diff --git a/components/proxy/conf/Caddyfile b/components/proxy/conf/Caddyfile
index 07d2582031235f..09a950362d0285 100644
--- a/components/proxy/conf/Caddyfile
+++ b/components/proxy/conf/Caddyfile
@@ -314,7 +314,25 @@ https://{$GITPOD_DOMAIN} {
 	handle @to_server {
 		import compression
 
-		reverse_proxy server.{$KUBE_NAMESPACE}.{$KUBE_DOMAIN}:3000 {
+		forward_auth server.{$KUBE_NAMESPACE}.{$KUBE_DOMAIN}:3000 {
+			uri /feature-flags/slow-database
+			copy_headers X-Gitpod-Slow-Database
+		}
+
+		@slow {
+			header X-Gitpod-Slow-Database "true"
+		}
+
+		@fast {
+			not header X-Gitpod-Slow-Database "true"
+		}
+
+		reverse_proxy @fast server.{$KUBE_NAMESPACE}.{$KUBE_DOMAIN}:3000 {
+			import upstream_headers
+			import upstream_connection
+		}
+
+		reverse_proxy @slow slow-server.{$KUBE_NAMESPACE}.{$KUBE_DOMAIN}:3000 {
 			import upstream_headers
 			import upstream_connection
 		}