diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/CHANGELOG.md
index 51e2d1fee567b..79709aaa78f85 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+7.1
+---
+
+ * Allow custom meta location in `ResourceCheckerConfigCache`
+
 7.0
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/ResourceCheckerConfigCache.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/ResourceCheckerConfigCache.php
index 2366392871a91..593cc3ba4d674 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/ResourceCheckerConfigCache.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/ResourceCheckerConfigCache.php
@@ -26,11 +26,14 @@ class ResourceCheckerConfigCache implements ConfigCacheInterface
     /**
      * @param string                                    $file             The absolute cache path
      * @param iterable<mixed, ResourceCheckerInterface> $resourceCheckers The ResourceCheckers to use for the freshness check
+     * @param string|null                               $metaFile         The absolute path to the meta file, defaults to $file.meta if null
      */
     public function __construct(
         private string $file,
         private iterable $resourceCheckers = [],
+        private ?string $metaFile = null,
     ) {
+        $this->metaFile = $metaFile ?? $file.'.meta';
     }
 
     public function getPath(): string
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ public function isFresh(): bool
             return true; // shortcut - if we don't have any checkers we don't need to bother with the meta file at all
         }
 
-        $metadata = $this->getMetaFile();
+        $metadata = $this->metaFile;
 
         if (!is_file($metadata)) {
             return false;
@@ -113,9 +116,9 @@ public function write(string $content, ?array $metadata = null): void
         }
 
         if (null !== $metadata) {
-            $filesystem->dumpFile($this->getMetaFile(), serialize($metadata));
+            $filesystem->dumpFile($this->metaFile, serialize($metadata));
             try {
-                $filesystem->chmod($this->getMetaFile(), $mode, $umask);
+                $filesystem->chmod($this->metaFile, $mode, $umask);
             } catch (IOException) {
                 // discard chmod failure (some filesystem may not support it)
             }
@@ -126,14 +129,6 @@ public function write(string $content, ?array $metadata = null): void
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the meta file path.
-     */
-    private function getMetaFile(): string
-    {
-        return $this->file.'.meta';
-    }
-
     private function safelyUnserialize(string $file): mixed
     {
         $meta = false;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest.php
index 37f30a49d4ec0..53b66b88e447f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Tests/ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest.php
@@ -21,14 +21,17 @@ class ResourceCheckerConfigCacheTest extends TestCase
 {
     private string $cacheFile;
 
+    private string $metaFile;
+
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
         $this->cacheFile = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'config_');
+        $this->metaFile = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'config_');
     }
 
     protected function tearDown(): void
     {
-        $files = [$this->cacheFile, "{$this->cacheFile}.meta"];
+        $files = [$this->cacheFile, "{$this->cacheFile}.meta", $this->metaFile];
 
         foreach ($files as $file) {
             if (file_exists($file)) {
@@ -148,4 +151,15 @@ public function testCacheIsNotFreshIfNotExistsMetaFile()
 
         $this->assertFalse($cache->isFresh());
     }
+
+    public function testCacheWithCustomMetaFile()
+    {
+        $this->assertStringEqualsFile($this->metaFile, '');
+
+        $checker = $this->createMock(ResourceCheckerInterface::class);
+        $cache = new ResourceCheckerConfigCache($this->cacheFile, [$checker], $this->metaFile);
+        $cache->write('foo', [new FileResource(__FILE__)]);
+
+        $this->assertStringNotEqualsFile($this->metaFile, '');
+    }
 }