diff --git a/src/lib/types/experimental.ts b/src/lib/types/experimental.ts
index 29bb91a035..8bc7cba736 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/experimental.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/experimental.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ export type IFlagKey =
     | 'responseTimeMetricsFix'
     | 'scimApi'
     | 'displayEdgeBanner'
-    | 'globalFrontendApiCache';
+    | 'globalFrontendApiCache'
+    | 'returnGlobalFrontendApiCache';
 
 export type IFlags = Partial<{ [key in IFlagKey]: boolean | Variant }>;
 
@@ -267,6 +268,10 @@ const flags: IFlags = {
         process.env.UNLEASH_EXPERIMENTAL_GLOBAL_FRONTEND_API_CACHE,
         false,
     ),
+    returnGlobalFrontendApiCache: parseEnvVarBoolean(
+        process.env.UNLEASH_EXPERIMENTAL_RETURN_GLOBAL_FRONTEND_API_CACHE,
+        false,
+    ),
 };
 
 export const defaultExperimentalOptions: IExperimentalOptions = {
diff --git a/src/server-dev.ts b/src/server-dev.ts
index 88b1b46f89..5fe2746420 100644
--- a/src/server-dev.ts
+++ b/src/server-dev.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ process.nextTick(async () => {
                         userAccessUIEnabled: true,
                         sdkReporting: true,
                         globalFrontendApiCache: true,
+                        returnGlobalFrontendApiCache: true,
                     },
                 },
                 authentication: {