diff --git a/router-tests/persisted_operations_over_get_test.go b/router-tests/persisted_operations_over_get_test.go
index f1bcd4e1e5..836ff00beb 100644
--- a/router-tests/persisted_operations_over_get_test.go
+++ b/router-tests/persisted_operations_over_get_test.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func TestPersistedSubscriptionOverGET(t *testing.T) {
 				Extensions: []byte(`{"persistedQuery": {"version": 1, "sha256Hash": "a78014f326504cdcc3ed9c4440c989ca0ac7ef237f6379ea7fee0ffde5ea71cb"}}`),
 				Header: map[string][]string{
 					"Content-Type":  {"application/json"},
-					"Accept":        {"text/event-stream"},
+					"Accept":        {"text/event-stream,application/json"},
 					"Connection":    {"keep-alive"},
 					"Cache-Control": {"no-cache"},
 
diff --git a/router/core/flushwriter.go b/router/core/flushwriter.go
index b0a5d7f595..432bdb2d08 100644
--- a/router/core/flushwriter.go
+++ b/router/core/flushwriter.go
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package core
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"github.com/wundergraph/astjson"
+	"github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2/pkg/engine/resolve"
 	"io"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
-
-	"github.com/wundergraph/astjson"
-	"github.com/wundergraph/graphql-go-tools/v2/pkg/engine/resolve"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -183,14 +184,42 @@ func setSubscriptionHeaders(wgParams SubscriptionParams, r *http.Request, w http
 
 func NegotiateSubscriptionParams(r *http.Request) SubscriptionParams {
 	q := r.URL.Query()
-	acceptHeader := r.Header.Get("Accept")
+	acceptHeaders := r.Header.Get("Accept")
+	elements := strings.Split(acceptHeaders, ",")
+	// Per RFC 9110, Accept header can be in the form`text/event-stream,application/json`, with an optional q-value to
+	// specify preference. We want to parse this and find the best option to use, and default to the first option if no
+	// q-value is provided.
+	// Eventually a solution will be in the stdlib: see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/19307, at which point we should
+	// remove this
+	var (
+		useMultipart = false
+		useSse       = q.Has(WgSseParam)
+		bestType     = ""
+		bestQ        = -1.0 // Default to lowest possible q-value
+	)
+
+	for _, acceptHeader := range elements {
+		mediaType, params, _ := mime.ParseMediaType(acceptHeader)
+		qValue := 1.0                            // Default quality factor
+		if qStr, exists := params["q"]; exists { // If a quality factor exists, parse it and prefer it
+			if parsedQ, err := strconv.ParseFloat(qStr, 64); err == nil {
+				qValue = parsedQ
+			}
+		}
 
-	mediaType, _, _ := mime.ParseMediaType(acceptHeader)
+		// Find the media type with the highest q-value. If none is provided, it will default to the first option
+		// in the header, per https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-accept
+		if qValue > bestQ {
+			bestQ = qValue
+			bestType = mediaType
+		}
+	}
 	subscribeOnce := q.Has(WgSubscribeOnceParam)
-	useMultipart := mediaType == multipartMime
+	useSse = useSse || bestType == sseMimeType
+	useMultipart = bestType == multipartMime
 
 	return SubscriptionParams{
-		UseSse:        q.Has(WgSseParam) || mediaType == sseMimeType,
+		UseSse:        useSse,
 		SubscribeOnce: subscribeOnce,
 		UseMultipart:  useMultipart,
 	}
diff --git a/router/core/flushwriter_test.go b/router/core/flushwriter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5a1b2cff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/router/core/flushwriter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package core
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNegotiateSubscriptionParams(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		r *http.Request
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want SubscriptionParams
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "No matching headers/subscribe once",
+			args: args{
+				r: &http.Request{
+					URL: &url.URL{RawQuery: "test"},
+					Header: http.Header{
+						"Accept": []string{"test,text/event-stream"},
+					}}},
+			want: SubscriptionParams{
+				UseSse:        false,
+				SubscribeOnce: false,
+				UseMultipart:  false,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Subscribe once",
+			args: args{
+				r: &http.Request{
+					URL: &url.URL{RawQuery: "wg_subscribe_once"},
+					Header: http.Header{
+						"Accept": []string{"text/event-stream,application/json"},
+					}}},
+			want: SubscriptionParams{
+				UseSse:        true,
+				SubscribeOnce: true,
+				UseMultipart:  false,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SSE with query",
+			args: args{
+				r: &http.Request{
+					URL: &url.URL{RawQuery: "wg_sse"},
+					Header: http.Header{
+						"Accept": []string{"application/json"},
+					}}},
+			want: SubscriptionParams{
+				UseSse:        true,
+				SubscribeOnce: false,
+				UseMultipart:  false,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "SSE header",
+			args: args{
+				r: &http.Request{
+					URL: &url.URL{RawQuery: "test"},
+					Header: http.Header{
+						"Accept": []string{"text/event-stream,application/json"},
+					}}},
+			want: SubscriptionParams{
+				UseSse:        true,
+				SubscribeOnce: false,
+				UseMultipart:  false,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Multipart header",
+			args: args{
+				r: &http.Request{
+					URL: &url.URL{RawQuery: "test"},
+					Header: http.Header{
+						"Accept": []string{"multipart/mixed,application/json"},
+					}}},
+			want: SubscriptionParams{
+				UseSse:        false,
+				SubscribeOnce: false,
+				UseMultipart:  true,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Respect q preference (multipart wins)",
+			args: args{
+				r: &http.Request{
+					URL: &url.URL{RawQuery: "test"},
+					Header: http.Header{
+						"Accept": []string{"text/event-stream;q=0.9,application/json;q=0.8,multipart/mixed;q=1.0"},
+					}}},
+			want: SubscriptionParams{
+				UseSse:        false,
+				SubscribeOnce: false,
+				UseMultipart:  true,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Respect order (SSE wins)",
+			args: args{
+				r: &http.Request{
+					URL: &url.URL{RawQuery: "test"},
+					Header: http.Header{
+						"Accept": []string{"text/event-stream,application/json,multipart/mixed"},
+					}}},
+			want: SubscriptionParams{
+				UseSse:        true,
+				SubscribeOnce: false,
+				UseMultipart:  false,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equalf(t, tt.want, NegotiateSubscriptionParams(tt.args.r), "NegotiateSubscriptionParams(%v)", tt.args.r)
+		})
+	}
+}