960f..e6e69cc05d 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/AwsIamStrategy.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/AwsIamStrategy.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE,
+  ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_CLUSTER_ID,
   ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_EXTERNAL_ID,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import { AwsIamStrategy } from './AwsIamStrategy';
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ jest.mock('@aws-sdk/credential-providers', () => ({
 describe('AwsIamStrategy#getCredential', () => {
   const config = new ConfigReader({});
 
-  it('returns a presigned url for cluster name', async () => {
+  it('returns a presigned url', async () => {
     const strategy = new AwsIamStrategy({ config });
 
     const credential = await strategy.getCredential({
@@ -77,7 +78,30 @@ describe('AwsIamStrategy#getCredential', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('returns a signed url for AWS credentials with assume role', async () => {
+  it('returns a presigned url for specified cluster ID', async () => {
+    const strategy = new AwsIamStrategy({ config });
+
+    const credential = await strategy.getCredential({
+      name: 'cluster-name',
+      url: '',
+      authMetadata: {
+        [ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_CLUSTER_ID]: 'other-name',
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(credential).toEqual({
+      type: 'bearer token',
+      token: 'k8s-aws-v1.aHR0cHM6Ly9odHRwczovL2V4YW1wbGUuY29tL2FzZGY_',
+    });
+    expect(signer.presign).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        headers: expect.objectContaining({ 'x-k8s-aws-id': 'other-name' }),
+      }),
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('returns a presigned url for AWS credentials with assumed role', async () => {
     const strategy = new AwsIamStrategy({ config });
 
     const credential = await strategy.getCredential({
@@ -106,7 +130,7 @@ describe('AwsIamStrategy#getCredential', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('returns a signed url for AWS credentials and passes the external id', async () => {
+  it('returns a presigned url for AWS credentials and passes the external id', async () => {
     const strategy = new AwsIamStrategy({ config });
 
     const credential = await strategy.getCredential({
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/AwsIamStrategy.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/AwsIamStrategy.ts
index 942b93615f..4c56f86a30 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/AwsIamStrategy.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/AwsIamStrategy.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE,
+  ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_CLUSTER_ID,
   ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_EXTERNAL_ID,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-common';
 import {
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ export class AwsIamStrategy implements AuthenticationStrategy {
     return {
       type: 'bearer token',
       token: await this.getBearerToken(
-        clusterDetails.name,
+        clusterDetails.authMetadata[ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_CLUSTER_ID] ??
+          clusterDetails.name,
         clusterDetails.authMetadata[ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE],
         clusterDetails.authMetadata[ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_EXTERNAL_ID],
       ),
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export class AwsIamStrategy implements AuthenticationStrategy {
   }
 
   private async getBearerToken(
-    clusterName: string,
+    clusterId: string,
     assumeRole?: string,
     externalId?: string,
   ): Promise<string> {
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ export class AwsIamStrategy implements AuthenticationStrategy {
       {
         headers: {
           host: `sts.${region}.amazonaws.com`,
-          'x-k8s-aws-id': clusterName,
+          'x-k8s-aws-id': clusterId,
         },
         hostname: `sts.${region}.amazonaws.com`,
         method: 'GET',
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-common/api-report.md b/plugins/kubernetes-common/api-report.md
index abd340f368..e4dbf79f4a 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-common/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-common/api-report.md
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AUTH_PROVIDER =
 export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE =
   'kubernetes.io/aws-assume-role';
 
+// @public
+export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_CLUSTER_ID =
+  'kubernetes.io/x-k8s-aws-id';
+
 // @public
 export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_EXTERNAL_ID =
   'kubernetes.io/aws-external-id';
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/catalog-entity-constants.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/catalog-entity-constants.ts
index e7e5cddc25..996faf670d 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/catalog-entity-constants.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-common/src/catalog-entity-constants.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_DASHBOARD_APP =
  */
 export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_DASHBOARD_PARAMETERS =
   'kubernetes.io/dashboard-parameters';
+
 /**
  * Annotation for specifying the assume role use to authenticate with AWS.
  *
@@ -92,6 +93,14 @@ export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_DASHBOARD_PARAMETERS =
 export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE =
   'kubernetes.io/aws-assume-role';
 
+/**
+ * Annotation for specifying the AWS ID of a cluster when signing STS tokens
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export const ANNOTATION_KUBERNETES_AWS_CLUSTER_ID =
+  'kubernetes.io/x-k8s-aws-id';
+
 /**
  * Annotation for specifying an external id when communicating with AWS
  *