diff --git a/modules/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/deploy.bicep b/modules/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/deploy.bicep
index 40b98067e5..9b8685f293 100644
--- a/modules/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/deploy.bicep
+++ b/modules/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/deploy.bicep
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ param defaultConsistencyLevel string = 'Session'
 @description('Optional. Enable automatic failover for regions.')
 param automaticFailover bool = true
 
+@description('Optional. Flag to indicate whether Free Tier is enabled.')
+param enableFreeTier bool = false
+
 @minValue(10)
 @maxValue(2147483647)
 @description('Optional. Max stale requests. Required for BoundedStaleness. Valid ranges, Single Region: 10 to 1000000. Multi Region: 100000 to 1000000.')
@@ -257,6 +260,7 @@ var databaseAccount_properties = union({
     consistencyPolicy: consistencyPolicy[defaultConsistencyLevel]
     locations: databaseAccount_locations
     capabilities: capabilities
+    enableFreeTier: enableFreeTier
     backupPolicy: backupPolicy
   } : {}), (!empty(sqlDatabases) ? {
     // SQLDB properties
diff --git a/modules/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/readme.md b/modules/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/readme.md
index be167f75f2..9b7ef01a0f 100644
--- a/modules/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/readme.md
+++ b/modules/Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/readme.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ This module deploys a DocumentDB database account and its child resources.
 | `diagnosticStorageAccountId` | string | `''` |  | Resource ID of the diagnostic storage account. |
 | `diagnosticWorkspaceId` | string | `''` |  | Resource ID of the log analytics workspace. |
 | `enableDefaultTelemetry` | bool | `True` |  | Enable telemetry via a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). |
+| `enableFreeTier` | bool | `False` |  | Flag to indicate whether Free Tier is enabled. |
 | `gremlinDatabases` | _[gremlinDatabases](gremlinDatabases/readme.md)_ array | `[]` |  | Gremlin Databases configurations. |
 | `location` | string | `[resourceGroup().location]` |  | Location for all resources. |
 | `lock` | string | `''` | `['', CanNotDelete, ReadOnly]` | Specify the type of lock. |