diff --git a/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/candidate_blocks.py b/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/candidate_blocks.py
index a8f0cfe615a0..2df02ef9d0ee 100644
--- a/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/candidate_blocks.py
+++ b/python/sglang/kernels/ops/attention/dsv4/candidate_blocks.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 import triton.language as tl
 
 from sglang.kernels.jit.utils import is_arch_support_pdl
+from sglang.srt.environ import envs
+
+_DEEPSELECT_INPUT_ALIGNMENT_BYTES = 1024
 
 
 @triton.jit
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ def _candidate_scores_kernel(
     SCORES,
     WIDTH: tl.constexpr,
     STRIDE: tl.constexpr,
-    BLOCKS: tl.constexpr,
+    SCORE_STRIDE: tl.constexpr,
     GROUP: tl.constexpr,
     GROUP_PAD: tl.constexpr,
     TILE: tl.constexpr,
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ def _candidate_scores_kernel(
     scores = tl.where(
         (length > 0) & (blocks == (length - 1) // GROUP), float("inf"), scores
     )
-    tl.store(SCORES + row * BLOCKS + blocks, scores, blocks < BLOCKS)
+    tl.store(SCORES + row * SCORE_STRIDE + blocks, scores, blocks < SCORE_STRIDE)
 
 
 @triton.jit
@@ -72,14 +75,20 @@ def _publish_candidate_mask_kernel(
     WIDTH: tl.constexpr,
     GROUP: tl.constexpr,
     TOPK: tl.constexpr,
+    INDEX_STRIDE: tl.constexpr,
+    VALUE_STRIDE: tl.constexpr,
     TILE: tl.constexpr,
 ):
     row = tl.program_id(0).to(tl.int64)
     i = tl.program_id(1) * TILE + tl.arange(0, TILE)
-    selected = tl.load(INDICES + row * TOPK + i // GROUP, i < TOPK * GROUP, 0)
-    score = tl.load(VALUES + row * TOPK + i // GROUP, i < TOPK * GROUP, -float("inf"))
+    selected = tl.load(INDICES + row * INDEX_STRIDE + i // GROUP, i < TOPK * GROUP, 0)
+    score = tl.load(
+        VALUES + row * VALUE_STRIDE + i // GROUP,
+        i < TOPK * GROUP,
+        -float("inf"),
+    )
     cols = selected * GROUP + i % GROUP
-    # torch.topk returns unique block indices: each output position has one writer.
+    # Top-K returns unique block indices: each output position has one writer.
     tl.store(
         KEEP + row * WIDTH + cols,
         score > -float("inf"),
@@ -95,10 +104,12 @@ def candidate_block_logits(
     block_size: int,
     published: torch.Tensor | None,
 ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor | None]:
-    """Keep torch.topk's block selection, including its tie behavior.
+    """Select candidate blocks and publish their token-level visibility mask.
 
-    Without ``published`` (a source) mask the unread tail while scoring blocks;
-    with it (a consumer) apply visibility and the published mask in one pass.
+    A source masks the unread tail while reducing each block. A consumer masks
+    visibility and the published candidates in one pass, without copying the
+    capacity-sized logits before each masked_fill. DeepSelect can choose a
+    different valid subset when finite block scores tie.
     """
     rows, width = logits.shape
     output = torch.empty((rows, width), dtype=torch.float32, device=logits.device)
@@ -117,33 +128,67 @@ def candidate_block_logits(
         return output, None
 
