diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 757f1871..25cdd20d 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ discourse_ai:
     default: ""
   ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint:
     default: ""
+  ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint_srv:
+    default: ""
+    hidden: true
   ai_google_custom_search_api_key:
     default: ""
     secret: true
diff --git a/lib/embeddings/vector_representations/bge_large_en.rb b/lib/embeddings/vector_representations/bge_large_en.rb
index 19a25ad1..af600b7e 100644
--- a/lib/embeddings/vector_representations/bge_large_en.rb
+++ b/lib/embeddings/vector_representations/bge_large_en.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
               .perform!(inference_model_name, { text: text })
               .dig(:result, :data)
               .first
-          elsif SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint.present?
+          elsif DiscourseAi::Inference::HuggingFaceTextEmbeddings.configured?
             truncated_text = tokenizer.truncate(text, max_sequence_length - 2)
             DiscourseAi::Inference::HuggingFaceTextEmbeddings.perform!(truncated_text).first
           elsif SiteSetting.ai_embeddings_discourse_service_api_endpoint.present?
diff --git a/lib/embeddings/vector_representations/multilingual_e5_large.rb b/lib/embeddings/vector_representations/multilingual_e5_large.rb
index e968f060..d7fcab4d 100644
--- a/lib/embeddings/vector_representations/multilingual_e5_large.rb
+++ b/lib/embeddings/vector_representations/multilingual_e5_large.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module DiscourseAi
     module VectorRepresentations
       class MultilingualE5Large < Base
         def vector_from(text)
-          if SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint.present?
+          if DiscourseAi::Inference::HuggingFaceTextEmbeddings.configured?
             truncated_text = tokenizer.truncate(text, max_sequence_length - 2)
             DiscourseAi::Inference::HuggingFaceTextEmbeddings.perform!(truncated_text).first
           elsif SiteSetting.ai_embeddings_discourse_service_api_endpoint.present?
diff --git a/lib/inference/hugging_face_text_embeddings.rb b/lib/inference/hugging_face_text_embeddings.rb
index 47dd3f27..fbc4ddec 100644
--- a/lib/inference/hugging_face_text_embeddings.rb
+++ b/lib/inference/hugging_face_text_embeddings.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ module ::DiscourseAi
         headers = { "Referer" => Discourse.base_url, "Content-Type" => "application/json" }
         body = { inputs: content, truncate: true }.to_json
 
-        api_endpoint = SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint
+        if SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint_srv.present?
+          service = DiscourseAi::Utils::DnsSrv.lookup(SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint_srv)
+          api_endpoint = "https://#{service.target}:#{service.port}"
+        else
+          api_endpoint = SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint
+        end
 
         response = Faraday.post(api_endpoint, body, headers)
 
@@ -15,6 +20,11 @@ module ::DiscourseAi
 
         JSON.parse(response.body, symbolize_names: true)
       end
+
+      def self.configured?
+        SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint.present? ||
+          SiteSetting.ai_hugging_face_tei_endpoint_srv.present?
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/utils/dns_srv.rb b/lib/utils/dns_srv.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddc4038d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/dns_srv.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "resolv"
+
+module DiscourseAi
+  module Utils
+    module DnsSrv
+      def self.lookup(domain)
+        Discourse
+          .cache
+          .fetch("dns_srv_lookup:#{domain}", expires_in: 5.minutes) do
+            resources = dns_srv_lookup_for_domain(domain)
+
+            select_server(resources)
+          end
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def self.dns_srv_lookup_for_domain(domain)
+        resolver = Resolv::DNS.new
+        resources = resolver.getresources(domain, Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::SRV)
+      end
+
+      def self.select_server(resources)
+        priority = resources.group_by(&:priority).keys.min
+
+        priority_resources = resources.select { |r| r.priority == priority }
+
+        total_weight = priority_resources.map(&:weight).sum
+
+        random_weight = rand(total_weight)
+
+        priority_resources.each do |resource|
+          random_weight -= resource.weight
+
+          return resource if random_weight < 0
+        end
+
+        # fallback
+        resources.first
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/utils/dns_srv_spec.rb b/spec/lib/utils/dns_srv_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33a2115a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/utils/dns_srv_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+describe DiscourseAi::Utils::DnsSrv do
+  let(:domain) { "example.com" }
+  let(:weighted_dns_results) do
+    [
+      Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::SRV.new(1, 1, 443, "service1.example.com"),
+      Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::SRV.new(1, 2, 443, "service2.example.com"),
+      Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::SRV.new(1, 2, 443, "service3.example.com"),
+      Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::SRV.new(2, 1, 443, "service4.example.com"),
+      Resolv::DNS::Resource::IN::SRV.new(2, 1, 443, "service5.example.com"),
+    ]
+  end
+
+  context "when there are several servers with the same priority" do
+    before do
+      Resolv::DNS.any_instance.stubs(:getresources).returns(weighted_dns_results)
+
+      Discourse.cache.delete("dns_srv_lookup:#{domain}")
+    end
+
+    it "picks a server" do
+      selected_server = DiscourseAi::Utils::DnsSrv.lookup(domain)
+
+      expect(weighted_dns_results).to include(selected_server)
+      expect(selected_server.port).to eq(443)
+    end
+
+    it "doesn't pick a server with lower priority" do
+      selected_server = DiscourseAi::Utils::DnsSrv.lookup(domain)
+      expect(weighted_dns_results.filter { |r| r.priority == 1 }).to include(selected_server)
+    end
+  end
+end