diff --git a/packages/bridge-controller/src/constants/bridge.ts b/packages/bridge-controller/src/constants/bridge.ts
index 3612f5becd2..6eeeb3ac5e4 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-controller/src/constants/bridge.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge-controller/src/constants/bridge.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAG_CONFIG: FeatureFlagsPlatformConfig = {
   maxRefreshCount: DEFAULT_MAX_REFRESH_COUNT,
   support: false,
   chains: {},
+  chainRanking: [],
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_BRIDGE_CONTROLLER_STATE: BridgeControllerState = {
diff --git a/packages/bridge-controller/src/types.ts b/packages/bridge-controller/src/types.ts
index cc30e8b50e5..e108e0bbcc7 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-controller/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge-controller/src/types.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import type {
   BitcoinTradeDataSchema,
   BridgeAssetSchema,
   ChainConfigurationSchema,
+  ChainRankingSchema,
   FeatureId,
   FeeDataSchema,
   PlatformConfigSchema,
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ export enum AssetType {
 
 export type ChainConfiguration = Infer<typeof ChainConfigurationSchema>;
 
+export type ChainRanking = Infer<typeof ChainRankingSchema>;
+
 export type L1GasFees = {
   l1GasFeesInHexWei?: string; // l1 fees for approval and trade in hex wei, appended by BridgeController.#appendL1GasFees
 };
diff --git a/packages/bridge-controller/src/utils/validators.ts b/packages/bridge-controller/src/utils/validators.ts
index 6c6ffec0180..0f957091db5 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-controller/src/utils/validators.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge-controller/src/utils/validators.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   pattern,
   intersection,
 } from '@metamask/superstruct';
-import { CaipAssetTypeStruct, isStrictHexString } from '@metamask/utils';
+import { CaipAssetTypeStruct, CaipChainIdStruct, isStrictHexString } from '@metamask/utils';
 
 export enum FeeType {
   METABRIDGE = 'metabridge',
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ const DefaultPairSchema = type({
   other: record(string(), string()),
 });
 
+export const ChainRankingItemSchema = type({
+  /**
+   * The CAIP-2 chain identifier (e.g., "eip155:1" for Ethereum mainnet)
+   */
+  chainId: CaipChainIdStruct,
+});
+
+export const ChainRankingSchema = array(ChainRankingItemSchema);
+
 export const ChainConfigurationSchema = type({
   isActiveSrc: boolean(),
   isActiveDest: boolean(),
@@ -154,6 +163,10 @@ export const PlatformConfigSchema = type({
       minimumVersion: VersionStringSchema,
     }),
   ),
+  /**
+   * Array of chain objects ordered by preference/ranking
+   */
+  chainRanking: ChainRankingSchema,
 });
 
 export const validateFeatureFlagsResponse = (