diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 2fcf553bcf..ae0714b8d9 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # Upcoming Release 0.18.13
 
 ## Major features and improvements
+* Allowed registering of custom resolvers to `OmegaConfigLoader` through `CONFIG_LOADER_ARGS`.
 
 ## Bug fixes and other changes
 
diff --git a/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py b/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
index d7d9bd245b..4d2ace59d4 100644
--- a/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
+++ b/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import logging
 import mimetypes
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Iterable
+from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable
 
 import fsspec
 from omegaconf import OmegaConf
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: too-many-arguments
         config_patterns: dict[str, list[str]] = None,
         base_env: str = "base",
         default_run_env: str = "local",
+        custom_resolvers: dict[str, Callable] = None,
     ):
         """Instantiates a ``OmegaConfigLoader``.
 
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: too-many-arguments
                 the configuration paths.
             default_run_env: Name of the default run environment. Defaults to `"local"`.
                 Can be overridden by supplying the `env` argument.
+            custom_resolvers: A dictionary of custom resolvers to be registered. For more information,
+             see here: https://omegaconf.readthedocs.io/en/2.3_branch/custom_resolvers.html#custom-resolvers
         """
         self.base_env = base_env
         self.default_run_env = default_run_env
@@ -111,6 +114,9 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: too-many-arguments
 
         # Deactivate oc.env built-in resolver for OmegaConf
         OmegaConf.clear_resolver("oc.env")
+        # Register user provided custom resolvers
+        if custom_resolvers:
+            self._register_new_resolvers(custom_resolvers)
 
         file_mimetype, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(conf_source)
         if file_mimetype == "application/x-tar":
@@ -302,6 +308,15 @@ def _is_valid_config_path(self, path):
             ".json",
         ]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _register_new_resolvers(resolvers: dict[str, Callable]):
+        """Register custom resolvers"""
+        for name, resolver in resolvers.items():
+            if not OmegaConf.has_resolver(name):
+                msg = f"Registering new custom resolver: {name}"
+                _config_logger.debug(msg)
+                OmegaConf.register_new_resolver(name=name, resolver=resolver)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _check_duplicates(seen_files_to_keys: dict[Path, set[Any]]):
         duplicates = []
diff --git a/tests/config/test_omegaconf_config.py b/tests/config/test_omegaconf_config.py
index dd49292019..af57b52224 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_omegaconf_config.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_omegaconf_config.py
@@ -649,3 +649,25 @@ def test_variable_interpolation_in_catalog_with_separate_templates_file(
         conf = OmegaConfigLoader(str(tmp_path))
         conf.default_run_env = ""
         assert conf["catalog"]["companies"]["type"] == "pandas.CSVDataSet"
+
+    def test_custom_resolvers(self, tmp_path):
+        base_params = tmp_path / _BASE_ENV / "parameters.yml"
+        param_config = {
+            "model_options": {
+                "param1": "${add: 3, 4}",
+                "param2": "${plus_2: 1}",
+                "param3": "${oc.env: VAR}",
+            }
+        }
+        _write_yaml(base_params, param_config)
+        custom_resolvers = {
+            "add": lambda *x: sum(x),
+            "plus_2": lambda x: x + 2,
+            "oc.env": oc.env,
+        }
+        os.environ["VAR"] = "my_env_variable"
+        conf = OmegaConfigLoader(tmp_path, custom_resolvers=custom_resolvers)
+        conf.default_run_env = ""
+        assert conf["parameters"]["model_options"]["param1"] == 7
+        assert conf["parameters"]["model_options"]["param2"] == 3
+        assert conf["parameters"]["model_options"]["param3"] == "my_env_variable"