diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d8b19b8ab..3b47799989 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+*   Make `increment_counter`/`decrement_counter` accept an amount argument
+
+    ```ruby
+    Post.increment_counter(:comments_count, 5, by: 3)
+    ```
+
+    *fatkodima*
+
 *   Add support for `Array#intersect?` to `ActiveRecord::Relation`.
 
     `Array#intersect?` is only available on Ruby 3.1 or later.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/counter_cache.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/counter_cache.rb
index 8a72ee2f61..480f08a081 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/counter_cache.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/counter_cache.rb
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ def update_counters(id, counters)
       #
       # * +counter_name+ - The name of the field that should be incremented.
       # * +id+ - The id of the object that should be incremented or an array of ids.
+      # * <tt>:by</tt> - The amount by which to increment the value. Defaults to +1+.
       # * <tt>:touch</tt> - Touch timestamp columns when updating.
       #   Pass +true+ to touch +updated_at+ and/or +updated_on+. Pass a symbol to
       #   touch that column or an array of symbols to touch just those ones.
@@ -136,10 +137,14 @@ def update_counters(id, counters)
       #   DiscussionBoard.increment_counter(:posts_count, 5)
       #
       #   # Increment the posts_count column for the record with an id of 5
+      #   # by a specific amount.
+      #   DiscussionBoard.increment_counter(:posts_count, 5, by: 3)
+      #
+      #   # Increment the posts_count column for the record with an id of 5
       #   # and update the updated_at value.
       #   DiscussionBoard.increment_counter(:posts_count, 5, touch: true)
-      def increment_counter(counter_name, id, touch: nil)
-        update_counters(id, counter_name => 1, touch: touch)
+      def increment_counter(counter_name, id, by: 1, touch: nil)
+        update_counters(id, counter_name => by, touch: touch)
       end
 
       # Decrement a numeric field by one, via a direct SQL update.
@@ -151,6 +156,7 @@ def increment_counter(counter_name, id, touch: nil)
       #
       # * +counter_name+ - The name of the field that should be decremented.
       # * +id+ - The id of the object that should be decremented or an array of ids.
+      # * <tt>:by</tt> - The amount by which to increment the value. Defaults to +1+.
       # * <tt>:touch</tt> - Touch timestamp columns when updating.
       #   Pass +true+ to touch +updated_at+ and/or +updated_on+. Pass a symbol to
       #   touch that column or an array of symbols to touch just those ones.
@@ -161,10 +167,14 @@ def increment_counter(counter_name, id, touch: nil)
       #   DiscussionBoard.decrement_counter(:posts_count, 5)
       #
       #   # Decrement the posts_count column for the record with an id of 5
+      #   by a specific amount.
+      #   DiscussionBoard.decrement_counter(:posts_count, 5, by: 3)
+      #
+      #   # Decrement the posts_count column for the record with an id of 5
       #   # and update the updated_at value.
       #   DiscussionBoard.decrement_counter(:posts_count, 5, touch: true)
-      def decrement_counter(counter_name, id, touch: nil)
-        update_counters(id, counter_name => -1, touch: touch)
+      def decrement_counter(counter_name, id, by: 1, touch: nil)
+        update_counters(id, counter_name => -by, touch: touch)
       end
 
       def counter_cache_column?(name) # :nodoc:
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/counter_cache_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/counter_cache_test.rb
index 52d34747df..6a16d14d8b 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/counter_cache_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/counter_cache_test.rb
@@ -40,12 +40,24 @@ class ::SpecialReply < ::Reply
     end
   end
 
+  test "increment counter by specific amount" do
+    assert_difference "@topic.reload.replies_count", +2 do
+      Topic.increment_counter(:replies_count, @topic.id, by: 2)
+    end
+  end
+
   test "decrement counter" do
     assert_difference "@topic.reload.replies_count", -1 do
       Topic.decrement_counter(:replies_count, @topic.id)
     end
   end
 
+  test "decrement counter by specific amount" do
+    assert_difference "@topic.reload.replies_count", -2 do
+      Topic.decrement_counter(:replies_count, @topic.id, by: 2)
+    end
+  end
+
   test "reset counters" do
     # throw the count off by 1
     Topic.increment_counter(:replies_count, @topic.id)