diff --git a/proxy/http/HttpConfig.cc b/proxy/http/HttpConfig.cc
index 4f00b34d69a..a0b66c24814 100644
--- a/proxy/http/HttpConfig.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/HttpConfig.cc
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ HttpConfig::startup()
   // [amc] This is a bit of a mess, need to figure out to make this cleaner.
   RecRegisterConfigUpdateCb("proxy.config.http.server_session_sharing.match", &http_server_session_sharing_cb, &c);
   http_config_enum_mask_read("proxy.config.http.server_session_sharing.match", c.oride.server_session_sharing_match);
+  HttpEstablishStaticConfigStringAlloc(c.oride.server_session_sharing_match_str, "proxy.config.http.server_session_sharing.match");
   http_config_enum_read("proxy.config.http.server_session_sharing.pool", SessionSharingPoolStrings, c.server_session_sharing_pool);
 
   RecRegisterConfigUpdateCb("proxy.config.http.insert_forwarded", &http_insert_forwarded_cb, &c);
@@ -1403,10 +1404,11 @@ HttpConfig::reconfigure()
     params->oride.flow_high_water_mark = params->oride.flow_low_water_mark = 0;
   }
 
-  params->oride.server_session_sharing_match = m_master.oride.server_session_sharing_match;
-  params->oride.server_min_keep_alive_conns  = m_master.oride.server_min_keep_alive_conns;
-  params->server_session_sharing_pool        = m_master.server_session_sharing_pool;
-  params->oride.keep_alive_post_out          = m_master.oride.keep_alive_post_out;
+  params->oride.server_session_sharing_match     = m_master.oride.server_session_sharing_match;
+  params->oride.server_session_sharing_match_str = ats_strdup(m_master.oride.server_session_sharing_match_str);
+  params->oride.server_min_keep_alive_conns      = m_master.oride.server_min_keep_alive_conns;
+  params->server_session_sharing_pool            = m_master.server_session_sharing_pool;
+  params->oride.keep_alive_post_out              = m_master.oride.keep_alive_post_out;
 
   params->oride.keep_alive_no_activity_timeout_in   = m_master.oride.keep_alive_no_activity_timeout_in;
   params->oride.keep_alive_no_activity_timeout_out  = m_master.oride.keep_alive_no_activity_timeout_out;
diff --git a/proxy/http/HttpConfig.h b/proxy/http/HttpConfig.h
index ed0fcce2bfe..4dbb1901754 100644
--- a/proxy/http/HttpConfig.h
+++ b/proxy/http/HttpConfig.h
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ struct OverridableHttpConfigParams {
 
   MgmtInt server_min_keep_alive_conns         = 0;
   MgmtByte server_session_sharing_match       = 0;
+  char *server_session_sharing_match_str      = nullptr;
   MgmtByte auth_server_session_private        = 1;
   MgmtByte fwd_proxy_auth_to_parent           = 0;
   MgmtByte uncacheable_requests_bypass_parent = 1;
@@ -854,6 +855,7 @@ inline HttpConfigParams::~HttpConfigParams()
   ats_free(proxy_response_via_string);
   ats_free(anonymize_other_header_list);
   ats_free(oride.body_factory_template_base);
+  ats_free(oride.server_session_sharing_match_str);
   ats_free(oride.proxy_response_server_string);
   ats_free(oride.global_user_agent_header);
   ats_free(oride.ssl_client_cert_filename);
diff --git a/src/shared/overridable_txn_vars.cc b/src/shared/overridable_txn_vars.cc
index 025e75d7ee6..3eb2a8dd976 100644
--- a/src/shared/overridable_txn_vars.cc
+++ b/src/shared/overridable_txn_vars.cc
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ const std::unordered_map<std::string_view, std::tuple<const TSOverridableConfigK
      {"proxy.config.http.cache.ignore_server_no_cache", {TS_CONFIG_HTTP_CACHE_IGNORE_SERVER_NO_CACHE, TS_RECORDDATATYPE_INT}},
      {"proxy.config.http.cache.heuristic_min_lifetime", {TS_CONFIG_HTTP_CACHE_HEURISTIC_MIN_LIFETIME, TS_RECORDDATATYPE_INT}},
      {"proxy.config.http.cache.heuristic_max_lifetime", {TS_CONFIG_HTTP_CACHE_HEURISTIC_MAX_LIFETIME, TS_RECORDDATATYPE_INT}},
-     {"proxy.config.http.server_session_sharing.match", {TS_CONFIG_HTTP_SERVER_SESSION_SHARING_MATCH, TS_RECORDDATATYPE_INT}},
+     {"proxy.config.http.server_session_sharing.match", {TS_CONFIG_HTTP_SERVER_SESSION_SHARING_MATCH, TS_RECORDDATATYPE_STRING}},
      {"proxy.config.http.cache.ignore_accept_mismatch", {TS_CONFIG_HTTP_CACHE_IGNORE_ACCEPT_MISMATCH, TS_RECORDDATATYPE_INT}},
      {"proxy.config.http.cache.open_write_fail_action", {TS_CONFIG_HTTP_CACHE_OPEN_WRITE_FAIL_ACTION, TS_RECORDDATATYPE_INT}},
      {"proxy.config.http.insert_squid_x_forwarded_for", {TS_CONFIG_HTTP_INSERT_SQUID_X_FORWARDED_FOR, TS_RECORDDATATYPE_INT}},
diff --git a/src/traffic_server/InkAPI.cc b/src/traffic_server/InkAPI.cc
index 50a6742cdd8..85026a11dc7 100644
--- a/src/traffic_server/InkAPI.cc
+++ b/src/traffic_server/InkAPI.cc
@@ -8702,6 +8702,7 @@ TSHttpTxnConfigStringSet(TSHttpTxn txnp, TSOverridableConfigKey conf, const char
   case TS_CONFIG_HTTP_SERVER_SESSION_SHARING_MATCH:
     if (value && length > 0) {
       HttpConfig::load_server_session_sharing_match(value, s->t_state.my_txn_conf().server_session_sharing_match);
+      s->t_state.my_txn_conf().server_session_sharing_match_str = const_cast<char *>(value);
     }
     break;
   case TS_CONFIG_SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY_SERVER_POLICY:
@@ -8779,6 +8780,10 @@ TSHttpTxnConfigStringGet(TSHttpTxn txnp, TSOverridableConfigKey conf, const char
     *value  = sm->t_state.txn_conf->body_factory_template_base;
     *length = sm->t_state.txn_conf->body_factory_template_base_len;
     break;
+  case TS_CONFIG_HTTP_SERVER_SESSION_SHARING_MATCH:
+    *value  = sm->t_state.txn_conf->server_session_sharing_match_str;
+    *length = *value ? strlen(*value) : 0;
+    break;
   default: {
     MgmtConverter const *conv;
     const void *src = _conf_to_memberp(conf, sm->t_state.txn_conf, conv);