diff --git a/pkg/tools/otelcol-config/ephemeral.go b/pkg/tools/otelcol-config/ephemeral.go
index f858bd5a4b..4fd474e915 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/otelcol-config/ephemeral.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/otelcol-config/ephemeral.go
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
-import "errors"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/pkg/yqlib"
+)
 
 // EnableEphemeralAction links the available ephemeral configuration to conf.d
 func EnableEphemeralAction(ctx *actionContext) error {
@@ -9,7 +14,7 @@ func EnableEphemeralAction(ctx *actionContext) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if conf.SumologicRemote != nil {
-		return errors.New("enable-ephemeral not supported for remote-controlled collectors")
+		return writeEphemeralRemote(ctx, conf.SumologicRemote, ".extensions.sumologic.ephemeral = true")
 	}
 	return ctx.LinkEphemeral()
 }
@@ -21,7 +26,34 @@ func DisableEphemeralAction(ctx *actionContext) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if conf.SumologicRemote != nil {
-		return errors.New("disable-ephemeral not supported for remote-controlled collectors")
+		return writeEphemeralRemote(ctx, conf.SumologicRemote, ".extensions.sumologic.ephemeral = false")
 	}
 	return ctx.UnlinkEphemeral()
 }
+
+func writeEphemeralRemote(ctx *actionContext, doc []byte, expr string) error {
+	encoder := yqlib.YamlFormat.EncoderFactory()
+	decoder := yqlib.YamlFormat.DecoderFactory()
+	eval := yqlib.NewStringEvaluator()
+	if len(doc) == 0 {
+		// --null-input
+		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		writer := yqlib.NewSinglePrinterWriter(buf)
+		printer := yqlib.NewPrinter(encoder, writer)
+		err := yqlib.NewStreamEvaluator().EvaluateNew(expr, printer)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error writing sumologic-remote.yaml: %s", err)
+		}
+		doc = buf.Bytes()
+	} else {
+		result, err := eval.EvaluateAll(expr, string(doc), encoder, decoder)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error evaluating yq expression: %s", err)
+		}
+		doc = []byte(result)
+	}
+	if _, err := ctx.WriteSumologicRemote(doc); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error writing sumologic-remote.yaml: %s", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tools/otelcol-config/ephemeral_test.go b/pkg/tools/otelcol-config/ephemeral_test.go
index ad13ef4244..6d0d64cb71 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/otelcol-config/ephemeral_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/otelcol-config/ephemeral_test.go
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ func TestEnableEphemeralActionRemoteControlled(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := &actionContext{
 		ConfigDir: fstest.MapFS{
 			SumologicRemoteDotYaml: &fstest.MapFile{
-				Data: []byte(`{"extensions":{"opamp":{"enabled":true}}}`),
+				Data: []byte("extensions:\n  opamp:\n    enabled: true\n"),
 			},
 		},
+		WriteSumologicRemote: newTestWriter([]byte("extensions:\n  opamp:\n    enabled: true\n  sumologic:\n    ephemeral: true\n")).Write,
 	}
-	if err := EnableEphemeralAction(ctx); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected non-nil error")
+	if err := EnableEphemeralAction(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -48,12 +49,13 @@ func TestDisableEphemeralActionRemoteControlled(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := &actionContext{
 		ConfigDir: fstest.MapFS{
 			SumologicRemoteDotYaml: &fstest.MapFile{
-				Data: []byte(`{"extensions":{"opamp":{"enabled":true}}}`),
+				Data: []byte("extensions:\n  opamp:\n    enabled: true\n"),
 			},
 		},
+		WriteSumologicRemote: newTestWriter([]byte("extensions:\n  opamp:\n    enabled: true\n  sumologic:\n    ephemeral: false\n")).Write,
 	}
-	if err := DisableEphemeralAction(ctx); err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected non-nil error")
+	if err := DisableEphemeralAction(ctx); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }