diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Assets/LinkPreload.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Assets/LinkPreload.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e60c0140e53e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Assets/LinkPreload.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Endpoints;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents link elements for preloading assets.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class LinkPreload : IComponent
+{
+    private RenderHandle renderHandle;
+    private List<PreloadAsset>? assets;
+
+    [Inject]
+    internal ResourcePreloadService? Service { get; set; }
+
+    void IComponent.Attach(RenderHandle renderHandle)
+    {
+        this.renderHandle = renderHandle;
+    }
+
+    Task IComponent.SetParametersAsync(ParameterView parameters)
+    {
+        Service?.SetPreloadingHandler(PreloadAssets);
+        renderHandle.Render(RenderPreloadAssets);
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    private void PreloadAssets(List<PreloadAsset> assets)
+    {
+        if (this.assets != null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.assets = assets;
+        renderHandle.Render(RenderPreloadAssets);
+    }
+
+    private void RenderPreloadAssets(RenderTreeBuilder builder)
+    {
+        if (assets == null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < assets.Count; i ++)
+        {
+            var asset = assets[i];
+            builder.OpenElement(0, "link");
+            builder.SetKey(assets[i]);
+            builder.AddAttribute(1, "href", asset.Url);
+            builder.AddAttribute(2, "rel", asset.PreloadRel);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(asset.PreloadAs))
+            {
+                builder.AddAttribute(3, "as", asset.PreloadAs);
+            }
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(asset.PreloadPriority))
+            {
+                builder.AddAttribute(4, "fetchpriority", asset.PreloadPriority);
+            }
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(asset.PreloadCrossorigin))
+            {
+                builder.AddAttribute(5, "crossorigin", asset.PreloadCrossorigin);
+            }
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(asset.Integrity))
+            {
+                builder.AddAttribute(6, "integrity", asset.Integrity);
+            }
+            builder.CloseElement();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Builder/ResourcePreloadCollection.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Builder/ResourcePreloadCollection.cs
index 083deac91a3d..869682856251 100644
--- a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Builder/ResourcePreloadCollection.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Builder/ResourcePreloadCollection.cs
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Endpoints;
 
 internal class ResourcePreloadCollection
 {
-    private readonly Dictionary<string, StringValues> _storage = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, List<PreloadAsset>> _storage = new();
 
     public ResourcePreloadCollection(ResourceAssetCollection assets)
     {
-        var headerBuilder = new StringBuilder();
-        var headers = new Dictionary<string, List<(int Order, string Value)>>();
         foreach (var asset in assets)
         {
             if (asset.Properties == null)
@@ -38,63 +34,81 @@ public ResourcePreloadCollection(ResourceAssetCollection assets)
                 continue;
             }
 
-            var header = CreateHeader(headerBuilder, asset.Url, asset.Properties);
-            if (!headers.TryGetValue(group, out var groupHeaders))
+            var preloadAsset = CreateAsset(asset.Url, asset.Properties);
+            if (!_storage.TryGetValue(group, out var groupHeaders))
             {
-                groupHeaders = headers[group] = new List<(int Order, string Value)>();
+                groupHeaders = _storage[group] = new List<PreloadAsset>();
             }
 
-            groupHeaders.Add(header);
+            groupHeaders.Add(preloadAsset);
         }
 
-        foreach (var group in headers)
+        foreach (var group in _storage)
         {
-            _storage[group.Key ?? string.Empty] = group.Value.OrderBy(h => h.Order).Select(h => h.Value).ToArray();
+            group.Value.Sort((a, b) => a.PreloadOrder.CompareTo(b.PreloadOrder));
         }
     }
 
