diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index ec9cbddc9..7c0fda8de 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const AUTOCAPTURE_DISABLED_SERVER_SIDE = '$autocapture_disabled_server_si
 export const SESSION_RECORDING_ENABLED_SERVER_SIDE = '$session_recording_enabled_server_side'
 export const CONSOLE_LOG_RECORDING_ENABLED_SERVER_SIDE = '$console_log_recording_enabled_server_side'
 export const SESSION_RECORDING_RECORDER_VERSION_SERVER_SIDE = '$session_recording_recorder_version_server_side' // follows rrweb versioning
+export const SESSION_RECORDING_NETWORK_PAYLOAD_CAPTURE = '$session_recording_network_payload_capture'
 export const SESSION_ID = '$sesid'
 export const SESSION_RECORDING_IS_SAMPLED = '$session_is_sampled'
 export const ENABLED_FEATURE_FLAGS = '$enabled_feature_flags'
diff --git a/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts b/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
index 7814f4454..4da866dac 100644
--- a/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/replay/sessionrecording.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
     CONSOLE_LOG_RECORDING_ENABLED_SERVER_SIDE,
     SESSION_RECORDING_ENABLED_SERVER_SIDE,
     SESSION_RECORDING_IS_SAMPLED,
+    SESSION_RECORDING_NETWORK_PAYLOAD_CAPTURE,
     SESSION_RECORDING_RECORDER_VERSION_SERVER_SIDE,
 } from '../../constants'
 import {
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ export class SessionRecording {
     private receivedDecide: boolean
     private rrwebRecord: rrwebRecord | undefined
     private isIdle = false
-    private _networkPayloadCapture: Pick<NetworkRecordOptions, 'recordHeaders' | 'recordBody'> | undefined = undefined
 
     private _linkedFlagSeen: boolean = false
     private _lastActivityTimestamp: number = Date.now()
@@ -148,6 +148,19 @@ export class SessionRecording {
         return recordingVersion_client_side || recordingVersion_server_side || 'v1'
     }
 
+    private get networkPayloadCapture(): Pick<NetworkRecordOptions, 'recordHeaders' | 'recordBody'> | undefined {
+        const networkPayloadCapture_server_side = this.instance.get_property(SESSION_RECORDING_NETWORK_PAYLOAD_CAPTURE)
+        const networkPayloadCapture_client_side = {
+            recordHeaders: this.instance.config.session_recording?.recordHeaders,
+            recordBody: this.instance.config.session_recording?.recordBody,
+        }
+        const headersEnabled =
+            networkPayloadCapture_client_side?.recordHeaders || networkPayloadCapture_server_side?.recordHeaders
+        const bodyEnabled =
+            networkPayloadCapture_client_side?.recordBody || networkPayloadCapture_server_side?.recordBody
+        return headersEnabled || bodyEnabled ? { recordHeaders: headersEnabled, recordBody: bodyEnabled } : undefined
+    }
+
     /**
      * defaults to buffering mode until a decide response is received
      * once a decide response is received status can be disabled, active or sampled
@@ -252,11 +265,10 @@ export class SessionRecording {
                 [SESSION_RECORDING_ENABLED_SERVER_SIDE]: !!response['sessionRecording'],
                 [CONSOLE_LOG_RECORDING_ENABLED_SERVER_SIDE]: response.sessionRecording?.consoleLogRecordingEnabled,
                 [SESSION_RECORDING_RECORDER_VERSION_SERVER_SIDE]: response.sessionRecording?.recorderVersion,
+                [SESSION_RECORDING_NETWORK_PAYLOAD_CAPTURE]: response.sessionRecording?.networkPayloadCapture,
             })
         }
 
-        this._networkPayloadCapture = response.sessionRecording?.networkPayloadCapture
-
         const receivedSampleRate = response.sessionRecording?.sampleRate
         this._sampleRate =
             _isUndefined(receivedSampleRate) || _isNull(receivedSampleRate) ? null : parseFloat(receivedSampleRate)
@@ -472,14 +484,12 @@ export class SessionRecording {
         if ((window as any).rrwebConsoleRecord && this.isConsoleLogCaptureEnabled) {
             plugins.push((window as any).rrwebConsoleRecord.getRecordConsolePlugin())
         }
-        if (this._networkPayloadCapture) {
-            if (_isFunction((window as any).getRecordNetworkPlugin)) {
-                plugins.push(
-                    (window as any).getRecordNetworkPlugin(
-                        buildNetworkRequestOptions(this.instance.config, this._networkPayloadCapture)
-                    )
+        if (this.networkPayloadCapture && _isFunction((window as any).getRecordNetworkPlugin)) {
+            plugins.push(
+                (window as any).getRecordNetworkPlugin(
+                    buildNetworkRequestOptions(this.instance.config, this.networkPayloadCapture)
                 )
-            }
+            )
         }
 
         this.stopRrweb = this.rrwebRecord({