diff --git a/superset-websocket/src/config.ts b/superset-websocket/src/config.ts
index 5d2642b4e9ac6..7d0fac323e975 100644
--- a/superset-websocket/src/config.ts
+++ b/superset-websocket/src/config.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type ConfigType = {
   redisStreamReadBlockMs: number;
   jwtSecret: string;
   jwtCookieName: string;
+  jwtChannelIdKey: string;
   socketResponseTimeoutMs: number;
   pingSocketsIntervalMs: number;
   gcChannelsIntervalMs: number;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ function defaultConfig(): ConfigType {
     redisStreamReadBlockMs: 5000,
     jwtSecret: '',
     jwtCookieName: 'async-token',
+    jwtChannelIdKey: 'channel',
     socketResponseTimeoutMs: 60 * 1000,
     pingSocketsIntervalMs: 20 * 1000,
     gcChannelsIntervalMs: 120 * 1000,
diff --git a/superset-websocket/src/index.ts b/superset-websocket/src/index.ts
index ecb20a4458c09..782275e5ca53a 100644
--- a/superset-websocket/src/index.ts
+++ b/superset-websocket/src/index.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ interface EventValue {
   result_url?: string;
 }
 interface JwtPayload {
-  channel: string;
+  [key: string]: string;
 }
 interface FetchRangeFromStreamParams {
   sessionId: string;
@@ -253,14 +253,20 @@ export const processStreamResults = (results: StreamResult[]): void => {
 
 /**
  * Verify and parse a JWT cookie from an HTTP request.
- * Returns the JWT payload or throws an error on invalid token.
+ * Returns the channelId from the JWT payload found in the cookie
+ * configured via 'jwtCookieName' in the config.
  */
-const getJwtPayload = (request: http.IncomingMessage): JwtPayload => {
+const readChannelId = (request: http.IncomingMessage): string => {
   const cookies = cookie.parse(request.headers.cookie || '');
   const token = cookies[opts.jwtCookieName];
 
   if (!token) throw new Error('JWT not present');
-  return jwt.verify(token, opts.jwtSecret) as JwtPayload;
+  const jwtPayload = jwt.verify(token, opts.jwtSecret) as JwtPayload;
+  const channelId = jwtPayload[opts.jwtChannelIdKey];
+
+  if (!channelId) throw new Error('Channel ID not present in JWT');
+
+  return channelId;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -286,8 +292,7 @@ export const incrementId = (id: string): string => {
  * WebSocket `connection` event handler, called via wss
  */
 export const wsConnection = (ws: WebSocket, request: http.IncomingMessage) => {
-  const jwtPayload: JwtPayload = getJwtPayload(request);
-  const channel: string = jwtPayload.channel;
+  const channel: string = readChannelId(request);
   const socketInstance: SocketInstance = { ws, channel, pongTs: Date.now() };
 
   // add this ws instance to the internal registry
@@ -351,8 +356,7 @@ export const httpUpgrade = (
   head: Buffer,
 ) => {
   try {
-    const jwtPayload: JwtPayload = getJwtPayload(request);
-    if (!jwtPayload.channel) throw new Error('Channel ID not present');
+    readChannelId(request);
   } catch (err) {
     // JWT invalid, do not establish a WebSocket connection
     logger.error(err);