diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarClusterMetadataSetup.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarClusterMetadataSetup.java
index c818dee124a88..96ea8877c5b61 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarClusterMetadataSetup.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarClusterMetadataSetup.java
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ private static class Arguments {
                 hidden = false)
         private String configurationMetadataStore;
 
+        @Option(names = {"-mscp",
+                "--metadata-store-config-path"}, description = "Metadata Store config path", hidden = false)
+        private String metadataStoreConfigPath;
+
+        @Option(names = {"-cmscp",
+                "--configuration-metadata-store-config-path"}, description = "Configuration Metadata Store config path",
+                hidden = false)
+        private String configurationStoreConfigPath;
+
         @Option(names = {
                 "--initial-num-stream-storage-containers"
         }, description = "Num storage containers of BookKeeper stream storage")
@@ -283,9 +292,11 @@ private static void initializeCluster(Arguments arguments, int bundleNumberForDe
         log.info("Setting up cluster {} with metadata-store={} configuration-metadata-store={}", arguments.cluster,
                 arguments.metadataStoreUrl, arguments.configurationMetadataStore);
 
-        MetadataStoreExtended localStore =
-                initLocalMetadataStore(arguments.metadataStoreUrl, arguments.zkSessionTimeoutMillis);
+        MetadataStoreExtended localStore = initLocalMetadataStore(arguments.metadataStoreUrl,
+                arguments.metadataStoreConfigPath,
+                arguments.zkSessionTimeoutMillis);
         MetadataStoreExtended configStore = initConfigMetadataStore(arguments.configurationMetadataStore,
+                arguments.configurationStoreConfigPath,
                 arguments.zkSessionTimeoutMillis);
 
         final String metadataStoreUrlNoIdentifer = MetadataStoreFactoryImpl
@@ -464,9 +475,17 @@ static void createPartitionedTopic(MetadataStore configStore, TopicName topicNam
         }
     }
 
-    public static MetadataStoreExtended initLocalMetadataStore(String connection, int sessionTimeout) throws Exception {
+    public static MetadataStoreExtended initLocalMetadataStore(String connection,
+                                                               int sessionTimeout) throws Exception {
+        return initLocalMetadataStore(connection, null, sessionTimeout);
+    }
+
+    public static MetadataStoreExtended initLocalMetadataStore(String connection,
+                                                               String configPath,
+                                                               int sessionTimeout) throws Exception {
         MetadataStoreExtended store = MetadataStoreExtended.create(connection, MetadataStoreConfig.builder()
                 .sessionTimeoutMillis(sessionTimeout)
+                .configFilePath(configPath)
                 .metadataStoreName(MetadataStoreConfig.METADATA_STORE)
                 .build());
         if (store instanceof MetadataStoreLifecycle) {
@@ -475,10 +494,19 @@ public static MetadataStoreExtended initLocalMetadataStore(String connection, in
         return store;
     }
 
-    public static MetadataStoreExtended initConfigMetadataStore(String connection, int sessionTimeout)
+    public static MetadataStoreExtended initConfigMetadataStore(String connection,
+                                                                int sessionTimeout)
+            throws Exception {
+        return initConfigMetadataStore(connection, null, sessionTimeout);
+    }
+
+    public static MetadataStoreExtended initConfigMetadataStore(String connection,
+                                                                String configPath,
+                                                                int sessionTimeout)
             throws Exception {
         MetadataStoreExtended store = MetadataStoreExtended.create(connection, MetadataStoreConfig.builder()
                 .sessionTimeoutMillis(sessionTimeout)
+                .configFilePath(configPath)
                 .metadataStoreName(MetadataStoreConfig.CONFIGURATION_METADATA_STORE)
                 .build());
         if (store instanceof MetadataStoreLifecycle) {
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarInitialNamespaceSetup.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarInitialNamespaceSetup.java
index 891aa1aa42120..912f43958f469 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarInitialNamespaceSetup.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarInitialNamespaceSetup.java
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ private static class Arguments {
                 "--configuration-store" }, description = "Configuration Store connection string", required = true)
         private String configurationStore;
 
