diff --git a/.changelog/28183.txt b/.changelog/28183.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72f449f26a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/28183.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+cli: Add a `-kv-path` flag to `nomad setup vault` to configure the Vault KV mount used by the generated workload policy
+```
diff --git a/command/setup_vault.go b/command/setup_vault.go
index 9cba2ad4577..b984bf3f358 100644
--- a/command/setup_vault.go
+++ b/command/setup_vault.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type SetupVaultCommand struct {
 
 	jwksURL        string
 	jwksCACertPath string
+	kvPath         string
 
 	destroy bool
 	autoYes bool
@@ -84,6 +85,10 @@ Setup Vault options:
     Path to a CA certificate file that will be used to validate the
     JWKS URL if it uses TLS
 
+  -kv-path <path>
+    Path to the Vault KV secrets engine mount that the generated
+    workload policy grants access to. Defaults to "secret".
+
   -destroy
     Removes all configuration components this command created from the
     Vault cluster.
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ func (s *SetupVaultCommand) AutocompleteFlags() complete.Flags {
 		complete.Flags{
 			"-jwks-url":     complete.PredictAnything,
 			"-jwks-ca-file": complete.PredictAnything,
+			"-kv-path":      complete.PredictAnything,
 			"-destroy":      complete.PredictSet("true", "false"),
 			"-y":            complete.PredictSet("true", "false"),
 
@@ -146,6 +152,7 @@ func (s *SetupVaultCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	flags.BoolVar(&s.autoYes, "y", false, "")
 	flags.StringVar(&s.jwksURL, "jwks-url", "http://localhost:4646/.well-known/jwks.json", "")
 	flags.StringVar(&s.jwksCACertPath, "jwks-ca-file", "", "")
+	flags.StringVar(&s.kvPath, "kv-path", "secret", "")
 
 	// Options for -check.
 	flags.BoolVar(&s.check, "check", false, "")
@@ -164,6 +171,12 @@ func (s *SetupVaultCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
+	if strings.Trim(s.kvPath, "/") == "" {
+		s.Ui.Error("The -kv-path option must specify a non-empty mount path")
+		s.Ui.Error(commandErrorText(s))
+		return 1
+	}
+
 	if s.check {
 		return s.checkUpgrade()
 	} else {
@@ -327,8 +340,8 @@ and a policy associated with that role.
 		s.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf(`
 These are the rules for the policy %q that we will create. It uses a templated
 policy to allow Nomad tasks to access secrets in the path
-"secrets/data/<job namespace>/<job name>":
-`, vaultPolicyName))
+"%s/data/<job namespace>/<job name>":
+`, vaultPolicyName, strings.Trim(s.kvPath, "/")))
 
 		policyBody, err := s.renderPolicy()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -454,8 +467,13 @@ func (s *SetupVaultCommand) renderPolicy() (string, error) {
 	}
 	accessor := secret.Data["accessor"].(string)
 
-	policyTextStr := string(vaultPolicyBody)
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(policyTextStr, "auth_jwt_X", accessor), nil
+	return renderVaultPolicy(string(vaultPolicyBody), accessor, s.kvPath), nil
+}
+
+func renderVaultPolicy(policyBody, accessor, kvPath string) string {
+	policyText := strings.ReplaceAll(policyBody, "auth_jwt_X", accessor)
+	mount := strings.Trim(kvPath, "/")
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(policyText, "secret/", mount+"/")
 }
 
 func (s *SetupVaultCommand) createPolicy(policyText string) error {
diff --git a/command/setup_vault_test.go b/command/setup_vault_test.go
index c872c06ae49..3ad5447b8ec 100644
--- a/command/setup_vault_test.go
+++ b/command/setup_vault_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package command
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/cli"
@@ -14,6 +15,55 @@ import (
 	"github.com/shoenig/test/must"
 )
 
+func TestSetupVaultCommand_renderVaultPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+	ci.Parallel(t)
+
+	const accessor = "auth_jwt_0a1b2c3d"
+	policyBody := string(vaultPolicyBody)
+
+	// The default "secret" mount renders identically to substituting only the
+	// accessor, so omitting -kv-path leaves the policy byte-for-byte unchanged.
+	must.Eq(t,
+		strings.ReplaceAll(policyBody, "auth_jwt_X", accessor),
+		renderVaultPolicy(policyBody, accessor, "secret"),
+	)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name   string
+		kvPath string
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{name: "custom mount", kvPath: "kv", want: "kv/data/"},
+		{name: "nested mount", kvPath: "kv/mongo", want: "kv/mongo/data/"},
+		{name: "trailing slash trimmed", kvPath: "kv/", want: "kv/data/"},
+		{name: "leading slash trimmed", kvPath: "/kv", want: `path "kv/data/`},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := renderVaultPolicy(policyBody, accessor, tc.kvPath)
+			must.StrContains(t, got, tc.want)
+			must.StrContains(t, got, accessor)
+			must.StrNotContains(t, got, "secret/")
+			must.StrNotContains(t, got, "auth_jwt_X")
+			// every path stanza survives the substitution
+			must.Eq(t, strings.Count(policyBody, `path "`), strings.Count(got, `path "`))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetupVaultCommand_Run_emptyKVPath(t *testing.T) {
+	ci.Parallel(t)
+
+	for _, kvPath := range []string{"", "/", "///"} {
+		ui := cli.NewMockUi()
+		cmd := &SetupVaultCommand{Meta: Meta{Ui: ui}}
+		rc := cmd.Run([]string{"-kv-path", kvPath})
+		must.Eq(t, 1, rc)
+		must.StrContains(t, ui.ErrorWriter.String(), "non-empty mount path")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSetupVaultCommand_Run(t *testing.T) {
 	ci.Parallel(t)