diff --git a/internal/experiment/trial_template.go b/internal/experiment/trial_template.go
index cfe6238e..c8981227 100644
--- a/internal/experiment/trial_template.go
+++ b/internal/experiment/trial_template.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	optimizev1beta2 "github.com/thestormforge/optimize-controller/v2/api/v1beta2"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 )
 
 // PopulateTrialFromTemplate creates a new trial for an experiment
@@ -59,4 +60,31 @@ func PopulateTrialFromTemplate(exp *optimizev1beta2.Experiment, t *optimizev1bet
 	if t.Namespace == "" && exp.Spec.NamespaceSelector == nil && exp.Spec.NamespaceTemplate == nil {
 		t.Namespace = exp.Namespace
 	}
+
+	// Constant parameters are only part of the experiment, so they must be added here
+	for _, p := range exp.Spec.Parameters {
+		if v := ParameterConstant(p); v != nil {
+			t.Spec.Assignments = append(t.Spec.Assignments, optimizev1beta2.Assignment{
+				Name:  p.Name,
+				Value: *v,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// ParameterConstant returns the value of the supplied parameter if it is constant.
+// A constant parameter has a domain which includes exactly 1 value (i.e. min==max
+// for numeric, or len(values)==1 for categorical); these parameters are not processed
+// on the server.
+func ParameterConstant(p optimizev1beta2.Parameter) *intstr.IntOrString {
+	switch {
+	case p.Min == p.Max && len(p.Values) == 0:
+		v := intstr.FromInt(int(p.Max))
+		return &v
+	case len(p.Values) == 1:
+		v := intstr.FromString(p.Values[0])
+		return &v
+	default:
+		return nil
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/server/common.go b/internal/server/common.go
index 8f7c34a3..e9ed3a83 100644
--- a/internal/server/common.go
+++ b/internal/server/common.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	optimizev1beta2 "github.com/thestormforge/optimize-controller/v2/api/v1beta2"
+	"github.com/thestormforge/optimize-controller/v2/internal/experiment"
 	"github.com/thestormforge/optimize-go/pkg/api"
 	experimentsv1alpha1 "github.com/thestormforge/optimize-go/pkg/api/experiments/v1alpha1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func parameters(exp *optimizev1beta2.Experiment) []experimentsv1alpha1.Parameter
 
 	for _, p := range exp.Spec.Parameters {
 		// This is a special case to omit parameters client side
-		if p.Min == p.Max && len(p.Values) == 0 {
+		if experiment.ParameterConstant(p) != nil {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/server/server_test.go b/internal/server/server_test.go
index e16cf6fa..4b67421f 100644
--- a/internal/server/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/server_test.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func TestFromCluster(t *testing.T) {
 					Parameters: []optimizev1beta2.Parameter{
 						{Name: "one", Min: 0, Max: 1, Baseline: &one},
 						{Name: "two", Min: 0, Max: 2, Baseline: &two},
-						{Name: "three", Values: []string{"three"}, Baseline: &three},
+						{Name: "three", Values: []string{"three", "four"}, Baseline: &three},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func TestFromCluster(t *testing.T) {
 					{
 						Type:   experimentsv1alpha1.ParameterTypeCategorical,
 						Name:   "three",
-						Values: []string{"three"},
+						Values: []string{"three", "four"},
 					},
 				},
 			},