diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoder.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoder.java
index d83dec021d7..fae98775128 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoder.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoder.java
@@ -116,14 +116,19 @@
  *
  * @author Rob Winch
  * @author Michael Simons
+ * @author heowc
  * @since 5.0
  * @see org.springframework.security.crypto.factory.PasswordEncoderFactories
  */
 public class DelegatingPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 
-	private static final String PREFIX = "{";
+	private static final String DEFAULT_PREFIX = "{";
 
-	private static final String SUFFIX = "}";
+	private static final String DEFAULT_SUFFIX = "}";
+
+	private final String prefix;
+
+	private final String suffix;
 
 	private final String idForEncode;
 
@@ -142,9 +147,31 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 	 * {@link #matches(CharSequence, String)}
 	 */
 	public DelegatingPasswordEncoder(String idForEncode, Map<String, PasswordEncoder> idToPasswordEncoder) {
+		this(idForEncode, idToPasswordEncoder, DEFAULT_PREFIX, DEFAULT_SUFFIX);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new instance
+	 * @param idForEncode the id used to lookup which {@link PasswordEncoder} should be
+	 * used for {@link #encode(CharSequence)}
+	 * @param idToPasswordEncoder a Map of id to {@link PasswordEncoder} used to determine
+	 * which {@link PasswordEncoder} should be used for
+	 * @param prefix the prefix that denotes the start of an {@code idForEncode}
+	 * @param suffix the suffix that denotes the end of an {@code idForEncode}
+	 * {@link #matches(CharSequence, String)}
+	 */
+	public DelegatingPasswordEncoder(String idForEncode, Map<String, PasswordEncoder> idToPasswordEncoder,
+			String prefix, String suffix) {
 		if (idForEncode == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("idForEncode cannot be null");
 		}
+		if (prefix == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("prefix cannot be null");
+		}
+		if (suffix == null || suffix.isEmpty()) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("suffix cannot be empty");
+		}
+
 		if (!idToPasswordEncoder.containsKey(idForEncode)) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 					"idForEncode " + idForEncode + "is not found in idToPasswordEncoder " + idToPasswordEncoder);
@@ -153,16 +180,18 @@ public DelegatingPasswordEncoder(String idForEncode, Map<String, PasswordEncoder
 			if (id == null) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (id.contains(PREFIX)) {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException("id " + id + " cannot contain " + PREFIX);
+			if (!prefix.isEmpty() && id.contains(prefix)) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("id " + id + " cannot contain " + prefix);
 			}
-			if (id.contains(SUFFIX)) {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException("id " + id + " cannot contain " + SUFFIX);
+			if (id.contains(suffix)) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("id " + id + " cannot contain " + suffix);
 			}
 		}
 		this.idForEncode = idForEncode;
 		this.passwordEncoderForEncode = idToPasswordEncoder.get(idForEncode);
 		this.idToPasswordEncoder = new HashMap<>(idToPasswordEncoder);
+		this.prefix = prefix;
+		this.suffix = suffix;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -188,7 +217,7 @@ public void setDefaultPasswordEncoderForMatches(PasswordEncoder defaultPasswordE
 
 	@Override
 	public String encode(CharSequence rawPassword) {
-		return PREFIX + this.idForEncode + SUFFIX + this.passwordEncoderForEncode.encode(rawPassword);
+		return this.prefix + this.idForEncode + this.suffix + this.passwordEncoderForEncode.encode(rawPassword);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -209,15 +238,15 @@ private String extractId(String prefixEncodedPassword) {
 		if (prefixEncodedPassword == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		int start = prefixEncodedPassword.indexOf(PREFIX);
+		int start = prefixEncodedPassword.indexOf(this.prefix);
 		if (start != 0) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		int end = prefixEncodedPassword.indexOf(SUFFIX, start);
+		int end = prefixEncodedPassword.indexOf(this.suffix, start);
 		if (end < 0) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		return prefixEncodedPassword.substring(start + 1, end);
+		return prefixEncodedPassword.substring(start + this.prefix.length(), end);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -233,8 +262,8 @@ public boolean upgradeEncoding(String prefixEncodedPassword) {
 	}
 
