diff --git a/server/services/datacommons.py b/server/services/datacommons.py
index 5893399046..64b03d5eff 100644
--- a/server/services/datacommons.py
+++ b/server/services/datacommons.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def get_basic_request_headers() -> dict:
                                                        UNKNOWN_SURFACE)
     if g.get('use_spanner', False):
       headers['X-Divert-Spanner'] = 'true'
+    if should_skip_cache():
+      headers['X-Skip-Cache'] = 'true'
 
   return headers
 
diff --git a/server/tests/services/datacommons_test.py b/server/tests/services/datacommons_test.py
index 8f828bf702..e8339985e8 100644
--- a/server/tests/services/datacommons_test.py
+++ b/server/tests/services/datacommons_test.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 from server.lib.cache import cache
 from server.lib.cache import should_skip_cache
+from server.services.datacommons import get_basic_request_headers
 from server.services.datacommons import nl_search_vars
 from server.services.datacommons import nl_search_vars_in_parallel
 from server.services.datacommons import v2node_paginated
@@ -306,6 +307,21 @@ def test_should_skip_cache_with_no_header(self):
     with self.app.test_request_context():
       self.assertFalse(should_skip_cache())
 
+  def test_skip_cache_header_forwarded_to_mixer(self):
+    true_values = ["true", "TRUE", "True", "tRuE"]
+    for value in true_values:
+      with self.subTest(value=value):
+        with self.app.test_request_context(headers={"X-Skip-Cache": value}):
+          self.assertEqual(get_basic_request_headers().get("X-Skip-Cache"),
+                           "true")
+
+  def test_invalid_skip_cache_header_not_forwarded(self):
+    false_values = ["false", "", "1", "0", "yes", "no", "invalid", "True "]
+    for value in false_values:
+      with self.subTest(value=value):
+        with self.app.test_request_context(headers={"X-Skip-Cache": value}):
+          self.assertNotIn("X-Skip-Cache", get_basic_request_headers())
+
 
 class TestServiceDataCommonsNLSearchVarsInParallel(
     unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):