diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/_common-metadata.tpl b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/_common-metadata.tpl
index 41c21f956b..896d5fcfa9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/_common-metadata.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/_common-metadata.tpl
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ enableSeqSets: {{ $.Values.seqSets.enabled }}
 seqSetsFieldsToDisplay: {{ $.Values.seqSets.fieldsToDisplay | toJson }}
 {{- end }}
 enableDataUseTerms: {{ $.Values.dataUseTerms.enabled }}
+{{ if $.Values.dataUseTerms.agreementHtml }}
+dataUseTermsAgreementHtml: {{ quote $.Values.dataUseTerms.agreementHtml }}
+{{- end }}
 accessionPrefix: {{ quote $.Values.accessionPrefix }}
 {{- $commonMetadata := (include "loculus.commonMetadata" . | fromYaml).fields }}
 organisms:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/values.schema.json b/kubernetes/loculus/values.schema.json
index e6ca37d919..3a6130e500 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/values.schema.json
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/values.schema.json
@@ -1526,6 +1526,11 @@
           },
           "required": ["open", "restricted"],
           "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "agreementHtml": {
+          "groups": ["general"],
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Custom HTML for the data use terms agreement checkbox label shown in the download dialog. Can contain links and other HTML elements."
         }
       },
       "required": ["enabled", "urls"],
diff --git a/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadDialog.spec.tsx b/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadDialog.spec.tsx
index 8c5bdedaab..448f23cc18 100644
--- a/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadDialog.spec.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadDialog.spec.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ async function renderDialog({
     downloadParams = new SequenceEntrySelection(new Set()),
     allowSubmissionOfConsensusSequences = true,
     dataUseTermsEnabled = true,
+    dataUseTermsAgreementHtml,
     richFastaHeaderFields,
     metadata = mockMetadata,
     selectedReferenceNames = { main: null },
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ async function renderDialog({
     downloadParams?: SequenceFilter;
     allowSubmissionOfConsensusSequences?: boolean;
     dataUseTermsEnabled?: boolean;
+    dataUseTermsAgreementHtml?: string;
     richFastaHeaderFields?: string[];
     metadata?: Metadata[];
     selectedReferenceNames?: SegmentReferenceSelections;
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ async function renderDialog({
             referenceGenomesInfo={referenceGenomesInfo}
             allowSubmissionOfConsensusSequences={allowSubmissionOfConsensusSequences}
             dataUseTermsEnabled={dataUseTermsEnabled}
+            dataUseTermsAgreementHtml={dataUseTermsAgreementHtml}
             schema={schema}
             richFastaHeaderFields={richFastaHeaderFields}
             selectedReferenceNames={selectedReferenceNames}
diff --git a/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadDialog.tsx b/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadDialog.tsx
index b8b2e16970..6119a3afcc 100644
--- a/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadDialog.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadDialog.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { DownloadForm, type DownloadFormState } from './DownloadForm.tsx';
 import { type DownloadOption, type DownloadUrlGenerator } from './DownloadUrlGenerator.ts';
 import { getDefaultSelectedFields } from './FieldSelector/FieldSelectorModal.tsx';
 import type { SequenceFilter } from './SequenceFilters.tsx';
-import { routes } from '../../../routes/routes.ts';
 import { ACCESSION_VERSION_FIELD } from '../../../settings.ts';
 import type { Metadata, Schema } from '../../../types/config.ts';
 import type { ReferenceGenomesInfo } from '../../../types/referencesGenomes.ts';
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ type DownloadDialogProps = {
     referenceGenomesInfo: ReferenceGenomesInfo;
     allowSubmissionOfConsensusSequences: boolean;
     dataUseTermsEnabled: boolean;
+    dataUseTermsAgreementHtml?: string;
     schema: Schema;
     richFastaHeaderFields: Schema['richFastaHeaderFields'];
     selectedReferenceNames?: SegmentReferenceSelections;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export const DownloadDialog: FC<DownloadDialogProps> = ({
     referenceGenomesInfo,
     allowSubmissionOfConsensusSequences,
     dataUseTermsEnabled,
+    dataUseTermsAgreementHtml,
     schema,
     richFastaHeaderFields,
     selectedReferenceNames,
@@ -141,18 +142,13 @@ export const DownloadDialog: FC<DownloadDialogProps> = ({
                                     checked={agreedToDataUseTerms}
                                     onChange={() => setAgreedToDataUseTerms(!agreedToDataUseTerms)}
                                 />
-                                <span className='text-sm'>
-                                    I agree to the{' '}
-                                    <a
-                                        href={routes.datauseTermsPage()}
-                                        className='underline'
-                                        target='_blank'
-                                        rel='noopener noreferrer'
-                                    >
-                                        data use terms
-                                    </a>
-                                    .
