diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/OpenApi/IOpenApiDiscriminator.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/OpenApi/IOpenApiDiscriminator.cs
similarity index 87%
rename from src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/OpenApi/IOpenApiDiscriminator.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/OpenApi/IOpenApiDiscriminator.cs
index 6bf39b6c92cf..f60ad54c278b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/OpenApi/IOpenApiDiscriminator.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/OpenApi/IOpenApiDiscriminator.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.OpenApi;
+namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common.OpenApi;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Marker interface that ensure the type have a "$type" discriminator in the open api schema.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/Serialization/IUmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/Serialization/IUmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.cs
index 009f05e4e485..fe47f4ebeeac 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/Serialization/IUmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/Serialization/IUmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.cs
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common.Serialization;
 public interface IUmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver : IJsonTypeInfoResolver
 {
     IEnumerable<Type> FindSubTypes(Type type);
+
+    string? GetTypeDiscriminatorValue(Type type);
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/Serialization/UmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/Serialization/UmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.cs
index 5fc8bcf5f614..38d6df93e592 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/Serialization/UmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common/Serialization/UmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common.OpenApi;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Composing;
+using Umbraco.Extensions;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common.Serialization;
 
@@ -15,6 +18,14 @@ public UmbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver(ITypeFinder typeFinder)
 
     public IEnumerable<Type> FindSubTypes(Type type)
     {
+        JsonDerivedTypeAttribute[] explicitJsonDerivedTypes = type
+            .GetCustomAttributes<JsonDerivedTypeAttribute>(false)
+            .ToArray();
+        if (explicitJsonDerivedTypes.Any())
+        {
+            return explicitJsonDerivedTypes.Select(a => a.DerivedType);
+        }
+
         if (type.IsInterface is false)
         {
             // IMPORTANT: do NOT return an empty enumerable here. it will cause nullability to fail on reference
@@ -33,6 +44,24 @@ public IEnumerable<Type> FindSubTypes(Type type)
         return result;
     }
 
+    public string? GetTypeDiscriminatorValue(Type type)
+    {
+        JsonDerivedTypeAttribute? jsonDerivedTypeAttribute = type
+            .GetBaseTypes(false)
+            .WhereNotNull()
+            .SelectMany(baseType => baseType.GetCustomAttributes<JsonDerivedTypeAttribute>(false))
+            .FirstOrDefault(attr => attr.DerivedType == type);
+
+        if (jsonDerivedTypeAttribute is not null)
+        {
+            // IMPORTANT: do NOT perform fallback to type.Name here - it will work for the schema generation,
+            //            but not for the actual serialization, and then it's only going to cause confusion.
+            return jsonDerivedTypeAttribute.TypeDiscriminator?.ToString();
+        }
+
+        return typeof(IOpenApiDiscriminator).IsAssignableFrom(type) ? type.Name : null;
+    }
+
     public override JsonTypeInfo GetTypeInfo(Type type, JsonSerializerOptions options)
     {
         JsonTypeInfo result = base.GetTypeInfo(type, options);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Configuration/ConfigureUmbracoManagementApiSwaggerGenOptions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Configuration/ConfigureUmbracoManagementApiSwaggerGenOptions.cs
index 7281b86b7b2c..6b67c805af25 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Configuration/ConfigureUmbracoManagementApiSwaggerGenOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Configuration/ConfigureUmbracoManagementApiSwaggerGenOptions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
 using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common.OpenApi;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common.Serialization;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.DependencyInjection;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.OpenApi;
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ public void Configure(SwaggerGenOptions swaggerGenOptions)
         swaggerGenOptions.UseOneOfForPolymorphism();
 
         // Ensure all types that implements the IOpenApiDiscriminator have a $type property in the OpenApi schema with the default value (The class name) that is expected by the server
-        swaggerGenOptions.SelectDiscriminatorNameUsing(type => typeof(IOpenApiDiscriminator).IsAssignableFrom(type) ? "$type" : null);
-        swaggerGenOptions.SelectDiscriminatorValueUsing(type => typeof(IOpenApiDiscriminator).IsAssignableFrom(type) ? type.Name : null);
+        swaggerGenOptions.SelectDiscriminatorNameUsing(type => _umbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.GetTypeDiscriminatorValue(type) is not null ? "$type" : null);
+        swaggerGenOptions.SelectDiscriminatorValueUsing(_umbracoJsonTypeInfoResolver.GetTypeDiscriminatorValue);
 
 
         swaggerGenOptions.AddSecurityDefinition(
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/UserGroup/Permissions/IPermissionPresentationModel.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/UserGroup/Permissions/IPermissionPresentationModel.cs
index 5bbeeae9b378..8f3ca6377272 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/UserGroup/Permissions/IPermissionPresentationModel.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/UserGroup/Permissions/IPermissionPresentationModel.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.OpenApi;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Common.OpenApi;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels.UserGroup.Permissions;