diff --git a/docs/user/interfaces/endpoint.rst b/docs/user/interfaces/endpoint.rst
index 1deab285103..bd5a9637c5b 100644
--- a/docs/user/interfaces/endpoint.rst
+++ b/docs/user/interfaces/endpoint.rst
@@ -266,6 +266,58 @@ Result set::
       "status": 200
     }
 
+Profile [Experimental]
+======================
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+Profiling captures per-stage timings (in milliseconds) for SQL query
+execution. To enable profiling, set ``"profile": true`` in the request
+body alongside ``"query"``.
+
+.. note::
+   The ``profile`` parameter only takes effect when the query runs on
+   the Analytics Engine. In all other cases the flag is silently ignored.
+
+   Profile output is returned only for regular query execution (not
+   ``_explain``) and only with the default ``format=jdbc``.
+
+Example
+-------
+
+Request::
+
+    POST /_plugins/_sql
+    {
+      "query": "SELECT customer_id, SUM(amount) FROM orders GROUP BY customer_id",
+      "profile": true
+    }
+
+Expected output (trimmed)::
+
+    {
+      "profile": {
+        "summary": {
+          "total_time_ms": 33.34
+        },
+        "phases": {
+          "analyze": { "time_ms": 8.68 },
+          "optimize": { "time_ms": 18.2 },
+          "execute": { "time_ms": 4.87 },
+          "format": { "time_ms": 0.05 }
+        },
+        "plan": {
+          "node": "EnumerableCalc",
+          "time_ms": 4.82,
+          "rows": 2,
+          "children": [
+            { "node": "CalciteEnumerableIndexScan", "time_ms": 4.12, "rows": 2 }
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
 Fetch Size (PPL) [Experimental]
 ================================
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/SQLPlugin.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/SQLPlugin.java
index 3692f49688d..a4968766a50 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/SQLPlugin.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/SQLPlugin.java
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
         unifiedQueryHandler.execute(
             sqlRequest.getQuery(),
             QueryType.SQL,
-            false,
+            sqlRequest.isProfileEnabled(),
             new ActionListener<>() {
               @Override
               public void onResponse(TransportPPLQueryResponse response) {
diff --git a/sql/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/domain/SQLQueryRequest.java b/sql/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/domain/SQLQueryRequest.java
index df456d4d780..456ea212717 100644
--- a/sql/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/domain/SQLQueryRequest.java
+++ b/sql/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/domain/SQLQueryRequest.java
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class SQLQueryRequest {
   private static final String QUERY_FIELD_CURSOR = "cursor";
+  private static final String QUERY_FIELD_PROFILE = "profile";
   private static final Set<String> SUPPORTED_FIELDS =
-      Set.of("query", "fetch_size", "parameters", QUERY_FIELD_CURSOR);
+      Set.of("query", "fetch_size", "parameters", QUERY_FIELD_CURSOR, QUERY_FIELD_PROFILE);
   private static final String QUERY_PARAMS_FORMAT = "format";
   private static final String QUERY_PARAMS_SANITIZE = "sanitize";
   private static final String QUERY_PARAMS_PRETTY = "pretty";
@@ -118,6 +119,14 @@ public boolean isExplainRequest() {
     return path.endsWith("/_explain");
   }
 
+  /** Check if profiling should run for this request. */
+  public boolean isProfileEnabled() {
+    return jsonContent != null
+        && jsonContent.optBoolean(QUERY_FIELD_PROFILE, false)
+        && !isExplainRequest()
+        && Format.JDBC.getFormatName().equalsIgnoreCase(format);
+  }
+
   public boolean isCursorCloseRequest() {
     return path.endsWith("/close");
   }
diff --git a/sql/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/domain/SQLQueryRequestTest.java b/sql/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/domain/SQLQueryRequestTest.java
index a8ac6c71c4e..e5f2400e6cb 100644
--- a/sql/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/domain/SQLQueryRequestTest.java
+++ b/sql/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/domain/SQLQueryRequestTest.java
@@ -284,6 +284,70 @@ public void should_support_raw_format() {
     assertTrue(csvRequest.isSupported());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void should_support_query_with_profile_field() {
+    SQLQueryRequest request =
+        SQLQueryRequestBuilder.request("SELECT 1")
+            .jsonContent("{\"query\": \"SELECT 1\", \"profile\": true}")
+            .build();
+    assertTrue(request.isSupported());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_disable_profile_when_no_json_content() {
+    SQLQueryRequest request =
+        new SQLQueryRequest(null, "SELECT 1", "_plugins/_sql", Map.of(), null);
+    assertFalse(request.isProfileEnabled());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_disable_profile_when_profile_field_absent() {
+    SQLQueryRequest request =
+        new SQLQueryRequest(
+            new JSONObject("{\"query\": \"SELECT 1\"}"),
+            "SELECT 1",
+            "_plugins/_sql",
+            Map.of(),
+            null);
+    assertFalse(request.isProfileEnabled());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_enable_profile_for_jdbc_query() {
+    SQLQueryRequest request =
+        new SQLQueryRequest(
+            new JSONObject("{\"query\": \"SELECT 1\", \"profile\": true}"),
+            "SELECT 1",
+            "_plugins/_sql",
+            Map.of(),
+            null);
+    assertTrue(request.isProfileEnabled());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_disable_profile_on_explain_path() {
+    SQLQueryRequest request =
+        new SQLQueryRequest(
+            new JSONObject("{\"query\": \"SELECT 1\", \"profile\": true}"),
+            "SELECT 1",
+            "_plugins/_sql/_explain",
+            Map.of(),
+            null);
+    assertFalse(request.isProfileEnabled());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_disable_profile_for_non_jdbc_format() {
+    SQLQueryRequest request =
+        new SQLQueryRequest(
+            new JSONObject("{\"query\": \"SELECT 1\", \"profile\": true}"),
+            "SELECT 1",
+            "_plugins/_sql",
+            Map.of("format", "csv"),
+            null);
+    assertFalse(request.isProfileEnabled());
+  }
+
   /** SQL query request build helper to improve test data setup readability. */
   private static class SQLQueryRequestBuilder {
     private String jsonContent;