diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db497019e..52f8ee2d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Alerting
 
-- 
+- [FEATURE] Telegram: allow configuring a custom Bot API base URL for local or proxied Telegram API servers.
 
 ## Scope Glossary
 
@@ -43,4 +43,3 @@ Scopes must have an order to ensure consistency and ease of search, this helps u
 3. `[BUGFIX]`
 4. `[ENHANCEMENT]`
 5. `[ADMIN]`
-
diff --git a/receivers/telegram/v1/api_url_test.go b/receivers/telegram/v1/api_url_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c117bf55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receivers/telegram/v1/api_url_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"mime/multipart"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	receiversTesting "github.com/grafana/alerting/receivers/testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewConfigAPIURL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("accepts and normalizes an absolute API URL", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cfg, err := NewConfig(
+			json.RawMessage(`{"bottoken":"test-token","chatid":"12345678","api_url":"http://localhost:8081/telegram/"}`),
+			receiversTesting.DecryptForTesting(nil),
+		)
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, "http://localhost:8081/telegram", cfg.APIURL)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rejects a relative API URL", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := NewConfig(
+			json.RawMessage(`{"bottoken":"test-token","chatid":"12345678","api_url":"telegram.local"}`),
+			receiversTesting.DecryptForTesting(nil),
+		)
+
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "invalid Telegram API URL")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rejects a non-HTTP API URL", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := NewConfig(
+			json.RawMessage(`{"bottoken":"test-token","chatid":"12345678","api_url":"ftp://telegram.local"}`),
+			receiversTesting.DecryptForTesting(nil),
+		)
+
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "invalid Telegram API URL")
+	})
+}
+
+func TestNewWebhookSyncCmdAPIURL(t *testing.T) {
+	noop := func(*multipart.Writer) error { return nil }
+
+	t.Run("uses the configured API URL", func(t *testing.T) {
+		n := &Notifier{settings: Config{
+			APIURL:   "http://localhost:8081/telegram",
+			BotToken: "test-token",
+			ChatID:   "12345678",
+		}}
+
+		cmd, err := n.newWebhookSyncCmd("sendMessage", noop)
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, "http://localhost:8081/telegram/bottest-token/sendMessage", cmd.URL)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("keeps the default integration-test override when API URL is unset", func(t *testing.T) {
+		previousAPIURL := APIURL
+		APIURL = "http://telegram.test/bot%s/%s"
+		t.Cleanup(func() { APIURL = previousAPIURL })
+
+		n := &Notifier{settings: Config{
+			BotToken: "test-token",
+			ChatID:   "12345678",
+		}}
+
+		cmd, err := n.newWebhookSyncCmd("sendPhoto", noop)
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, "http://telegram.test/bottest-token/sendPhoto", cmd.URL)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/receivers/telegram/v1/config.go b/receivers/telegram/v1/config.go
index ec9d2028c..620e30486 100644
--- a/receivers/telegram/v1/config.go
+++ b/receivers/telegram/v1/config.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const DefaultTelegramParseMode = "HTML"
 var SupportedParseMode = map[string]string{"Markdown": "Markdown", "MarkdownV2": "MarkdownV2", DefaultTelegramParseMode: "HTML", "None": ""}
 
 type Config struct {
+	APIURL                string `json:"api_url,omitempty" yaml:"api_url,omitempty"`
 	BotToken              string `json:"bottoken,omitempty" yaml:"bottoken,omitempty"`
 	ChatID                string `json:"chatid,omitempty" yaml:"chatid,omitempty"`
 	MessageThreadID       string `json:"message_thread_id,omitempty" yaml:"message_thread_id,omitempty"`
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 func NewConfig(jsonData json.RawMessage, decryptFn receivers.DecryptFunc) (Config, error) {
 	raw := struct {
+		APIURL                string                   `json:"api_url,omitempty" yaml:"api_url,omitempty"`
 		BotToken              string                   `json:"bottoken,omitempty" yaml:"bottoken,omitempty"`
 		ChatID                receivers.OptionalNumber `json:"chatid,omitempty" yaml:"chatid,omitempty"`
 		MessageThreadID       receivers.OptionalNumber `json:"message_thread_id,omitempty" yaml:"message_thread_id,omitempty"`
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ func NewConfig(jsonData json.RawMessage, decryptFn receivers.DecryptFunc) (Confi
 	}
 
 	settings := Config{
+		APIURL:                raw.APIURL,
 		Message:               raw.Message,
 		ParseMode:             raw.ParseMode,
 		DisableWebPagePreview: raw.DisableWebPagePreview,
@@ -64,6 +68,14 @@ func NewConfig(jsonData json.RawMessage, decryptFn receivers.DecryptFunc) (Confi
 		return settings, errors.New("could not find Chat Id in settings")
 	}
 
