diff --git a/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py b/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
index 9b4ad016692..92c5c7d4697 100644
--- a/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
+++ b/src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py
@@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ def from_generator(
         gen_kwargs: Optional[dict] = None,
         num_proc: Optional[int] = None,
         split: NamedSplit = Split.TRAIN,
+        fingerprint: Optional[str] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """Create a Dataset from a generator.
@@ -1073,6 +1074,11 @@ def from_generator(
                 Split name to be assigned to the dataset.
 
                 <Added version="2.21.0"/>
+            fingerprint (`str`, *optional*):
+                Fingerprint that will be used to generate dataset ID.
+                By default `fingerprint` is generated by hashing all the args which can be slow in case of a large dataset.
+
+                <Added version="3.6.1"/>
             **kwargs (additional keyword arguments):
                 Keyword arguments to be passed to :[`GeneratorConfig`].
 
@@ -1110,6 +1116,7 @@ def from_generator(
             gen_kwargs=gen_kwargs,
             num_proc=num_proc,
             split=split,
+            fingerprint=fingerprint,
             **kwargs,
         ).read()
 
diff --git a/src/datasets/builder.py b/src/datasets/builder.py
index d6992b9e19d..f16b6d622f0 100644
--- a/src/datasets/builder.py
+++ b/src/datasets/builder.py
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ def __init__(
         data_dir: Optional[str] = None,
         storage_options: Optional[dict] = None,
         writer_batch_size: Optional[int] = None,
+        config_id: Optional[str] = None,
         **config_kwargs,
     ):
         # DatasetBuilder name
@@ -343,6 +344,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.config, self.config_id = self._create_builder_config(
             config_name=config_name,
             custom_features=features,
+            config_id=config_id,
             **config_kwargs,
         )
 
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ def get_exported_dataset_info(self) -> DatasetInfo:
         return self.get_all_exported_dataset_infos().get(self.config.name, DatasetInfo())
 
     def _create_builder_config(
-        self, config_name=None, custom_features=None, **config_kwargs
+        self, config_name=None, custom_features=None, config_id=None, **config_kwargs
     ) -> tuple[BuilderConfig, str]:
         """Create and validate BuilderConfig object as well as a unique config id for this config.
         Raises ValueError if there are multiple builder configs and config_name and DEFAULT_CONFIG_NAME are None.
@@ -601,10 +603,13 @@ def _create_builder_config(
         )
 
         # compute the config id that is going to be used for caching
-        config_id = builder_config.create_config_id(
-            config_kwargs,
-            custom_features=custom_features,
-        )
+        if config_id is not None:
+            config_id = builder_config.name + "-" + config_id
+        else:
+            config_id = builder_config.create_config_id(
+                config_kwargs,
+                custom_features=custom_features,
+            )
         is_custom = (config_id not in self.builder_configs) and config_id != "default"
         if is_custom:
             logger.info(f"Using custom data configuration {config_id}")
diff --git a/src/datasets/io/generator.py b/src/datasets/io/generator.py
index b10609cac23..1f63e992600 100644
--- a/src/datasets/io/generator.py
+++ b/src/datasets/io/generator.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def __init__(
         gen_kwargs: Optional[dict] = None,
         num_proc: Optional[int] = None,
         split: NamedSplit = Split.TRAIN,
+        fingerprint: Optional[str] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ def __init__(
             generator=generator,
             gen_kwargs=gen_kwargs,
             split=split,
+            config_id=fingerprint,
             **kwargs,
         )