diff --git a/embeddings/embedding.go b/embeddings/embedding.go
index 96f8c171f..c3d7198d7 100644
--- a/embeddings/embedding.go
+++ b/embeddings/embedding.go
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ type EmbedderClient interface {
 	CreateEmbedding(ctx context.Context, texts []string) ([][]float32, error)
 }
 
+// EmbedderClientFunc is an adapter to allow the use of ordinary functions as Embedder Clients. If
+// `f` is a function with the appropriate signature, `EmbedderClientFunc(f)` is an `EmbedderClient`
+// that calls `f`.
+type EmbedderClientFunc func(ctx context.Context, texts []string) ([][]float32, error)
+
+func (e EmbedderClientFunc) CreateEmbedding(ctx context.Context, texts []string) ([][]float32, error) {
+	return e(ctx, texts)
+}
+
 type EmbedderImpl struct {
 	client EmbedderClient
 
diff --git a/vectorstores/weaviate/weaviate.go b/vectorstores/weaviate/weaviate.go
index 6d6849975..55790deca 100644
--- a/vectorstores/weaviate/weaviate.go
+++ b/vectorstores/weaviate/weaviate.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (s Store) AddDocuments(ctx context.Context,
 		texts = append(texts, doc.PageContent)
 	}
 
-	vectors, err := s.embedder.EmbedDocuments(ctx, texts)
+	vectors, err := opts.Embedder.EmbedDocuments(ctx, texts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (s Store) SimilaritySearch(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	vector, err := s.embedder.EmbedQuery(ctx, query)
+	vector, err := opts.Embedder.EmbedQuery(ctx, query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -300,7 +300,11 @@ func (s Store) getFilters(opts vectorstores.Options) any {
 }
 
 func (s Store) getOptions(options ...vectorstores.Option) vectorstores.Options {
-	opts := vectorstores.Options{}
+	// use the embedder from the store by default, this can be overwritten by passing
+	// an `vectorstores.WithEmbedder` option.
+	opts := vectorstores.Options{
+		Embedder: s.embedder,
+	}
 	for _, opt := range options {
 		opt(&opts)
 	}
diff --git a/vectorstores/weaviate/weaviate_test.go b/vectorstores/weaviate/weaviate_test.go
index ef158dbf7..8505a4ecf 100644
--- a/vectorstores/weaviate/weaviate_test.go
+++ b/vectorstores/weaviate/weaviate_test.go
@@ -718,3 +718,58 @@ func TestWeaviateStoreAdditionalFieldsAdded(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotEmpty(t, additional["certainty"], "expected the certainty to be present")
 	require.NotEmpty(t, additional["distance"], "expected the distance to be present")
 }
+
+// TestWeaviateWithOptionEmbedder ensures that the embedder provided as an option to either
+// `AddDocuments` or `SimilaritySearch` takes precedence over the one provided when creating
+// the `Store`.
+func TestWeaviateWithOptionEmbedder(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	scheme, host := getValues(t)
+
+	llm, err := openai.New()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	notme, err := embeddings.NewEmbedder(
+		embeddings.EmbedderClientFunc(func(context.Context, []string) ([][]float32, error) {
+			require.FailNow(t, "wrong embedder was called")
+			return nil, nil
+		}),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	butme, err := embeddings.NewEmbedder(
+		embeddings.EmbedderClientFunc(func(ctx context.Context, texts []string) ([][]float32, error) {
+			return llm.CreateEmbedding(ctx, texts)
+		}),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	store, err := New(
+		WithScheme(scheme),
+		WithHost(host),
+		WithEmbedder(notme),
+		WithNameSpace(uuid.New().String()),
+		WithIndexName(randomizedCamelCaseClass()),
+		WithQueryAttrs([]string{"location"}),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = createTestClass(context.Background(), store)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = store.AddDocuments(context.Background(), []schema.Document{
+		{PageContent: "tokyo", Metadata: map[string]any{
+			"country": "japan",
+		}},
+		{PageContent: "potato"},
+	}, vectorstores.WithEmbedder(butme))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	docs, err := store.SimilaritySearch(context.Background(), "japan", 1,
+		vectorstores.WithEmbedder(butme))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, docs, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "tokyo", docs[0].PageContent)
+	require.Equal(t, "japan", docs[0].Metadata["country"])
+}