-    private static (int order, string header) CreateHeader(StringBuilder headerBuilder, string url, IEnumerable<ResourceAssetProperty> properties)
+    private static PreloadAsset CreateAsset(string url, IEnumerable<ResourceAssetProperty> properties)
     {
-        headerBuilder.Clear();
-        headerBuilder.Append('<');
-        headerBuilder.Append(url);
-        headerBuilder.Append('>');
-
-        int order = 0;
+        var resourceAsset = new PreloadAsset(url);
         foreach (var property in properties)
         {
-            if (property.Name.Equals("preloadrel", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            if (property.Name.Equals("label", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                resourceAsset.Label = property.Value;
+            }
+            else if (property.Name.Equals("integrity", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                resourceAsset.Integrity = property.Value;
+            }
+            else if (property.Name.Equals("preloadgroup", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                resourceAsset.PreloadGroup = property.Value;
+            }
+            else if (property.Name.Equals("preloadrel", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                headerBuilder.Append("; rel=").Append(property.Value);
+                resourceAsset.PreloadRel = property.Value;
             }
             else if (property.Name.Equals("preloadas", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                headerBuilder.Append("; as=").Append(property.Value);
+                resourceAsset.PreloadAs = property.Value;
             }
             else if (property.Name.Equals("preloadpriority", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                headerBuilder.Append("; fetchpriority=").Append(property.Value);
+                resourceAsset.PreloadPriority = property.Value;
             }
             else if (property.Name.Equals("preloadcrossorigin", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                headerBuilder.Append("; crossorigin=").Append(property.Value);
-            }
-            else if (property.Name.Equals("integrity", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                headerBuilder.Append("; integrity=\"").Append(property.Value).Append('"');
+                resourceAsset.PreloadCrossorigin = property.Value;
             }
             else if (property.Name.Equals("preloadorder", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                if (!int.TryParse(property.Value, out order))
+                if (!int.TryParse(property.Value, out int order))
                 {
                     order = 0;
                 }
+
+                resourceAsset.PreloadOrder = order;
             }
         }
 
-        return (order, headerBuilder.ToString());
+        return resourceAsset;
     }
 
-    public bool TryGetLinkHeaders(string group, out StringValues linkHeaders)
-        => _storage.TryGetValue(group, out linkHeaders);
+    public bool TryGetAssets(string group, [MaybeNullWhen(false)] out List<PreloadAsset> assets)
+        => _storage.TryGetValue(group, out assets);
+}
+
+internal sealed class PreloadAsset(string url)
+{
+    public string Url { get; } = url;
+    public string? Label { get; set; }
+    public string? Integrity { get; set; }
+    public string? PreloadGroup { get; set; }
+    public string? PreloadRel { get; set; }
+    public string? PreloadAs { get; set; }
+    public string? PreloadPriority { get; set; }
+    public string? PreloadCrossorigin { get; set; }
+    public int PreloadOrder { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Builder/ResourcePreloadService.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Builder/ResourcePreloadService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5f073f409a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Builder/ResourcePreloadService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Endpoints;
+
+internal class ResourcePreloadService
+{
+    private Action<List<PreloadAsset>>? handler;
+
+    public void SetPreloadingHandler(Action<List<PreloadAsset>> handler)
+        => this.handler = handler;
+
+    public void Preload(List<PreloadAsset> assets)
+        => this.handler?.Invoke(assets);
+}
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/DependencyInjection/RazorComponentsServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/DependencyInjection/RazorComponentsServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 219b2e33b9dc..dc365194fcbe 100644
--- a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/DependencyInjection/RazorComponentsServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/DependencyInjection/RazorComponentsServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public static IRazorComponentsBuilder AddRazorComponents(this IServiceCollection
         services.AddSupplyValueFromPersistentComponentStateProvider();
         services.TryAddCascadingValue(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<EndpointHtmlRenderer>().HttpContext);
         services.TryAddScoped<WebAssemblySettingsEmitter>();
+        services.TryAddScoped<ResourcePreloadService>();
 
         services.TryAddScoped<ResourceCollectionProvider>();
         RegisterPersistentComponentStateServiceCollectionExtensions.AddPersistentServiceRegistration<ResourceCollectionProvider>(services, RenderMode.InteractiveWebAssembly);
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index c84c2fdd7ae5..f58ed00616a4 100644
--- a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #nullable enable
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.LinkPreload
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.LinkPreload.LinkPreload() -> void
 Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.RazorComponentsRazorComponentBuilderExtensions
 static Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.RazorComponentsRazorComponentBuilderExtensions.RegisterPersistentService<TPersistentService>(this Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IRazorComponentsBuilder! builder, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.IComponentRenderMode! renderMode) -> Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IRazorComponentsBuilder!
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs
index c17f7cd53555..9e5dd6f8b643 100644
--- a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Endpoints;
 
