diff --git a/monai/losses/dice.py b/monai/losses/dice.py
index f1c357d31f..07a38d9572 100644
--- a/monai/losses/dice.py
+++ b/monai/losses/dice.py
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ class DiceFocalLoss(_Loss):
     The details of Focal Loss is shown in ``monai.losses.FocalLoss``.
 
     ``gamma`` and ``lambda_focal`` are only used for the focal loss.
-    ``include_background``, ``weight`` and ``reduction`` are used for both losses
+    ``include_background``, ``weight``, ``reduction``, and ``alpha`` are used for both losses,
     and other parameters are only used for dice loss.
 
     """
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ def __init__(
         weight: Sequence[float] | float | int | torch.Tensor | None = None,
         lambda_dice: float = 1.0,
         lambda_focal: float = 1.0,
+        alpha: float | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
         Args:
@@ -871,7 +872,8 @@ def __init__(
                 Defaults to 1.0.
             lambda_focal: the trade-off weight value for focal loss. The value should be no less than 0.0.
                 Defaults to 1.0.
-
+            alpha: value of the alpha in the definition of the alpha-balanced Focal loss. The value should be in
+                [0, 1]. Defaults to None.
         """
         super().__init__()
         weight = focal_weight if focal_weight is not None else weight
@@ -890,7 +892,12 @@ def __init__(
             weight=weight,
         )
         self.focal = FocalLoss(
-            include_background=include_background, to_onehot_y=False, gamma=gamma, weight=weight, reduction=reduction
+            include_background=include_background,
+            to_onehot_y=False,
+            gamma=gamma,
+            weight=weight,
+            alpha=alpha,
+            reduction=reduction,
         )
         if lambda_dice < 0.0:
             raise ValueError("lambda_dice should be no less than 0.0.")
diff --git a/tests/test_dice_focal_loss.py b/tests/test_dice_focal_loss.py
index 814a174762..f769aac69f 100644
--- a/tests/test_dice_focal_loss.py
+++ b/tests/test_dice_focal_loss.py
@@ -91,6 +91,35 @@ def test_script(self):
         test_input = torch.ones(2, 1, 8, 8)
         test_script_save(loss, test_input, test_input)
 
+    @parameterized.expand(
+        [
+            ("sum_None_0.5_0.25", "sum", None, 0.5, 0.25),
+            ("sum_weight_0.5_0.25", "sum", torch.tensor([1.0, 1.0, 2.0]), 0.5, 0.25),
+            ("sum_weight_tuple_0.5_0.25", "sum", (3, 2.0, 1), 0.5, 0.25),
+            ("mean_None_0.5_0.25", "mean", None, 0.5, 0.25),
+            ("mean_weight_0.5_0.25", "mean", torch.tensor([1.0, 1.0, 2.0]), 0.5, 0.25),
+            ("mean_weight_tuple_0.5_0.25", "mean", (3, 2.0, 1), 0.5, 0.25),
+            ("none_None_0.5_0.25", "none", None, 0.5, 0.25),
+            ("none_weight_0.5_0.25", "none", torch.tensor([1.0, 1.0, 2.0]), 0.5, 0.25),
+            ("none_weight_tuple_0.5_0.25", "none", (3, 2.0, 1), 0.5, 0.25),
+        ]
+    )
+    def test_with_alpha(self, name, reduction, weight, lambda_focal, alpha):
+        size = [3, 3, 5, 5]
+        label = torch.randint(low=0, high=2, size=size)
+        pred = torch.randn(size)
+
+        common_params = {"include_background": True, "to_onehot_y": False, "reduction": reduction, "weight": weight}
+
+        dice_focal = DiceFocalLoss(gamma=1.0, lambda_focal=lambda_focal, alpha=alpha, **common_params)
+        dice = DiceLoss(**common_params)
+        focal = FocalLoss(gamma=1.0, alpha=alpha, **common_params)
+
+        result = dice_focal(pred, label)
+        expected_val = dice(pred, label) + lambda_focal * focal(pred, label)
+
+        np.testing.assert_allclose(result, expected_val, err_msg=f"Failed on case: {name}")
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()