-                                </span>
+                                <span
+                                    className='text-sm'
+                                    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
+                                        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+                                        __html: dataUseTermsAgreementHtml ?? 'I agree to the data use terms.',
+                                    }}
+                                />
                             </label>
                         </div>
                     )}
diff --git a/website/src/components/SearchPage/SearchFullUI.tsx b/website/src/components/SearchPage/SearchFullUI.tsx
index 32643636cd..be98ad9da3 100644
--- a/website/src/components/SearchPage/SearchFullUI.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/SearchPage/SearchFullUI.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export interface InnerSearchFullUIProps {
     initialQueryDict: QueryState;
     showEditDataUseTermsControls?: boolean;
     dataUseTermsEnabled?: boolean;
+    dataUseTermsAgreementHtml?: string;
     sequenceFlaggingConfig?: SequenceFlaggingConfig;
     linkOuts?: LinkOut[];
     contactConfig?: ContactConfig;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ export const InnerSearchFullUI = ({
     initialQueryDict,
     showEditDataUseTermsControls = false,
     dataUseTermsEnabled = true,
+    dataUseTermsAgreementHtml,
     sequenceFlaggingConfig,
     linkOuts,
     contactConfig,
@@ -354,6 +356,7 @@ export const InnerSearchFullUI = ({
                                 referenceGenomesInfo={referenceGenomesInfo}
                                 allowSubmissionOfConsensusSequences={schema.submissionDataTypes.consensusSequences}
                                 dataUseTermsEnabled={dataUseTermsEnabled}
+                                dataUseTermsAgreementHtml={dataUseTermsAgreementHtml}
                                 schema={schema}
                                 richFastaHeaderFields={schema.richFastaHeaderFields}
                                 selectedReferenceNames={referenceSelection?.selectedReferences}
diff --git a/website/src/config.ts b/website/src/config.ts
index b478f2f916..d8a379fc75 100644
--- a/website/src/config.ts
+++ b/website/src/config.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ export function dataUseTermsAreEnabled() {
     return getWebsiteConfig().enableDataUseTerms;
 }
 
+export function getDataUseTermsAgreementHtml() {
+    return getWebsiteConfig().dataUseTermsAgreementHtml;
+}
+
 function readTypedConfigFile<T>(fileName: string, schema: z.ZodType<T>) {
     const configFilePath = path.join(getConfigDir(), fileName);
     const json = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configFilePath, 'utf8'));
diff --git a/website/src/pages/[organism]/search/index.astro b/website/src/pages/[organism]/search/index.astro
index 0a7c01af38..3f5b0ca754 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/[organism]/search/index.astro
+++ b/website/src/pages/[organism]/search/index.astro
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SearchFullUI } from '../../../components/SearchPage/SearchFullUI';
 import {
     dataUseTermsAreEnabled,
     getContactConfig,
+    getDataUseTermsAgreementHtml,
     getReferenceGenomes,
     getRuntimeConfig,
     getSchema,
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ const contactConfig = getContactConfig(websiteConfig);
         initialCount={totalCount}
         initialQueryDict={initialQueryDict}
         dataUseTermsEnabled={dataUseTermsAreEnabled()}
+        dataUseTermsAgreementHtml={getDataUseTermsAgreementHtml()}
         sequenceFlaggingConfig={sequenceFlaggingConfig}
         linkOuts={schema.linkOuts}
         contactConfig={contactConfig}
diff --git a/website/src/types/config.ts b/website/src/types/config.ts
index 41bd804cd8..6871dd62f5 100644
--- a/website/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/website/src/types/config.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ export const websiteConfig = z.object({
     enableSubmissionNavigationItem: z.boolean(),
     enableSubmissionPages: z.boolean(),
     enableDataUseTerms: z.boolean(),
+    dataUseTermsAgreementHtml: z.string().optional(),
     sequenceFlagging: sequenceFlaggingConfig.optional(),
 });
 export type WebsiteConfig = z.infer<typeof websiteConfig>;