diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/looker.md b/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/looker.md
index 99365aaad2..8b36a21d35 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/looker.md
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/source_docs/looker.md
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Note that a `.` is used to denote nested fields in the YAML recipe.
 | ------------------------- | -------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | `client_id`               | ✅       |                         | Looker API3 client ID.                                                                                       |
 | `client_secret`           | ✅       |                         | Looker API3 client secret.                                                                                   |
-| `base_url`                | ✅       |                         | Url to your Looker instance: `https://company.looker.com:19999` or `https://looker.company.com`, or similar. |
+| `base_url`                | ✅       |                         | Url to your Looker instance: `https://company.looker.com:19999` or `https://looker.company.com`, or similar. Used for making API calls to Looker and constructing clickable dashboard and chart urls. |
+| `external_base_url`   |          | value of `base_url`                  | Optional URL to use when constructing external URLs to Looker if the `base_url` is not the correct one to use. For example, `https://looker-public.company.com`. If not provided, the external base URL will default to `base_url`.  | 
 | `platform_name`           |          | `"looker"`              | Platform to use in namespace when constructing URNs.                                                         |
 | `extract_owners`                     |          | `True`                | When enabled, extracts ownership from Looker directly. When disabled, ownership is left empty for dashboards and charts.                                                      |
 | `strip_user_ids_from_email`                     |          | `False`                | When enabled, converts Looker user emails of the form name@domain.com to urn:li:corpuser:name when assigning ownership                                                    |
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker.py
index ec7f3d7473..e2001ab8fd 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/looker.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from looker_sdk.sdk.api31.models import (
     Query,
     User,
 )
+from pydantic import validator
 
 import datahub.emitter.mce_builder as builder
 from datahub.configuration import ConfigModel
@@ -102,6 +103,13 @@ class LookerDashboardSourceConfig(LookerAPIConfig, LookerCommonConfig):
     strip_user_ids_from_email: bool = False
     skip_personal_folders: bool = False
     max_threads: int = os.cpu_count() or 40
+    external_base_url: Optional[str]
+
+    @validator("external_base_url", pre=True, always=True)
+    def external_url_defaults_to_api_config_base_url(
+        cls, v: Optional[str], *, values: Dict[str, Any], **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]
+    ) -> str:
+        return v or values["base_url"]
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -526,13 +534,12 @@ class LookerDashboardSource(Source):
         )
 
         chart_type = self._get_chart_type(dashboard_element)
-
         chart_info = ChartInfoClass(
             type=chart_type,
             description=dashboard_element.description or "",
             title=dashboard_element.title or "",
             lastModified=ChangeAuditStamps(),
-            chartUrl=dashboard_element.url(self.source_config.base_url),
+            chartUrl=dashboard_element.url(self.source_config.external_base_url or ""),
             inputs=dashboard_element.get_view_urns(self.source_config),
             customProperties={
                 "upstream_fields": ",".join(
@@ -618,7 +625,7 @@ class LookerDashboardSource(Source):
             title=looker_dashboard.title,
             charts=[mce.proposedSnapshot.urn for mce in chart_mces],
             lastModified=ChangeAuditStamps(),
-            dashboardUrl=looker_dashboard.url(self.source_config.base_url),
+            dashboardUrl=looker_dashboard.url(self.source_config.external_base_url),
         )
 
         dashboard_snapshot.aspects.append(dashboard_info)