 	private String extractEncodedPassword(String prefixEncodedPassword) {
-		int start = prefixEncodedPassword.indexOf(SUFFIX);
-		return prefixEncodedPassword.substring(start + 1);
+		int start = prefixEncodedPassword.indexOf(this.suffix);
+		return prefixEncodedPassword.substring(start + this.suffix.length());
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests.java b/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests.java
index a67ae334de8..a130aa1fc5b 100644
--- a/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests.java
+++ b/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Rob Winch
  * @author Michael Simons
+ * @author heowc
  * @since 5.0
  */
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
@@ -64,12 +65,16 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests {
 
 	private DelegatingPasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
 
+	private DelegatingPasswordEncoder onlySuffixPasswordEncoder;
+
 	@BeforeEach
 	public void setup() {
 		this.delegates = new HashMap<>();
 		this.delegates.put(this.bcryptId, this.bcrypt);
 		this.delegates.put("noop", this.noop);
 		this.passwordEncoder = new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates);
+
+		this.onlySuffixPasswordEncoder = new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates, "", "$");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -83,6 +88,49 @@ public void constructorWhenIdForEncodeDoesNotExistThenIllegalArgumentException()
 				.isThrownBy(() -> new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId + "INVALID", this.delegates));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWhenPrefixIsNull() {
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates, null, "$"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWhenSuffixIsNull() {
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates, "$", null));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWhenPrefixIsEmpty() {
+		assertThat(new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates, "", "$")).isNotNull();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWhenSuffixIsEmpty() {
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates, "$", ""));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWhenPrefixAndSuffixAreEmpty() {
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates, "", ""));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWhenIdContainsPrefixThenIllegalArgumentException() {
+		this.delegates.put('$' + this.bcryptId, this.bcrypt);
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates, "$", "$"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWhenIdContainsSuffixThenIllegalArgumentException() {
+		this.delegates.put(this.bcryptId + '$', this.bcrypt);
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+				.isThrownBy(() -> new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates, "", "$"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void setDefaultPasswordEncoderForMatchesWhenNullThenIllegalArgumentException() {
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
@@ -104,6 +152,12 @@ public void encodeWhenValidThenUsesIdForEncode() {
 		assertThat(this.passwordEncoder.encode(this.rawPassword)).isEqualTo(this.bcryptEncodedPassword);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void encodeWhenValidBySpecifyDelegatingPasswordEncoderThenUsesIdForEncode() {
+		given(this.bcrypt.encode(this.rawPassword)).willReturn(this.encodedPassword);
+		assertThat(this.onlySuffixPasswordEncoder.encode(this.rawPassword)).isEqualTo("bcrypt$" + this.encodedPassword);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void matchesWhenBCryptThenDelegatesToBCrypt() {
 		given(this.bcrypt.matches(this.rawPassword, this.encodedPassword)).willReturn(true);
@@ -112,6 +166,14 @@ public void matchesWhenBCryptThenDelegatesToBCrypt() {
 		verifyZeroInteractions(this.noop);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void matchesWhenBCryptBySpecifyDelegatingPasswordEncoderThenDelegatesToBCrypt() {
+		given(this.bcrypt.matches(this.rawPassword, this.encodedPassword)).willReturn(true);
+		assertThat(this.onlySuffixPasswordEncoder.matches(this.rawPassword, "bcrypt$" + this.encodedPassword)).isTrue();
+		verify(this.bcrypt).matches(this.rawPassword, this.encodedPassword);
+		verifyZeroInteractions(this.noop);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void matchesWhenNoopThenDelegatesToNoop() {
 		given(this.noop.matches(this.rawPassword, this.encodedPassword)).willReturn(true);