     blocks = triton.cdiv(width, block_size)
-    scores = torch.empty((rows, blocks), dtype=torch.float32, device=logits.device)
+    use_deepselect = envs.SGLANG_OPT_DSV41_DEEPSELECT_CANDIDATE_TOPK.get()
+    deep_select = None
+    if use_deepselect:
+        if torch.cuda.get_device_capability(logits.device) != (9, 0):
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "SGLANG_OPT_DSV41_DEEPSELECT_CANDIDATE_TOPK only supports SM90"
+            )
+        try:
+            import deep_select
+        except ImportError as exc:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "SGLANG_OPT_DSV41_DEEPSELECT_CANDIDATE_TOPK requires the "
+                "deep_select package"
+            ) from exc
+    score_alignment = _DEEPSELECT_INPUT_ALIGNMENT_BYTES // torch.float32.itemsize
+    score_stride = triton.cdiv(blocks, score_alignment) * score_alignment
+    scores = torch.empty(
+        (rows, score_stride if use_deepselect else blocks),
+        dtype=torch.float32,
+        device=logits.device,
+    )
     group_pad = triton.next_power_of_2(block_size)
     tile = max(1, 1024 // group_pad)
-    _candidate_scores_kernel[(rows, triton.cdiv(blocks, tile))](
+    _candidate_scores_kernel[
+        (rows, triton.cdiv(score_stride if use_deepselect else blocks, tile))
+    ](
         logits,
         seq_lens,
         output,
         scores,
         width,
         logits.stride(0),
-        blocks,
+        scores.stride(0),
         block_size,
         group_pad,
         tile,
     )
     # Publication only needs membership; sorting the selected pairs is unused.
-    top = scores.topk(min(topk_blocks, blocks), dim=-1, sorted=False)
+    selected = min(topk_blocks, blocks)
+    if use_deepselect:
+        top_values, top_indices = deep_select.topk(
+            scores,
+            selected,
+            indices_type=torch.int32,
+            return_value=True,
+        )
+    else:
+        top = scores.topk(selected, dim=-1, sorted=False)
+        top_values, top_indices = top.values, top.indices
     keep = torch.zeros((rows, width), dtype=torch.bool, device=logits.device)
     _publish_candidate_mask_kernel[
-        (rows, triton.cdiv(top.indices.shape[1] * block_size, 256))
+        (rows, triton.cdiv(top_indices.shape[1] * block_size, 256))
     ](
-        top.indices,
-        top.values,
+        top_indices,
+        top_values,
         keep,
         width,
         block_size,
-        top.indices.shape[1],
+        top_indices.shape[1],
+        top_indices.stride(0),
+        top_values.stride(0),
         256,
         num_warps=4,
     )
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/environ.py b/python/sglang/srt/environ.py
index 44be0f1f46ac..73bdade2d4d7 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/environ.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/environ.py
@@ -1499,6 +1499,8 @@ class Envs:
     # Run the DeepSeek-V4.1 ratio-1/2 prefill indexer on the torch path instead
     # of the DeepGEMM dense fp4 logits kernel (test oracle / fallback).
     SGLANG_DSV41_TORCH_PREFILL_INDEXER = EnvBool(False)
+    # Use the optional DeepSelect SM90 kernel for candidate-block FP32 Top-K.
+    SGLANG_OPT_DSV41_DEEPSELECT_CANDIDATE_TOPK = EnvBool(False)
     # Keep the DeepSeek-V4.1 engram tables in host memory (layout below) and gather
     # rows from the GPU instead of sharding them over HBM.
     SGLANG_ENABLE_DSV41_ENGRAM_HOST_TABLE = EnvBool(False)
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/indexer.py b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/indexer.py
index 6403dc4876ac..5d951d3b095b 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/indexer.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/layers/attention/dsv4/indexer.py
@@ -1197,6 +1197,25 @@ def select_candidate_blocks(
     topk_blocks best-scoring blocks per query. Unreachable positions are already -inf
     in logits, so an all -inf block means not reachable yet; the block holding the
     query's newest position is always kept."""
+    if (
+        envs.SGLANG_OPT_DSV41_DEEPSELECT_CANDIDATE_TOPK.get()
+        and torch.is_tensor(compress_lens)
+        and logits.dim() == 2
+    ):
+        from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.dsv4.candidate_blocks import (
+            candidate_block_logits,
+        )
+
+        _, keep = candidate_block_logits(
+            logits,
+            compress_lens.reshape(-1),
+            topk_blocks=topk_blocks,
+            block_size=block_size,
+            published=None,
+        )
+        assert keep is not None
+        return keep
+
     width = logits.size(-1)
     scores = F.pad(logits, (0, -width % block_size), value=-torch.inf)
     scores = scores.unflatten(-1, (-1, block_size)).amax(dim=-1)
diff --git a/test/registered/kernel/attention/dsv4/test_deepselect_candidate_blocks.py b/test/registered/kernel/attention/dsv4/test_deepselect_candidate_blocks.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cc8c1e369e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/registered/kernel/attention/dsv4/test_deepselect_candidate_blocks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import unittest
+
+import torch
+
+from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.dsv4.candidate_blocks import candidate_block_logits
+from sglang.srt.environ import envs
+from sglang.srt.layers.attention.dsv4.indexer import select_candidate_blocks
+from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cuda_ci
+from sglang.test.test_utils import CustomTestCase
+
+register_cuda_ci(est_time=20, stage="base-b-kernel-unit", runner_config="1-gpu-large")
+
+
+def _deepselect_sm90_available() -> bool:
+    if not torch.cuda.is_available() or torch.cuda.get_device_capability() != (9, 0):
+        return False
+    try:
+        import deep_select  # noqa: F401
+    except ImportError:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(
+    _deepselect_sm90_available(), "requires the optional DeepSelect SM90 package"
+)
+class TestDeepSelectCandidateBlocks(CustomTestCase):
+    def test_candidate_publication_matches_torch(self):
+        torch.manual_seed(913)
+        rows, width, block_size, topk_blocks = 6, 131079, 8, 513
+        logits = torch.randn(rows, width + 11, device="cuda")[:, :width]
+        lengths = torch.tensor(
+            [0, 1, 17, width // 2, width - 3, width],
+            device="cuda",
+            dtype=torch.int32,
+        )
+
+        with envs.SGLANG_OPT_DSV41_DEEPSELECT_CANDIDATE_TOPK.override(False):
+            ref_logits, ref_keep = candidate_block_logits(
+                logits,
+                lengths,
+                topk_blocks=topk_blocks,
+                block_size=block_size,
+                published=None,
+            )
+        with envs.SGLANG_OPT_DSV41_DEEPSELECT_CANDIDATE_TOPK.override(True):
+            got_logits, got_keep = candidate_block_logits(
+                logits,
+                lengths,
+                topk_blocks=topk_blocks,
+                block_size=block_size,
+                published=None,
+            )
+
+        torch.testing.assert_close(got_logits, ref_logits, rtol=0, atol=0)
+        torch.testing.assert_close(got_keep, ref_keep, rtol=0, atol=0)
+        with envs.SGLANG_OPT_DSV41_DEEPSELECT_CANDIDATE_TOPK.override(True):
+            selector_keep = select_candidate_blocks(
+                ref_logits,
+                lengths[:, None],
+                topk_blocks=topk_blocks,
+                block_size=block_size,
+            )
+        torch.testing.assert_close(selector_keep, ref_keep, rtol=0, atol=0)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()