diff --git a/dd-openfeature/src/main/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/delivery/CdnConfigurationSource.java b/dd-openfeature/src/main/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/delivery/CdnConfigurationSource.java
index ad7efef8bd7..0f69632e214 100644
--- a/dd-openfeature/src/main/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/delivery/CdnConfigurationSource.java
+++ b/dd-openfeature/src/main/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/delivery/CdnConfigurationSource.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
@@ -298,15 +299,10 @@ private HttpResponse<byte[]> fetchWithRetries() throws IOException, InterruptedE
 
   private HttpRequest buildRequest() {
     final HttpRequest.Builder request =
-        HttpRequest.newBuilder(this.endpoint)
+        HttpRequest.newBuilder(endpointForCapabilities(this.endpoint, EvaluatorCapabilities.supported()))
             .timeout(this.requestTimeout)
             .header("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
     Headers.addMetadata(request);
-    if (EvaluatorCapabilities.supported()
-        .contains(EvaluatorCapabilities.DEPENDENT_FLAG_VARIANT_KEY_V1)) {
-      request.header(
-          "X-DD-FEATURE-FLAGS-CAPABILITIES", EvaluatorCapabilities.DEPENDENT_FLAG_VARIANT_KEY_V1);
-    }
     if (this.apiKey != null) {
       request.header("DD-API-KEY", this.apiKey);
     }
@@ -317,6 +313,39 @@ private HttpRequest buildRequest() {
     return request.GET().build();
   }
 
+  static URI endpointForCapabilities(final URI endpoint, final Set<String> capabilities) {
+    if (!capabilities.contains(EvaluatorCapabilities.DEPENDENT_FLAG_VARIANT_KEY_V1)) {
+      return endpoint;
+    }
+    final String parameter = EvaluatorCapabilities.DEPENDENT_FLAGS_VARIANT_KEY_QUERY_PARAMETER;
+    final StringBuilder query = new StringBuilder();
+    if (endpoint.getRawQuery() != null) {
+      for (final String item : endpoint.getRawQuery().split("&", -1)) {
+        if (!item.equals(parameter) && !item.startsWith(parameter + "=")) {
+          if (query.length() > 0) {
+            query.append('&');
+          }
+          query.append(item);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (query.length() > 0) {
+      query.append('&');
+    }
+    query
+        .append(parameter)
+        .append('=')
+        .append(EvaluatorCapabilities.DEPENDENT_FLAGS_VARIANT_KEY_QUERY_VERSION);
+
+    final String endpointText = endpoint.toString();
+    final int fragmentStart = endpointText.indexOf('#');
+    final String fragment = fragmentStart < 0 ? "" : endpointText.substring(fragmentStart);
+    final String withoutFragment = fragmentStart < 0 ? endpointText : endpointText.substring(0, fragmentStart);
+    final int queryStart = withoutFragment.indexOf('?');
+    final String path = queryStart < 0 ? withoutFragment : withoutFragment.substring(0, queryStart);
+    return URI.create(path + "?" + query + fragment);
+  }
+
   private synchronized void warn(final String message, final Object... arguments) {
     final long now = System.nanoTime();
     if (this.lastWarningNanos == 0 || now - this.lastWarningNanos >= WARNING_INTERVAL_NANOS) {
diff --git a/dd-openfeature/src/main/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/evaluation/EvaluatorCapabilities.java b/dd-openfeature/src/main/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/evaluation/EvaluatorCapabilities.java
index d4ea1e64a28..0633eae74e7 100644
--- a/dd-openfeature/src/main/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/evaluation/EvaluatorCapabilities.java
+++ b/dd-openfeature/src/main/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/evaluation/EvaluatorCapabilities.java
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 /** Capabilities supported by both local evaluation and exposure reporting. */
 public final class EvaluatorCapabilities {
   public static final String DEPENDENT_FLAG_VARIANT_KEY_V1 = "dependent-flag-variant-key-v1";
+  public static final String DEPENDENT_FLAGS_VARIANT_KEY_QUERY_PARAMETER =
+      "cap_dependent-flags-variant-key";
+  public static final String DEPENDENT_FLAGS_VARIANT_KEY_QUERY_VERSION = "v1";
 
   private EvaluatorCapabilities() {}
 
diff --git a/dd-openfeature/src/test/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/delivery/CdnConfigurationSourceTest.java b/dd-openfeature/src/test/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/delivery/CdnConfigurationSourceTest.java
index 32dbf46dba4..128ab6eef85 100644
--- a/dd-openfeature/src/test/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/delivery/CdnConfigurationSourceTest.java
+++ b/dd-openfeature/src/test/java/com/datadog/openfeature/internal/delivery/CdnConfigurationSourceTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask;
@@ -174,6 +175,28 @@ void sendsApiKeyAndMetadataHeaders() throws Exception {
     assertNull(request.header("X-DD-FEATURE-FLAGS-CAPABILITIES"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void carriesEvaluatorCapabilityAsQueryParameter() {
+    final URI endpoint = URI.create("https://example.test/ufc?token=preserved");
+
+    assertEquals(endpoint, CdnConfigurationSource.endpointForCapabilities(endpoint, Set.of()));
+    assertEquals(
+        endpoint,
+        CdnConfigurationSource.endpointForCapabilities(endpoint, Set.of("unknown-v1")));
+    assertEquals(
+        URI.create(
+            "https://example.test/ufc?token=preserved&cap_dependent-flags-variant-key=v1"),
+        CdnConfigurationSource.endpointForCapabilities(
+            endpoint, Set.of("dependent-flag-variant-key-v1")));
+    assertEquals(
+        URI.create(
+            "https://example.test/ufc?token=preserved&cap_dependent-flags-variant-key=v1#section"),
+        CdnConfigurationSource.endpointForCapabilities(
+            URI.create(
+                "https://example.test/ufc?cap_dependent-flags-variant-key=old&token=preserved#section"),
+            Set.of("dependent-flag-variant-key-v1")));
+  }
+
   @Test
   void appliesJsonApiConfiguration() {
     this.server.enqueue(200, CONFIG, "ETag", "\"v1\"");