@@ -278,12 +277,6 @@ private void WriteComponentHtml(int componentId, TextWriter output, bool allowBo
             {
                 if (_httpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<WebAssemblySettingsEmitter>().TryGetSettingsOnce(out var settings))
                 {
-                    if (marker.Type is ComponentMarker.WebAssemblyMarkerType)
-                    {
-                        // Preload WebAssembly assets when using WebAssembly (not Auto) mode
-                        AppendWebAssemblyPreloadHeaders();
-                    }
-
                     var settingsJson = JsonSerializer.Serialize(settings, ServerComponentSerializationSettings.JsonSerializationOptions);
                     output.Write($"<!--Blazor-WebAssembly:{settingsJson}-->");
                 }
@@ -320,15 +313,6 @@ private void WriteComponentHtml(int componentId, TextWriter output, bool allowBo
         }
     }
 
-    private void AppendWebAssemblyPreloadHeaders()
-    {
-        var preloads = _httpContext.GetEndpoint()?.Metadata.GetMetadata<ResourcePreloadCollection>();
-        if (preloads != null && preloads.TryGetLinkHeaders("webassembly", out var linkHeaders))
-        {
-            _httpContext.Response.Headers.Link = StringValues.Concat(_httpContext.Response.Headers.Link, linkHeaders);
-        }
-    }
-
     private static bool IsProgressivelyEnhancedNavigation(HttpRequest request)
     {
         // For enhanced nav, the Blazor JS code controls the "accept" header precisely, so we can be very specific about the format
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/SSRRenderModeBoundary.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/SSRRenderModeBoundary.cs
index e3d498d139bd..a8bc7bd7e74d 100644
--- a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/SSRRenderModeBoundary.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/SSRRenderModeBoundary.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ internal class SSRRenderModeBoundary : IComponent
     private RenderHandle _renderHandle;
     private IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?>? _latestParameters;
     private ComponentMarkerKey? _markerKey;
+    private readonly HttpContext _httpContext;
 
     public IComponentRenderMode RenderMode { get; }
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public SSRRenderModeBoundary(
     {
         AssertRenderModeIsConfigured(httpContext, componentType, renderMode);
 
+        _httpContext = httpContext;
         _componentType = componentType;
         RenderMode = renderMode;
         _prerender = renderMode switch
@@ -106,6 +108,12 @@ public Task SetParametersAsync(ParameterView parameters)
 
         ValidateParameters(_latestParameters);
 
+        if (RenderMode is InteractiveWebAssemblyRenderMode)
+        {
+            // Preload WebAssembly assets when using WebAssembly (not Auto) mode
+            PreloadWebAssemblyAssets();
+        }
+
         if (_prerender)
         {
             _renderHandle.Render(Prerender);
@@ -114,6 +122,16 @@ public Task SetParametersAsync(ParameterView parameters)
         return Task.CompletedTask;
     }
 
+    private void PreloadWebAssemblyAssets()
+    {
+        var preloads = _httpContext.GetEndpoint()?.Metadata.GetMetadata<ResourcePreloadCollection>();
+        if (preloads != null && preloads.TryGetAssets("webassembly", out var preloadAssets))
+        {
+            var service = _httpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ResourcePreloadService>();
+            service.Preload(preloadAssets);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void ValidateParameters(IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?> latestParameters)
     {
         foreach (var (name, value) in latestParameters)
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/test/EndpointHtmlRendererTest.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/test/EndpointHtmlRendererTest.cs
index ac787b76bfe5..febc15871d01 100644
--- a/src/Components/Endpoints/test/EndpointHtmlRendererTest.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/test/EndpointHtmlRendererTest.cs
@@ -142,25 +142,19 @@ public async Task CanPreload_WebAssembly_ResourceAssets()
         );
 