+        @Option(names = {"-cmscp",
+                "--configuration-metadata-store-config-path"}, description = "Configuration Metadata Store config path",
+                hidden = false)
+        private String configurationStoreConfigPath;
+
         @Option(names = {
                 "--zookeeper-session-timeout-ms"
         }, description = "Local zookeeper session timeout ms")
@@ -85,8 +90,10 @@ public static int doMain(String[] args) throws Exception {
             return 1;
         }
 
-        try (MetadataStore configStore = PulsarClusterMetadataSetup
-                .initConfigMetadataStore(arguments.configurationStore, arguments.zkSessionTimeoutMillis)) {
+        try (MetadataStore configStore = PulsarClusterMetadataSetup.initConfigMetadataStore(
+                arguments.configurationStore,
+                arguments.configurationStoreConfigPath,
+                arguments.zkSessionTimeoutMillis)) {
             PulsarResources pulsarResources = new PulsarResources(null, configStore);
             for (String namespace : arguments.namespaces) {
                 NamespaceName namespaceName = null;
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarTransactionCoordinatorMetadataSetup.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarTransactionCoordinatorMetadataSetup.java
index 57b67b011913f..06b68decf36f0 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarTransactionCoordinatorMetadataSetup.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/PulsarTransactionCoordinatorMetadataSetup.java
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ private static class Arguments {
                 "--configuration-store" }, description = "Configuration Store connection string", required = true)
         private String configurationStore;
 
+        @Option(names = {"-cmscp",
+                "--configuration-metadata-store-config-path"}, description = "Configuration Metadata Store config path",
+                hidden = false)
+        private String configurationStoreConfigPath;
+
         @Option(names = {
                 "--zookeeper-session-timeout-ms"
         }, description = "Local zookeeper session timeout ms")
@@ -92,8 +97,10 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
             System.exit(1);
         }
 
-        try (MetadataStoreExtended configStore = PulsarClusterMetadataSetup
-                .initConfigMetadataStore(arguments.configurationStore, arguments.zkSessionTimeoutMillis)) {
+        try (MetadataStoreExtended configStore = PulsarClusterMetadataSetup.initConfigMetadataStore(
+                arguments.configurationStore,
+                arguments.configurationStoreConfigPath,
+                arguments.zkSessionTimeoutMillis)) {
             PulsarResources pulsarResources = new PulsarResources(null, configStore);
             // Create system tenant
             PulsarClusterMetadataSetup
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/zookeeper/ClusterMetadataSetupTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/zookeeper/ClusterMetadataSetupTest.java
index 4267c7564fa6f..0c402a83e4227 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/zookeeper/ClusterMetadataSetupTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/zookeeper/ClusterMetadataSetupTest.java
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ public void testReSetupClusterMetadata() throws Exception {
             "--cluster", "testReSetupClusterMetadata-cluster",
             "--zookeeper", "127.0.0.1:" + localZkS.getZookeeperPort(),
             "--configuration-store", "127.0.0.1:" + localZkS.getZookeeperPort(),
+            "--configuration-metadata-store-config-path", "src/test/resources/conf/zk_client_enable_sasl.conf",
             "--web-service-url", "http://127.0.0.1:8080",
             "--web-service-url-tls", "https://127.0.0.1:8443",
             "--broker-service-url", "pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650",
-            "--broker-service-url-tls","pulsar+ssl://127.0.0.1:6651"
+            "--broker-service-url-tls", "pulsar+ssl://127.0.0.1:6651"
         };
         PulsarClusterMetadataSetup.main(args);
         SortedMap<String, String> data1 = localZkS.dumpData();
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/resources/conf/zk_client_enable_sasl.conf b/pulsar-broker/src/test/resources/conf/zk_client_enable_sasl.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c59e093450d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/resources/conf/zk_client_enable_sasl.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+zookeeper.sasl.client=true