diff --git a/drools-core/src/main/java/org/drools/core/RuleBaseConfiguration.java b/drools-core/src/main/java/org/drools/core/RuleBaseConfiguration.java
index e137bdb7b37..3d54c56cde4 100755
--- a/drools-core/src/main/java/org/drools/core/RuleBaseConfiguration.java
+++ b/drools-core/src/main/java/org/drools/core/RuleBaseConfiguration.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
  * drools.declarativeAgendaEnabled =  <true|false> 
  * drools.permgenThreshold = <1...n>
  * drools.jittingThreshold = <1...n>
+ * drools.alphaNodeOrdering = <count|custom|none> (custom is experimental)
  * </pre>
  */
 public class RuleBaseConfiguration
diff --git a/drools-core/src/main/java/org/drools/core/addon/AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy.java b/drools-core/src/main/java/org/drools/core/addon/AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy.java
index d749bcf8437..840f384e014 100644
--- a/drools-core/src/main/java/org/drools/core/addon/AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy.java
+++ b/drools-core/src/main/java/org/drools/core/addon/AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.drools.core.definitions.InternalKnowledgePackage;
 import org.drools.core.spi.AlphaNodeFieldConstraint;
 import org.drools.core.spi.ObjectType;
+import org.drools.core.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.kie.api.conf.AlphaNodeOrderingOption;
 
 /**
@@ -39,10 +40,17 @@ public interface AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy {
     static AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy createAlphaNodeOrderingStrategy(AlphaNodeOrderingOption option) {
         if (AlphaNodeOrderingOption.COUNT.equals(option)) {
             return new CountBasedOrderingStrategy();
+        } else if (AlphaNodeOrderingOption.CUSTOM.equals(option)) {
+            String customStrategyClassName = System.getProperty(AlphaNodeOrderingOption.CUSTOM_CLASS_PROPERTY_NAME);
+            if (customStrategyClassName == null || customStrategyClassName.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Configure system property " + AlphaNodeOrderingOption.CUSTOM_CLASS_PROPERTY_NAME + " with custom strategy implementation FQCN when you use AlphaNodeOrderingOption.CUSTOM");
+            } else {
+                return (AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy) ClassUtils.instantiateObject(customStrategyClassName);
+            }
         } else if (AlphaNodeOrderingOption.NONE.equals(option)) {
             return new NoopOrderingStrategy();
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("No implementation found for AlphaNodeOrderingOption [" + option + "]");
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/drools-model/drools-model-compiler/src/test/java/org/drools/modelcompiler/AlphaNodeOrderingTest.java b/drools-model/drools-model-compiler/src/test/java/org/drools/modelcompiler/AlphaNodeOrderingTest.java
index db493db4694..b9f1fbf1720 100644
--- a/drools-model/drools-model-compiler/src/test/java/org/drools/modelcompiler/AlphaNodeOrderingTest.java
+++ b/drools-model/drools-model-compiler/src/test/java/org/drools/modelcompiler/AlphaNodeOrderingTest.java
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.drools.core.addon.AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy;
+import org.drools.core.definitions.InternalKnowledgePackage;
 import org.drools.core.reteoo.AlphaNode;
 import org.drools.core.rule.constraint.MvelConstraint;
+import org.drools.core.spi.AlphaNodeFieldConstraint;
+import org.drools.core.spi.ObjectType;
 import org.drools.modelcompiler.domain.Address;
 import org.drools.modelcompiler.domain.FactASuper;
 import org.drools.modelcompiler.domain.FactBSub;
@@ -432,4 +438,70 @@ public void testExists() {
 
         assertEquals(2, ksession.fireAllRules());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCustomAlphaNodeOrdering() {
+
+        System.setProperty(AlphaNodeOrderingOption.CUSTOM_CLASS_PROPERTY_NAME, "org.drools.modelcompiler.AlphaNodeOrderingTest$MyCustomStrategy");
+
+        try {
+            String str =
+                    "import " + Person.class.getCanonicalName() + "\n" +
+                         "rule R1 when\n" +
+                         "  $p : Person(age != 0, age != 1, age != 2, age != 3)\n" +
+                         "then\n" +
+                         "end\n" +
+                         "rule R2 when\n" +
+                         "  $p : Person(age != 1, age != 2, age != 3)\n" +
+                         "then\n" +
+                         "end\n" +
+                         "rule R3 when\n" +
+                         "  $p : Person(age != 2, age != 3)\n" +
+                         "then\n" +
+                         "end\n" +
+                         "rule R4 when\n" +
+                         "  $p : Person(age != 3)\n" +
+                         "then\n" +
+                         "end\n";
+
+            KieModuleModel model = KieServices.get().newKieModuleModel();
+            model.newKieBaseModel("kb")
+                 .setDefault(true)
+                 .setAlphaNodeOrdering(AlphaNodeOrderingOption.CUSTOM)
+                 .newKieSessionModel("ks")
+                 .setDefault(true);
+
+            KieSession ksession = getKieSession(model, str);
+
+            List<AlphaNode> alphaNodes = ReteDumper.collectNodes(ksession)
+                                                   .stream()
+                                                   .filter(AlphaNode.class::isInstance)
+                                                   .map(node -> (AlphaNode) node)
+                                                   .collect(Collectors.toList());
+            assertEquals(10, alphaNodes.size());
+
+            ksession.insert(new Person("Mario", 1));
+            assertEquals(2, ksession.fireAllRules());
+
+            assertTrue(MyCustomStrategy.counter > 0);
+        } finally {
+            System.clearProperty(AlphaNodeOrderingOption.CUSTOM_CLASS_PROPERTY_NAME);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class MyCustomStrategy implements AlphaNodeOrderingStrategy {
+
+        public static int counter = 0;
+
+        @Override
+        public void analyzeAlphaConstraints(Map<String, InternalKnowledgePackage> pkgs, Collection<InternalKnowledgePackage> newPkgs) {
+            counter++;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void reorderAlphaConstraints(List<AlphaNodeFieldConstraint> alphaConstraints, ObjectType objectType) {
+            counter++;
+        }
+
+    }
 }