diff --git a/packages/edge-bundler/node/config.test.ts b/packages/edge-bundler/node/config.test.ts
index 3d92ab326d..c0d9e47d88 100644
--- a/packages/edge-bundler/node/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/edge-bundler/node/config.test.ts
@@ -291,6 +291,18 @@ test('Loads function paths from the in-source `config` function', async () => {
     pattern: '^/user-func1/?$',
     excluded_patterns: [],
     path: '/user-func1',
+    headers: {
+      'x-must-be-there': {
+        style: 'exists',
+      },
+      'x-must-match': {
+        pattern: '^(foo|bar)$',
+        style: 'regex',
+      },
+      'x-must-not-be-there': {
+        style: 'missing',
+      },
+    },
   })
   expect(routes[7]).toEqual({
     function: 'user-func3',
diff --git a/packages/edge-bundler/node/config.ts b/packages/edge-bundler/node/config.ts
index b65370257b..cc64c1df12 100644
--- a/packages/edge-bundler/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/edge-bundler/node/config.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ export const isValidOnError = (value: unknown): value is OnError => {
   return value === 'fail' || value === 'bypass' || value.startsWith('/')
 }
 
+export type HeadersConfig = Record<string, boolean | string>
+
 interface BaseFunctionConfig {
   cache?: Cache
+  header?: HeadersConfig
   onError?: OnError
   name?: string
   generator?: string
diff --git a/packages/edge-bundler/node/declaration.ts b/packages/edge-bundler/node/declaration.ts
index d112a12f5b..00dd536d40 100644
--- a/packages/edge-bundler/node/declaration.ts
+++ b/packages/edge-bundler/node/declaration.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-import { FunctionConfig, FunctionConfigWithAllPossibleFields, HTTPMethod, Path } from './config.js'
+import { BundleError } from './bundle_error.js'
+import { FunctionConfig, FunctionConfigWithAllPossibleFields, HeadersConfig, HTTPMethod, Path } from './config.js'
 import { FeatureFlags } from './feature_flags.js'
 
+export type HeaderMatch = { pattern: string; style: 'regex' } | { style: 'exists' | 'missing' }
+type HeaderMatchers = Record<string, HeaderMatch>
+
 interface BaseDeclaration {
   cache?: string
   function: string
+  header?: HeadersConfig
   method?: HTTPMethod | HTTPMethod[]
   // todo: remove these two after a while and only support in-source config for non-route related configs
   name?: string
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ const createDeclarationsFromFunctionConfigs = (
     if (!functionsVisited.has(name)) {
       // If we have a pattern specified, create a declaration for each pattern.
       if ('pattern' in functionConfig && functionConfig.pattern) {
-        const { pattern, excludedPattern } = functionConfig
+        const { header, pattern, excludedPattern } = functionConfig
         const patterns = Array.isArray(pattern) ? pattern : [pattern]
         patterns.forEach((singlePattern) => {
           const declaration: Declaration = { function: name, pattern: singlePattern }
@@ -117,12 +122,15 @@ const createDeclarationsFromFunctionConfigs = (
           if (excludedPattern) {
             declaration.excludedPattern = excludedPattern
           }
+          if (header) {
+            declaration.header = header
+          }
           declarations.push(declaration)
         })
       }
       // If we don't have a pattern but we have a path specified, create a declaration for each path.
       else if ('path' in functionConfig && functionConfig.path) {
-        const { path, excludedPath } = functionConfig
+        const { header, path, excludedPath } = functionConfig
         const paths = Array.isArray(path) ? path : [path]
 
         paths.forEach((singlePath) => {
@@ -136,6 +144,9 @@ const createDeclarationsFromFunctionConfigs = (
           if (excludedPath) {
             declaration.excludedPath = excludedPath
           }
+          if (header) {
+            declaration.header = header
+          }
           declarations.push(declaration)
         })
       }
@@ -165,3 +176,29 @@ export const normalizePattern = (pattern: string) => {
   // Strip leading and forward slashes.
   return regexp.toString().slice(1, -1)
 }
+
+const headerConfigError = `The 'header' configuration property must be an object where keys are strings and values are either booleans or strings (e.g. { "x-header-present": true, "x-header-absent": false, "x-header-matching": "^prefix" }).`
+
+export const getHeaderMatchers = (headers?: HeadersConfig): HeaderMatchers => {
+  const matchers: HeaderMatchers = {}
+
+  if (!headers) {
+    return matchers
+  }
+
+  if (Object.getPrototypeOf(headers) !== Object.prototype) {
+    throw new BundleError(new Error(headerConfigError))
+  }
+
+  for (const header in headers) {
+    if (typeof headers[header] === 'boolean') {
+      matchers[header] = { style: headers[header] ? 'exists' : 'missing' }
+    } else if (typeof headers[header] === 'string') {
+      matchers[header] = { style: 'regex', pattern: normalizePattern(headers[header]) }
+    } else {
+      throw new BundleError(new Error(headerConfigError))
+    }
+  }
+
+  return matchers
+}
diff --git a/packages/edge-bundler/node/manifest.test.ts b/packages/edge-bundler/node/manifest.test.ts
index f3e94ddfaf..eb2b5a8c33 100644
--- a/packages/edge-bundler/node/manifest.test.ts
+++ b/packages/edge-bundler/node/manifest.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { test, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, test, expect } from 'vitest'
 
