diff --git a/airflow/config_templates/config.yml b/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
index c3970dc018108..a1807e5bb123f 100644
--- a/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
+++ b/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
@@ -386,6 +386,18 @@
       type: string
       default: "0o077"
       example: ~
+    - name: dataset_event_manager_class
+      description: Class to use as dataset event manager.
+      version_added: 2.4.0
+      type: string
+      default: ~
+      example: 'airflow.datasets.manager.DatasetEventManager'
+    - name: dataset_event_manager_kwargs
+      description: Kwargs to supply to dataset event manager.
+      version_added: 2.4.0
+      type: string
+      default: ~
+      example: '{"some_param": "some_value"}'
 
 - name: database
   description: ~
diff --git a/airflow/config_templates/default_airflow.cfg b/airflow/config_templates/default_airflow.cfg
index 90fa6e0df32c8..4944d32f0e727 100644
--- a/airflow/config_templates/default_airflow.cfg
+++ b/airflow/config_templates/default_airflow.cfg
@@ -220,6 +220,14 @@ max_map_length = 1024
 # This value is treated as an octal-integer.
 daemon_umask = 0o077
 
+# Class to use as dataset event manager.
+# Example: dataset_event_manager_class = airflow.datasets.manager.DatasetEventManager
+# dataset_event_manager_class =
+
+# Kwargs to supply to dataset event manager.
+# Example: dataset_event_manager_kwargs = {{"some_param": "some_value"}}
+# dataset_event_manager_kwargs =
+
 [database]
 # The SqlAlchemy connection string to the metadata database.
 # SqlAlchemy supports many different database engines.
diff --git a/airflow/datasets/manager.py b/airflow/datasets/manager.py
index a8be553052110..e16e3925157a1 100644
--- a/airflow/datasets/manager.py
+++ b/airflow/datasets/manager.py
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 
+from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.datasets import Dataset
 from airflow.models.dataset import DatasetDagRunQueue, DatasetEvent, DatasetModel
-from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance
 from airflow.utils.log.logging_mixin import LoggingMixin
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance
+
 
 class DatasetEventManager(LoggingMixin):
     """
@@ -31,8 +36,11 @@ class DatasetEventManager(LoggingMixin):
     Airflow deployments can use plugins that broadcast dataset events to each other.
     """
 
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
     def register_dataset_change(
-        self, *, task_instance: TaskInstance, dataset: Dataset, extra=None, session: Session, **kwargs
+        self, *, task_instance: "TaskInstance", dataset: Dataset, extra=None, session: Session, **kwargs
     ) -> None:
         """
         For local datasets, look them up, record the dataset event, queue dagruns, and broadcast
@@ -59,3 +67,20 @@ def _queue_dagruns(self, dataset: DatasetModel, session: Session) -> None:
         self.log.debug("consuming dag ids %s", consuming_dag_ids)
         for dag_id in consuming_dag_ids:
             session.merge(DatasetDagRunQueue(dataset_id=dataset.id, target_dag_id=dag_id))
+
+
+def resolve_dataset_event_manager():
+    _dataset_event_manager_class = conf.getimport(
+        section='core',
+        key='dataset_event_manager_class',
+        fallback='airflow.datasets.manager.DatasetEventManager',
+    )
+    _dataset_event_manager_kwargs = conf.getjson(
+        section='core',
+        key='dataset_event_manager_kwargs',
+        fallback={},
+    )
+    return _dataset_event_manager_class(**_dataset_event_manager_kwargs)
+
+
+dataset_event_manager = resolve_dataset_event_manager()
diff --git a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
index 5912094c25513..c810f5e5ff13a 100644
--- a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
+++ b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 from airflow.compat.functools import cache
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.datasets import Dataset
+from airflow.datasets.manager import dataset_event_manager
 from airflow.exceptions import (
     AirflowException,
     AirflowFailException,
@@ -585,10 +586,6 @@ def __init__(
         # can be changed when calling 'run'
         self.test_mode = False
 
-        self.dataset_event_manager = conf.getimport(
-            'core', 'dataset_event_manager_class', fallback='airflow.datasets.manager.DatasetEventManager'
-        )()
-
     @staticmethod
     def insert_mapping(run_id: str, task: "Operator", map_index: int) -> dict:
         """:meta private:"""
@@ -1538,7 +1535,7 @@ def _register_dataset_changes(self, *, session: Session) -> None:
             self.log.debug("outlet obj %s", obj)
             # Lineage can have other types of objects besides datasets
             if isinstance(obj, Dataset):
-                self.dataset_event_manager.register_dataset_change(
+                dataset_event_manager.register_dataset_change(
                     task_instance=self,
                     dataset=obj,
                     session=session,