diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/Announcer.cpp b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/Announcer.cpp
index 596f44d73a1b..a218c68d8c84 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/Announcer.cpp
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/Announcer.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ std::string announcementBody(
     const std::string& nodeVersion,
     const std::string& environment,
     const std::string& nodeLocation,
+    const bool sidecar,
     const std::vector<std::string>& connectorIds) {
   std::string id =
       boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(boost::uuids::random_generator()());
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ std::string announcementBody(
          {"properties",
           {{"node_version", nodeVersion},
            {"coordinator", false},
+           {"sidecar", sidecar},
            {"connectorIds", folly::join(',', connectorIds)},
            {uriScheme,
             fmt::format("{}://{}:{}", uriScheme, address, port)}}}}}}};
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ Announcer::Announcer(
     const std::string& environment,
     const std::string& nodeId,
     const std::string& nodeLocation,
+    const bool sidecar,
     const std::vector<std::string>& connectorIds,
     const uint64_t maxFrequencyMs,
     folly::SSLContextPtr sslContext)
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ Announcer::Announcer(
           nodeVersion,
           environment,
           nodeLocation,
+          sidecar,
           connectorIds)),
       announcementRequest_(
           announcementRequest(address, port, nodeId, announcementBody_)) {}
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/Announcer.h b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/Announcer.h
index 4a806ee78b08..2b35f6e69de1 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/Announcer.h
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/Announcer.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class Announcer : public PeriodicServiceInventoryManager {
       const std::string& environment,
       const std::string& nodeId,
       const std::string& nodeLocation,
+      const bool sidecar,
       const std::vector<std::string>& connectorIds,
       const uint64_t maxFrequencyMs_,
       folly::SSLContextPtr sslContext);
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/PrestoServer.cpp b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/PrestoServer.cpp
index 6fbdc208b5a6..91113e1d83d5 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/PrestoServer.cpp
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/PrestoServer.cpp
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ void PrestoServer::run() {
         environment_,
         nodeId_,
         nodeLocation_,
+        systemConfig->prestoNativeSidecar(),
         catalogNames,
         systemConfig->announcementMaxFrequencyMs(),
         sslContext_);
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Configs.cpp b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Configs.cpp
index e952bb603c19..e250cc391e01 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Configs.cpp
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Configs.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ SystemConfig::SystemConfig() {
           NUM_PROP(kMallocHeapDumpThresholdGb, 20),
           NUM_PROP(kMallocMemMinHeapDumpInterval, 10),
           NUM_PROP(kMallocMemMaxHeapDumpFiles, 5),
+          BOOL_PROP(kNativeSidecar, false),
           BOOL_PROP(kAsyncDataCacheEnabled, true),
           NUM_PROP(kAsyncCacheSsdGb, 0),
           NUM_PROP(kAsyncCacheSsdCheckpointGb, 0),
@@ -384,6 +385,10 @@ uint32_t SystemConfig::systemMemoryGb() const {
   return optionalProperty<uint32_t>(kSystemMemoryGb).value();
 }
 
+bool SystemConfig::prestoNativeSidecar() const {
+  return optionalProperty<bool>(kNativeSidecar).value();
+}
+
 uint32_t SystemConfig::systemMemLimitGb() const {
   return optionalProperty<uint32_t>(kSystemMemLimitGb).value();
 }
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Configs.h b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Configs.h
index 5cb427fc0984..375d0d9d76be 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Configs.h
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Configs.h
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ class SystemConfig : public ConfigBase {
   /// Memory allocation limit enforced via internal memory allocator.
   static constexpr std::string_view kSystemMemoryGb{"system-memory-gb"};
 
+  /// Indicates if the process is configured as a sidecar.
+  static constexpr std::string_view kNativeSidecar{"native-sidecar"};
   /// Specifies the total memory capacity that can be used by query execution in
   /// GB. The query memory capacity should be configured less than the system
   /// memory capacity ('system-memory-gb') to reserve memory for system usage
@@ -722,6 +724,8 @@ class SystemConfig : public ConfigBase {
   std::chrono::duration<double> cacheVeloxTtlCheckInterval() const;
 
   bool enableRuntimeMetricsCollection() const;
+
+  bool prestoNativeSidecar() const;
 };
 
 /// Provides access to node properties defined in node.properties file.
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/tests/AnnouncerTest.cpp b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/tests/AnnouncerTest.cpp
index 37408a848498..4b5881645f05 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/tests/AnnouncerTest.cpp
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/tests/AnnouncerTest.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ TEST_P(AnnouncerTestSuite, basic) {
       "testing",
       "test-node",
       "test-node-location",
+      true,
       {"hive", "tpch"},
       500 /*milliseconds*/,
       useHttps ? sslContext_ : nullptr);