diff --git a/args.go b/args.go
index ff56b1cea..ab5c34b57 100644
--- a/args.go
+++ b/args.go
@@ -406,6 +406,8 @@ const (
 	ArgDatabasePrivateConnectionBool = "private"
 	// ArgDatabaseUserKafkaACLs will specify permissions on topics in kafka clsuter
 	ArgDatabaseUserKafkaACLs = "acl"
+	// ArgDatabaseUserOpenSearchACLs will specify permissions on indexes in opensearch clsuter
+	ArgDatabaseUserOpenSearchACLs = "opensearch-acl"
 
 	// ArgDatabaseTopicReplicationFactor is the replication factor of a kafka topic
 	ArgDatabaseTopicReplicationFactor = "replication-factor"
diff --git a/commands/databases.go b/commands/databases.go
index 18ca9a586..4550de6c7 100644
--- a/commands/databases.go
+++ b/commands/databases.go
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ Database user accounts are scoped to one database cluster, to which they have fu
 		},
 	}
 	databaseKafkaACLsTxt := `A comma-separated list of kafka ACL rules, in ` + "`" + `topic:permission` + "`" + ` format.`
+	databaseOpenSearchACLsTxt := `A comma-separated list of OpenSearch ACL rules, in ` + "`" + `index:permission` + "`" + ` format.`
 	userDetailsDesc := `
 
 - The username for the user
@@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ To retrieve a list of your databases and their IDs, call `+"`"+`doctl databases
 	AddStringFlag(cmdDatabaseUserCreate, doctl.ArgDatabaseUserMySQLAuthPlugin, "", "",
 		"Sets authorization plugin for a MySQL user. Possible values: `caching_sha2_password` or `mysql_native_password`")
 	AddStringSliceFlag(cmdDatabaseUserCreate, doctl.ArgDatabaseUserKafkaACLs, "", []string{}, databaseKafkaACLsTxt)
+	AddStringSliceFlag(cmdDatabaseUserCreate, doctl.ArgDatabaseUserOpenSearchACLs, "", []string{}, databaseOpenSearchACLsTxt)
 	cmdDatabaseUserCreate.Example = `The following example creates a new user with the username ` + "`" + `example-user` + "`" + ` for a database cluster with the ID ` + "`" + `ca9f591d-f38h-5555-a0ef-1c02d1d1e35` + "`" + `: doctl databases user create ca9f591d-f38h-5555-a0ef-1c02d1d1e35 example-user`
 
 	cmdDatabaseUserResetAuth := CmdBuilder(cmd, RunDatabaseUserResetAuth, "reset <database-cluster-id> <user-name> <new-auth-mode>",
@@ -781,6 +783,17 @@ func RunDatabaseUserCreate(c *CmdConfig) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	openSearchACLs, err := buildDatabaseCreateOpenSearchUserACLs(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(openSearchACLs) != 0 {
+		req.Settings = &godo.DatabaseUserSettings{
+			OpenSearchACL: openSearchACLs,
+		}
+	}
+
 	user, err := c.Databases().CreateUser(databaseID, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -809,6 +822,26 @@ func buildDatabaseCreateKafkaUserACls(c *CmdConfig) (kafkaACls []*godo.KafkaACL,
 	return kafkaACls, nil
 }
 
+func buildDatabaseCreateOpenSearchUserACLs(c *CmdConfig) (openSearchACLs []*godo.OpenSearchACL, err error) {
+	acls, err := c.Doit.GetStringSlice(c.NS, doctl.ArgDatabaseUserOpenSearchACLs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	for _, acl := range acls {
+		pair := strings.SplitN(acl, ":", 2)
+		if len(pair) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected input value [%v], must be a index:permission pair", pair)
+		}
+
+		openSearchACL := new(godo.OpenSearchACL)
+		openSearchACL.Index = pair[0]
+		openSearchACL.Permission = pair[1]
+
+		openSearchACLs = append(openSearchACLs, openSearchACL)
+	}
+	return openSearchACLs, nil
+}
+
 func RunDatabaseUserResetAuth(c *CmdConfig) error {
 	if len(c.Args) < 2 {
 		return doctl.NewMissingArgsErr(c.NS)
diff --git a/commands/databases_test.go b/commands/databases_test.go
index 5a2c92afe..f2f94a35f 100644
--- a/commands/databases_test.go
+++ b/commands/databases_test.go
@@ -962,6 +962,29 @@ func TestDatabaseUserCreate(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 	})
 
+	// Successful call with kafka acl set
+	withTestClient(t, func(config *CmdConfig, tm *tcMocks) {
+		r := &godo.DatabaseCreateUserRequest{
+			Name: testDBUser.Name,
+			Settings: &godo.DatabaseUserSettings{
+				OpenSearchACL: []*godo.OpenSearchACL{
+					{
+						Permission: "admin",
+						Index:      "test",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		tm.databases.EXPECT().CreateUser(testDBCluster.ID, r).Return(&testDBUser, nil)
+
+		config.Args = append(config.Args, testDBCluster.ID, testDBUser.Name)
+		config.Doit.Set(config.NS, doctl.ArgDatabaseUserOpenSearchACLs, "test:admin")
+
+		err := RunDatabaseUserCreate(config)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
 	// Error
 	withTestClient(t, func(config *CmdConfig, tm *tcMocks) {
 		tm.databases.EXPECT().CreateUser(
diff --git a/integration/database_user_create_test.go b/integration/database_user_create_test.go
index f983f8bb4..8b703dc46 100644
--- a/integration/database_user_create_test.go
+++ b/integration/database_user_create_test.go
@@ -105,6 +105,25 @@ var _ = suite("database/user/create", func(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S)
 			expect.Equal(strings.TrimSpace(databaseUserCreateOutput), strings.TrimSpace(string(output)))
 		})
 	})
+
+	when("the opensearch acl flag is present", func() {
+		it("creates the database user", func() {
+			cmd := exec.Command(builtBinaryPath,
+				"-t", "some-magic-token",
+				"-u", server.URL,
+				"database",
+				"user",
+				"create",
+				"some-database-id",
+				"some-user-name",
+				"--opensearch-acl", "log-*:read",
+			)
+
+			output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+			expect.NoError(err, fmt.Sprintf("received error output: %s", output))
+			expect.Equal(strings.TrimSpace(databaseUserCreateOutput), strings.TrimSpace(string(output)))
+		})
+	})
 })
 
 const (
@@ -118,7 +137,15 @@ some-user-name    normal    jge5lfxtzhx42iff
     "name": "{{.Name}}",
     "role": "normal",
     "password": "jge5lfxtzhx42iff",
-    "mysql_settings": { "auth_plugin": "mysql_native_password" }
+    "mysql_settings": { "auth_plugin": "mysql_native_password" },
+	"settings": {
+                "opensearch_acl": [
+                    {
+                        "permission": "read",
+                        "index": "log-*"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
   }
 }
 `