 // @ts-expect-error current tsconfig.json doesn't allow this, but I don't want to change it
 import { version } from '../package.json' assert { type: 'json' }
@@ -572,3 +572,97 @@ test('Generates a manifest with rewrite config', () => {
   expect(manifest.routes).toEqual(expectedRoutes)
   expect(manifest.function_config).toEqual(expectedFunctionConfig)
 })
+
+describe('Header matching', () => {
+  test('Throws a bundling error if the type is incorrect', () => {
+    const functions = [{ name: 'func-1', path: '/path/to/func-1.ts' }]
+
+    expect(() =>
+      generateManifest({
+        bundles: [],
+
+        // @ts-expect-error Incorrect type
+        declarations: [{ function: 'func-1', path: '/f1/*', header: 'foo' }],
+        functions,
+      }),
+    ).toThrowError(BundleError)
+
+    expect(() =>
+      generateManifest({
+        bundles: [],
+
+        declarations: [
+          {
+            function: 'func-1',
+            path: '/f1/*',
+            header: {
+              'x-correct': true,
+
+              // @ts-expect-error Incorrect type
+              'x-not-correct': {
+                problem: true,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+        functions,
+      }),
+    ).toThrowError(BundleError)
+  })
+
+  test('Writes header matching rules to the manifest', () => {
+    const functions = [{ name: 'func-1', path: '/path/to/func-1.ts' }]
+    const declarations: Declaration[] = [
+      {
+        function: 'func-1',
+        path: '/f1/*',
+        header: {
+          'x-present': true,
+          'x-also-present': true,
+          'x-absent': false,
+          'x-match-prefix': '^prefix(.*)',
+          'x-match-exact': 'exact',
+          'x-match-suffix': '(.*)suffix$',
+        },
+      },
+    ]
+    const { manifest } = generateManifest({
+      bundles: [],
+      declarations,
+      functions,
+    })
+
+    const expectedRoutes = [
+      {
+        function: 'func-1',
+        pattern: '^/f1(?:/(.*))/?$',
+        excluded_patterns: [],
+        path: '/f1/*',
+        headers: {
+          'x-absent': {
+            style: 'missing',
+          },
+          'x-also-present': {
+            style: 'exists',
+          },
+          'x-match-exact': {
+            pattern: '^exact$',
+            style: 'regex',
+          },
+          'x-match-prefix': {
+            pattern: '^prefix(.*)$',
+            style: 'regex',
+          },
+          'x-match-suffix': {
+            pattern: '^(.*)suffix$',
+            style: 'regex',
+          },
+          'x-present': {
+            style: 'exists',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ]
+    expect(manifest.routes).toEqual(expectedRoutes)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/edge-bundler/node/manifest.ts b/packages/edge-bundler/node/manifest.ts
index 0a7dcad1ee..cc958b3b37 100644
--- a/packages/edge-bundler/node/manifest.ts
+++ b/packages/edge-bundler/node/manifest.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { join } from 'path'
 import type { Bundle } from './bundle.js'
 import { wrapBundleError } from './bundle_error.js'
 import { Cache, FunctionConfig, FunctionConfigWithAllPossibleFields, Path } from './config.js'
-import { Declaration, normalizePattern } from './declaration.js'
+import { Declaration, type HeaderMatch, getHeaderMatchers, normalizePattern } from './declaration.js'
 import { EdgeFunction } from './edge_function.js'
 import { FeatureFlags } from './feature_flags.js'
 import { Layer } from './layer.js'
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { ExtendedURLPattern } from './utils/urlpattern.js'
 
 interface Route {
   function: string
+  headers?: Record<string, HeaderMatch>
   pattern: string
   excluded_patterns: string[]
   path?: string
@@ -232,6 +233,10 @@ const generateManifest = ({
       route.methods = normalizeMethods(declaration.method, func.name)
     }
 
+    if ('header' in declaration) {
+      route.headers = getHeaderMatchers(declaration.header)
+    }
+
     if ('path' in declaration) {
       route.path = declaration.path
     }
diff --git a/packages/edge-bundler/test/fixtures/with_config/netlify/edge-functions/user-func1.ts b/packages/edge-bundler/test/fixtures/with_config/netlify/edge-functions/user-func1.ts
index 2577db6dd8..6991c035e3 100644
--- a/packages/edge-bundler/test/fixtures/with_config/netlify/edge-functions/user-func1.ts
+++ b/packages/edge-bundler/test/fixtures/with_config/netlify/edge-functions/user-func1.ts
@@ -13,5 +13,10 @@ export default async () => {
 }
 
 export const config: Config = {
+  header: {
+    "x-must-be-there": true,
+    "x-must-not-be-there": false,
+    "x-must-match": "^(foo|bar)$",
+  },
   path: '/user-func1',
 }