diff --git a/packages/lambda-tiler/src/routes/__tests__/wmts.test.ts b/packages/lambda-tiler/src/routes/__tests__/wmts.test.ts
index 8376a9da3..ae2b510b5 100644
--- a/packages/lambda-tiler/src/routes/__tests__/wmts.test.ts
+++ b/packages/lambda-tiler/src/routes/__tests__/wmts.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import { ConfigProviderMemory, ConfigTileSetRaster } from '@basemaps/config';
 import { Env } from '@basemaps/shared';
 
-import { Imagery2193, Imagery3857, Provider, TileSetAerial } from '../../__tests__/config.data.js';
+import { Imagery2193, Imagery3857, Provider, TileSetAerial, TileSetElevation } from '../../__tests__/config.data.js';
 import { Api, mockUrlRequest } from '../../__tests__/xyz.util.js';
 import { handler } from '../../index.js';
 import { ConfigLoader } from '../../util/config.loader.js';
@@ -27,6 +27,28 @@ describe('WMTSRouting', () => {
     config.objects.clear();
   });
 
+  it('should support pipeline', async (t) => {
+    t.mock.method(Env, 'get', (arg: string) => {
+      if (arg === Env.PublicUrlBase) return 'https://tiles.test';
+      return process.env[arg];
+    });
+    config.put(TileSetElevation);
+    t.mock.method(ConfigLoader, 'load', () => Promise.resolve(config));
+    const req = mockUrlRequest(
+      '/v1/tiles/elevation/WebMercatorQuad/WMTSCapabilities.xml',
+      `tileFormat=png&api=${Api.key}&config=s3://linz-basemaps/config.json&pipeline=terrain-rgb`,
+    );
+    const res = await handler.router.handle(req);
+
+    assert.equal(res.status, 200);
+    const lines = Buffer.from(res.body, 'base64').toString().split('\n');
+    const resourceUrl = lines.find((f) => f.includes('ResourceURL'))?.trim();
+
+    assert.ok(resourceUrl);
+    assert.ok(resourceUrl.includes('amp;pipeline=terrain-rgb'), `includes pipeline=terrain-rgb in ${resourceUrl}`);
+    assert.ok(resourceUrl.includes('.png'), `includes .png in ${resourceUrl}`);
+  });
+
   it('should default to the aerial layer', async (t) => {
     t.mock.method(Env, 'get', (arg: string) => {
       if (arg === Env.PublicUrlBase) return 'https://tiles.test';
diff --git a/packages/lambda-tiler/src/routes/tile.wmts.ts b/packages/lambda-tiler/src/routes/tile.wmts.ts
index 5a3d99e53..7730c0476 100644
--- a/packages/lambda-tiler/src/routes/tile.wmts.ts
+++ b/packages/lambda-tiler/src/routes/tile.wmts.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export async function wmtsCapabilitiesGet(req: LambdaHttpRequest<WmtsCapabilitie
     imagery,
     formats: Validate.getRequestedFormats(req) ?? [],
     layers: req.params.tileMatrix == null ? tileSet.layers : undefined,
+    pipeline: req.query.get('pipeline'),
   });
 
   const xml = wmts.toXml();
diff --git a/packages/lambda-tiler/src/wmts.capability.ts b/packages/lambda-tiler/src/wmts.capability.ts
index 7b69da04e..c6864835b 100644
--- a/packages/lambda-tiler/src/wmts.capability.ts
+++ b/packages/lambda-tiler/src/wmts.capability.ts
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@ export interface WmtsBuilderParams {
   apiKey?: string;
   /** Config location */
   config?: string | null;
-  /** Specific DateRange filter for the wmts layers */
-  filters?: Record<string, string | undefined>;
+  /** Default pipeline to use */
+  pipeline?: string;
 }
 
 export class WmtsBuilder {
   httpBase: string;
   apiKey?: string;
   config?: string | null;
+  pipeline?: string;
   filters?: Record<string, string | undefined>;
 
   /** All the imagery used by the tileSet and tileMatrixes */
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export class WmtsBuilder {
     this.httpBase = params.httpBase;
     this.apiKey = params.apiKey;
     this.config = params.config;
-    this.filters = params.filters;
+    this.pipeline = params.pipeline;
   }
 
   addImagery(...imagery: ConfigImagery[]): void {
@@ -153,17 +154,17 @@ export class WmtsBuilder {
     return V('Style', { isDefault: 'true' }, [V('ows:Title', 'Default Style'), V('ows:Identifier', 'default')]);
   }
 
-  buildResourceUrl(tileSetId: string, suffix: string, addFilter = false): VNodeElement {
+  buildResourceUrl(tileSetId: string, suffix: string): VNodeElement {
     return V('ResourceURL', {
       format: 'image/' + suffix,
       resourceType: 'tile',
-      template: this.buildTileUrl(tileSetId, suffix, addFilter),
+      template: this.buildTileUrl(tileSetId, suffix),
     });
   }
 
-  buildTileUrl(tileSetId: string, suffix: string, addFilter = false): string {
-    let query = { api: this.apiKey, config: this.config };
-    if (addFilter) query = { api: this.apiKey, config: this.config, ...this.filters };
+  buildTileUrl(tileSetId: string, suffix: string): string {
+    // TODO this should restrict the output formats to supported formats in pipelines
+    const query = { api: this.apiKey, config: this.config, pipeline: this.pipeline };
 
     return [
       this.httpBase,
@@ -239,6 +240,8 @@ export interface WmtsCapabilitiesParams {
   formats: ImageFormat[];
   /** Specific layers to add to the WMTS */
   layers?: ConfigLayer[];
+  /** Default output pipeline to use */
+  pipeline?: string | null;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -277,6 +280,10 @@ export class WmtsCapabilities extends WmtsBuilder {
     this.provider = provider;
   }
 
+  addPipeline(pipeline: string): void {
+    this.pipeline = pipeline;
+  }
+
   toProviderVNode(provider?: WmtsProvider): VNodeElement[] | [] {
     if (provider == null) return [];
     const { serviceIdentification, serviceProvider } = provider;
@@ -338,7 +345,7 @@ export class WmtsCapabilities extends WmtsBuilder {
       this.buildStyle(),
       ...this.buildFormats(),
       ...this.buildTileMatrixLink(tileSet),
-      ...this.getFormats().map((fmt) => this.buildResourceUrl(layerNameId, fmt, true)),
+      ...this.getFormats().map((fmt) => this.buildResourceUrl(layerNameId, fmt)),
     ]);
   }
 
@@ -408,5 +415,6 @@ export class WmtsCapabilities extends WmtsBuilder {
     this.addTileSet(params.tileSet);
     this.addLayers(params.layers);
     this.addProvider(params.provider);
+    if (params.pipeline) this.addPipeline(params.pipeline);
   }
 }