+	if settings.APIURL != "" {
+		u, err := url.Parse(settings.APIURL)
+		if err != nil || (u.Scheme != "http" && u.Scheme != "https") || u.Host == "" || u.RawQuery != "" || u.Fragment != "" {
+			return settings, fmt.Errorf("invalid Telegram API URL %q", settings.APIURL)
+		}
+		settings.APIURL = strings.TrimRight(u.String(), "/")
+	}
+
 	if settings.Message == "" {
 		settings.Message = templates.DefaultMessageEmbed
 	}
@@ -117,6 +129,15 @@ var Schema = schema.NewIntegrationSchemaVersion(schema.IntegrationSchemaVersion{
 	Version:   Version,
 	CanCreate: true,
 	Options: []schema.Field{
+		{
+			Label:        "API URL",
+			Element:      schema.ElementTypeInput,
+			InputType:    schema.InputTypeText,
+			Placeholder:  "https://api.telegram.org",
+			Description:  "Telegram Bot API base URL. Leave empty to use the default Telegram API.",
+			PropertyName: "api_url",
+			Protected:    true,
+		},
 		{
 			Label:        "BOT API Token",
 			Element:      schema.ElementTypeInput,
diff --git a/receivers/telegram/v1/config_test.go b/receivers/telegram/v1/config_test.go
index 77db21c33..ae971eaa9 100644
--- a/receivers/telegram/v1/config_test.go
+++ b/receivers/telegram/v1/config_test.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "Extracts all fields",
 			settings: FullValidConfigForTesting,
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                "http://localhost:8081/telegram",
 				BotToken:              "test-token",
 				ChatID:                "12345678",
 				Message:               "test-message",
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ func TestNewConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			settings:       FullValidConfigForTesting,
 			secureSettings: receiversTesting.ReadSecretsJSONForTesting(FullValidSecretsForTesting),
 			expectedConfig: Config{
+				APIURL:                "http://localhost:8081/telegram",
 				BotToken:              "test-secret-token",
 				ChatID:                "12345678",
 				Message:               "test-message",
diff --git a/receivers/telegram/v1/telegram.go b/receivers/telegram/v1/telegram.go
index 5709c8788..b535be29b 100644
--- a/receivers/telegram/v1/telegram.go
+++ b/receivers/telegram/v1/telegram.go
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"mime/multipart"
+	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/notify"
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/types"
 
-	"github.com/go-kit/log"
-
 	"github.com/grafana/alerting/images"
 	"github.com/grafana/alerting/receivers"
 	"github.com/grafana/alerting/templates"
@@ -173,8 +173,13 @@ func (tn *Notifier) newWebhookSyncCmd(action string, fn func(writer *multipart.W
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to close multipart: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	requestURL := fmt.Sprintf(APIURL, tn.settings.BotToken, action)
+	if tn.settings.APIURL != "" {
+		requestURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s/bot%s/%s", strings.TrimRight(tn.settings.APIURL, "/"), tn.settings.BotToken, action)
+	}
+
 	cmd := &receivers.SendWebhookSettings{
-		URL:        fmt.Sprintf(APIURL, tn.settings.BotToken, action),
+		URL:        requestURL,
 		Body:       b.String(),
 		HTTPMethod: "POST",
 		HTTPHeader: map[string]string{
diff --git a/receivers/telegram/v1/testing.go b/receivers/telegram/v1/testing.go
index b65c02ee6..7735737e7 100644
--- a/receivers/telegram/v1/testing.go
+++ b/receivers/telegram/v1/testing.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package v1
 
 // FullValidConfigForTesting is a string representation of a JSON object that contains all fields supported by the notifier Config. It can be used without secrets.
 const FullValidConfigForTesting = `{
+	"api_url" :"http://localhost:8081/telegram",
 	"bottoken" :"test-token",
 	"chatid" :"12345678",
 	"message" :"test-message",