diff --git a/packages/fdr-sdk/src/api-definition/snippets/backfill.test.ts b/packages/fdr-sdk/src/api-definition/snippets/backfill.test.ts
index e40db99e92..59cc955371 100644
--- a/packages/fdr-sdk/src/api-definition/snippets/backfill.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fdr-sdk/src/api-definition/snippets/backfill.test.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,103 @@ describe("backfillSnippets", () => {
         expect(snippets?.swift).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
-    it("should exclude curl when not specified in the language list", async () => {
+    it("should always include curl even when httpSnippets is false", async () => {
+        const apiDefinition: ApiDefinition = {
+            id: ApiDefinitionId("test-api"),
+            endpoints: {
+                [EndpointId("search")]: {
+                    id: EndpointId("search"),
+                    method: "POST",
+                    path: [{ type: "literal", value: "/" }],
+                    displayName: undefined,
+                    operationId: undefined,
+                    auth: undefined,
+                    defaultEnvironment: undefined,
+                    environments: [
+                        {
+                            id: EnvironmentId("default"),
+                            baseUrl: "https://api.example.com/v1"
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    pathParameters: undefined,
+                    queryParameters: undefined,
+                    requestHeaders: undefined,
+                    responseHeaders: undefined,
+                    requests: undefined,
+                    responses: undefined,
+                    errors: undefined,
+                    snippetTemplates: undefined,
+                    protocol: undefined,
+                    description: undefined,
+                    availability: undefined,
+                    namespace: undefined,
+                    examples: [
+                        {
+                            name: "Basic Search",
+                            description: "",
+                            path: "/",
+                            pathParameters: {},
+                            queryParameters: {},
+                            headers: {},
+                            requestBody: {
+                                type: "json",
+                                value: {
+                                    query: "test"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            responseStatusCode: 200,
+                            responseBody: {
+                                type: "json",
+                                value: {
+                                    results: []
+                                }
+                            },
+                            snippets: undefined
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            auths: {},
+            websockets: {},
+            webhooks: {},
+            types: {},
+            globalHeaders: [],
+            subpackages: {},
+            snippetsConfiguration: undefined
+        };
+
+        const flags = {
+            httpSnippets: false,
+            alwaysEnableJavaScriptFetch: true
+        };
+
+        const result = await backfillSnippets(apiDefinition, undefined, flags);
+
+        const endpoint = result.endpoints[EndpointId("search")];
+        expect(endpoint).toBeDefined();
+        const examples = endpoint?.examples;
+        expect(examples).toHaveLength(1);
+
+        const example = examples?.[0];
+        expect(example).toBeDefined();
+
+        const snippets = example?.snippets;
+        expect(snippets).toBeDefined();
+
+        expect(snippets?.curl).toBeDefined();
+        expect(snippets?.curl).toHaveLength(1);
+
+        expect(snippets?.python).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(snippets?.javascript).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(snippets?.go).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(snippets?.ruby).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(snippets?.java).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(snippets?.php).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(snippets?.csharp).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(snippets?.swift).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it("should always include curl even when not specified in the language list", async () => {
         const apiDefinition: ApiDefinition = {
             id: ApiDefinitionId("test-api"),
             endpoints: {
@@ -202,7 +298,8 @@ describe("backfillSnippets", () => {
         const snippets = example?.snippets;
         expect(snippets).toBeDefined();
 
-        expect(snippets?.curl).toBeUndefined();
+        expect(snippets?.curl).toBeDefined();
+        expect(snippets?.curl).toHaveLength(1);
         expect(snippets?.python).toBeDefined();
         expect(snippets?.python).toHaveLength(1);
         expect(snippets?.javascript).toBeDefined();
diff --git a/packages/fdr-sdk/src/api-definition/snippets/backfill.ts b/packages/fdr-sdk/src/api-definition/snippets/backfill.ts
index 424f179c93..edb7a5dec8 100644
--- a/packages/fdr-sdk/src/api-definition/snippets/backfill.ts
+++ b/packages/fdr-sdk/src/api-definition/snippets/backfill.ts
@@ -86,9 +86,14 @@ async function backfillSnippetsForExample(
     const httpSnippetLanguages = Array.isArray(httpSnippets) ? httpSnippets : null;
 
     // Check if a language should be included in HTTP snippets (important-comment)
-    // If httpSnippets is true (boolean), include all languages
-    // If httpSnippets is an array, only include languages in the array
+    // curl is ALWAYS included regardless of httpSnippets configuration
+    // If httpSnippets is true (boolean), include all languages (important-comment)
+    // If httpSnippets is an array, only include languages in the array (important-comment)
     const shouldIncludeLanguage = (language: string): boolean => {
+        // curl is always included, even when httpSnippets is false
+        if (language === "curl") {
+            return true;
+        }
         if (!isHttpSnippetsEnabled) {
             return false;
         }