         // Act
-        var result = await renderer.PrerenderComponentAsync(httpContext, typeof(SimpleComponent), new InteractiveWebAssemblyRenderMode(prerender: false), ParameterView.Empty);
+        var result = await renderer.PrerenderComponentAsync(httpContext, typeof(WebAssemblyPreloadWrapper), null, ParameterView.Empty);
         await renderer.Dispatcher.InvokeAsync(() => result.WriteTo(writer, HtmlEncoder.Default));
 
         // Assert
-        Assert.Equal(2, httpContext.Response.Headers.Link.Count);
-
-        var firstPreloadLink = httpContext.Response.Headers.Link[0];
-        Assert.Contains("<first.js>", firstPreloadLink);
-        Assert.Contains("rel=preload", firstPreloadLink);
-        Assert.Contains("as=script", firstPreloadLink);
-        Assert.Contains("fetchpriority=high", firstPreloadLink);
-        Assert.Contains("integrity=\"abcd\"", firstPreloadLink);
+        var output = writer.ToString();
 
-        var secondPreloadLink = httpContext.Response.Headers.Link[1];
-        Assert.Contains("<second.js>", secondPreloadLink);
-        Assert.Contains("rel=preload", secondPreloadLink);
-        Assert.Contains("as=script", secondPreloadLink);
-        Assert.Contains("fetchpriority=high", secondPreloadLink);
-        Assert.Contains("integrity=\"abcd\"", secondPreloadLink);
+        Assert.Contains("href=\"first.js\"", output);
+        Assert.Contains("href=\"second.js\"", output);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("nopreload.js", output);
+        Assert.Contains("rel=\"preload\"", output);
+        Assert.Contains("as=\"script\"", output);
+        Assert.Contains("fetchpriority=\"high\"", output);
+        Assert.Contains("integrity=\"abcd\"", output);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -1835,6 +1829,7 @@ private static ServiceCollection CreateDefaultServiceCollection()
         services.AddSingleton<AntiforgeryStateProvider, EndpointAntiforgeryStateProvider>();
         services.AddSingleton<ICascadingValueSupplier>(_ => new SupplyParameterFromFormValueProvider(null, ""));
         services.AddScoped<ResourceCollectionProvider>();
+        services.AddScoped<ResourcePreloadService>();
         services.AddSingleton(new WebAssemblySettingsEmitter(new TestEnvironment(Environments.Development)));
         return services;
     }
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/test/TestComponents/WebAssemblyPreloadComponent.razor b/src/Components/Endpoints/test/TestComponents/WebAssemblyPreloadComponent.razor
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2e9b8acd99c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/test/TestComponents/WebAssemblyPreloadComponent.razor
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h3>WebAssemblyPreloadComponent</h3>
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/test/TestComponents/WebAssemblyPreloadWrapper.razor b/src/Components/Endpoints/test/TestComponents/WebAssemblyPreloadWrapper.razor
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4224a9ae8ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/test/TestComponents/WebAssemblyPreloadWrapper.razor
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web
+<LinkPreload />
+
+<WebAssemblyPreloadComponent @rendermode="@(new InteractiveWebAssemblyRenderMode(prerender: true))" />
diff --git a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWeb-CSharp/BlazorWeb-CSharp/Components/App.razor b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWeb-CSharp/BlazorWeb-CSharp/Components/App.razor
index 3f3531f29052..4238ebdc95e9 100644
--- a/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWeb-CSharp/BlazorWeb-CSharp/Components/App.razor
+++ b/src/ProjectTemplates/Web.ProjectTemplates/content/BlazorWeb-CSharp/BlazorWeb-CSharp/Components/App.razor
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <base href="/" />
+    <LinkPreload />
     @*#if (SampleContent)
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="@Assets["lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"]" />
     ##endif*@