diff --git a/checks/cassandra/check.go b/checks/cassandra/check.go
index d37c375..a24d2a6 100644
--- a/checks/cassandra/check.go
+++ b/checks/cassandra/check.go
@@ -10,31 +10,29 @@ import (
 
 // Config is the Cassandra checker configuration settings container.
 type Config struct {
-	// Hosts is a list of Cassandra hosts. At least one is required.
+	// Hosts is a list of Cassandra hosts. Optional if Session is supplied.
 	Hosts []string
-	// Keyspace is the Cassandra keyspace to which you want to connect. Required.
+	// Keyspace is the Cassandra keyspace to which you want to connect. Optional if Session is supplied.
 	Keyspace string
+	// Session is a gocql session and can be used in place of Hosts and Keyspace. Recommended.
+	// Optional if Hosts & Keyspace are supplied.
+	Session *gocql.Session
 }
 
-// New creates new Cassandra health check that verifies the following:
-// - that a connection can be established through creating a session
-// - that queries can be executed by describing keyspaces
+// New creates new Cassandra health check that verifies that a connection exists and can be used to query the cluster.
 func New(config Config) func(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		if len(config.Hosts) < 1 || len(config.Keyspace) < 1 {
-			return errors.New("keyspace name and hosts are required to initialize cassandra health check")
+		shutdown, session, err := initSession(config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cassandra health check failed on connect: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		cluster := gocql.NewCluster(config.Hosts...)
-		cluster.Keyspace = config.Keyspace
+		defer shutdown()
 
-		session, err := cluster.CreateSession()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cassandra health check failed on connect: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		defer session.Close()
-
 		err = session.Query("DESCRIBE KEYSPACES;").WithContext(ctx).Exec()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cassandra health check failed on describe: %w", err)
@@ -43,3 +41,22 @@ func New(config Config) func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+func initSession(c Config) (func(), *gocql.Session, error) {
+	if c.Session != nil {
+		return func() {}, c.Session, nil
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Hosts) < 1 || len(c.Keyspace) < 1 {
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("cassandra cluster config or keyspace name and hosts are required to initialize cassandra health check")
+	}
+
+	cluster := gocql.NewCluster(c.Hosts...)
+	cluster.Keyspace = c.Keyspace
+	session, err := cluster.CreateSession()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return session.Close, session, err
+}
diff --git a/checks/cassandra/check_test.go b/checks/cassandra/check_test.go
index ea5a25a..2bdd3e6 100644
--- a/checks/cassandra/check_test.go
+++ b/checks/cassandra/check_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+func TestNew_withClusterConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	initDB(t)
+	cluster := gocql.NewCluster(getHosts(t)...)
+	cluster.Keyspace = KEYSPACE
+	session, err := cluster.CreateSession()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	check := New(Config{
+		Session: session,
+	})
+
+	err = check(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestNewWithError(t *testing.T) {
 	check := New(Config{})