diff --git a/flask_pymongo/__init__.py b/flask_pymongo/__init__.py
index 72aef75..03ebb81 100644
--- a/flask_pymongo/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_pymongo/__init__.py
@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ def init_app(self, app: Flask, uri: str | None = None, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
 
     # view helpers
     def send_file(
-        self, filename: str, base: str = "fs", version: int = -1, cache_for: int = 31536000
+        self,
+        filename: str,
+        base: str = "fs",
+        version: int = -1,
+        cache_for: int = 31536000,
+        db: str | None = None,
     ) -> Response:
         """Respond with a file from GridFS.
 
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ def get_upload(filename):
            revision. If no such version exists, return with HTTP status 404.
         :param int cache_for: number of seconds that browsers should be
            instructed to cache responses
+        :param str db: the target database, if different from the default database.
         """
         if not isinstance(base, str):
             raise TypeError("'base' must be string or unicode")
@@ -152,8 +158,13 @@ def get_upload(filename):
         if not isinstance(cache_for, int):
             raise TypeError("'cache_for' must be an integer")
 
-        assert self.db is not None, "Please initialize the app before calling send_file!"
-        storage = GridFS(self.db, base)
+        if db:
+            db_obj = self.cx[db]
+        else:
+            db_obj = self.db
+
+        assert db_obj is not None, "Please initialize the app before calling send_file!"
+        storage = GridFS(db_obj, base)
 
         try:
             fileobj = storage.get_version(filename=filename, version=version)
@@ -189,6 +200,7 @@ def save_file(
         fileobj: Any,
         base: str = "fs",
         content_type: str | None = None,
+        db: str | None = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> Any:
         """Save a file-like object to GridFS using the given filename.
@@ -207,6 +219,7 @@ def save_upload(filename):
         :param str content_type: the MIME content-type of the file. If
            ``None``, the content-type is guessed from the filename using
            :func:`~mimetypes.guess_type`
+        :param str db: the target database, if different from the default database.
         :param kwargs: extra attributes to be stored in the file's document,
            passed directly to :meth:`gridfs.GridFS.put`
         """
@@ -218,7 +231,11 @@ def save_upload(filename):
         if content_type is None:
             content_type, _ = guess_type(filename)
 
-        assert self.db is not None, "Please initialize the app before calling save_file!"
-        storage = GridFS(self.db, base)
+        if db:
+            db_obj = self.cx[db]
+        else:
+            db_obj = self.db
+        assert db_obj is not None, "Please initialize the app before calling save_file!"
+        storage = GridFS(db_obj, base)
         id = storage.put(fileobj, filename=filename, content_type=content_type, **kwargs)
         return id
diff --git a/tests/test_gridfs.py b/tests/test_gridfs.py
index 93a6672..ee6b6e3 100644
--- a/tests/test_gridfs.py
+++ b/tests/test_gridfs.py
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ def test_it_saves_files(self):
         gridfs = GridFS(self.mongo.db)
         assert gridfs.exists({"filename": "my-file"})
 
+    def test_it_saves_files_to_another_db(self):
+        fileobj = BytesIO(b"these are the bytes")
+
+        self.mongo.save_file("my-file", fileobj, db="other")
+        assert self.mongo.db is not None
+        gridfs = GridFS(self.mongo.cx["other"])
+        assert gridfs.exists({"filename": "my-file"})
+
     def test_it_saves_files_with_props(self):
         fileobj = BytesIO(b"these are the bytes")
 
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         # make it bigger than 1 gridfs chunk
         self.myfile = BytesIO(b"a" * 500 * 1024)
         self.mongo.save_file("myfile.txt", self.myfile)
+        self.mongo.save_file("my_other_file.txt", self.myfile, db="other")
 
     def test_it_404s_for_missing_files(self):
         with pytest.raises(NotFound):
@@ -65,6 +74,10 @@ def test_it_sets_content_type(self):
         resp = self.mongo.send_file("myfile.txt")
         assert resp.content_type.startswith("text/plain")
 
+    def test_it_sends_file_to_another_db(self):
+        resp = self.mongo.send_file("my_other_file.txt", db="other")
+        assert resp.content_type.startswith("text/plain")
+
     def test_it_sets_content_length(self):
         resp = self.mongo.send_file("myfile.txt")
         assert resp.content_length == len(self.myfile.getvalue())