diff --git a/python/python/lancedb/__init__.py b/python/python/lancedb/__init__.py
index 798e7d11..10b681c4 100644
--- a/python/python/lancedb/__init__.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def connect(
     host_override: Optional[str] = None,
     read_consistency_interval: Optional[timedelta] = None,
     request_thread_pool: Optional[Union[int, ThreadPoolExecutor]] = None,
+    storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     **kwargs,
 ) -> DBConnection:
     """Connect to a LanceDB database.
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ def connect(
         executor will be used for making requests. This is for LanceDB Cloud
         only and is only used when making batch requests (i.e., passing in
         multiple queries to the search method at once).
+    storage_options: dict, optional
+        Additional options for the storage backend. See available options at
+        https://lancedb.github.io/lancedb/guides/storage/
 
     Examples
     --------
@@ -105,12 +109,16 @@ def connect(
             region,
             host_override,
             request_thread_pool=request_thread_pool,
+            storage_options=storage_options,
             **kwargs,
         )
 
     if kwargs:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown keyword arguments: {kwargs}")
-    return LanceDBConnection(uri, read_consistency_interval=read_consistency_interval)
+    return LanceDBConnection(
+        uri,
+        read_consistency_interval=read_consistency_interval,
+    )
 
 
 async def connect_async(
diff --git a/python/python/lancedb/remote/client.py b/python/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
index 4975e39d..c6554a9d 100644
--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def _read_ipc(resp: requests.Response) -> pa.Table:
 @attrs.define(slots=False)
 class RestfulLanceDBClient:
     db_name: str
+    db_prefix: str | None
     region: str
     api_key: Credential
     host_override: Optional[str] = attrs.field(default=None)
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ class RestfulLanceDBClient:
 
     connection_timeout: float = attrs.field(default=120.0, kw_only=True)
     read_timeout: float = attrs.field(default=300.0, kw_only=True)
+    storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = attrs.field(default=None, kw_only=True)
 
     @functools.cached_property
     def session(self) -> requests.Session:
@@ -92,6 +94,18 @@ class RestfulLanceDBClient:
             headers["Host"] = f"{self.db_name}.{self.region}.api.lancedb.com"
         if self.host_override:
             headers["x-lancedb-database"] = self.db_name
+        if self.storage_options:
+            if self.storage_options.get("account_name") is not None:
+                headers["x-azure-storage-account-name"] = self.storage_options[
+                    "account_name"
+                ]
+            if self.storage_options.get("azure_storage_account_name") is not None:
+                headers["x-azure-storage-account-name"] = self.storage_options[
+                    "azure_storage_account_name"
+                ]
+        if self.db_prefix:
+            headers["x-lancedb-database-prefix"] = self.db_prefix
+
         return headers
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py b/python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
index 66e01360..89a88654 100644
--- a/python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import inspect
 import logging
 import uuid
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
-from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from cachetools import TTLCache
@@ -44,20 +44,25 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
         request_thread_pool: Optional[ThreadPoolExecutor] = None,
         connection_timeout: float = 120.0,
         read_timeout: float = 300.0,
+        storage_options: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
     ):
         """Connect to a remote LanceDB database."""
         parsed = urlparse(db_url)
         if parsed.scheme != "db":
             raise ValueError(f"Invalid scheme: {parsed.scheme}, only accepts db://")
         self.db_name = parsed.netloc
+        prefix = parsed.path.lstrip("/")
+        self.db_prefix = None if not prefix else prefix
         self.api_key = api_key
         self._client = RestfulLanceDBClient(
             self.db_name,
+            self.db_prefix,
             region,
             api_key,
             host_override,
             connection_timeout=connection_timeout,
             read_timeout=read_timeout,
+            storage_options=storage_options,
         )
         self._request_thread_pool = request_thread_pool
         self._table_cache = TTLCache(maxsize=10000, ttl=300)