diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1eb0960cd4..2c97acceac 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ Imports:
     glue (>= 1.6.1),
     htmltools (>= 0.5.2),
     juicyjuice (>= 0.1.0),
+    jsonlite,
     magrittr (>= 2.0.2),
     rlang (>= 1.0.2),
     sass (>= 0.4.1),
     scales (>= 1.2.0),
     tibble (>= 3.1.6),
-    tidyselect (>= 1.1.1)
+    tidyselect (>= 1.1.1),
+    uuid
 Suggests:
     covr,
     digest (>= 0.6.29),
diff --git a/R/print.R b/R/print.R
index c8f9f9ce0d..0c2a99ac0c 100644
--- a/R/print.R
+++ b/R/print.R
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ knitr_is_word_output <- function() {
 #' @noRd
 knit_print.gt_tbl <- function(x, ...) {
 
+  if (check_quarto()) {
+    caption_text <- dt_options_get_value(data = x, option = "table_caption")
+    table_uuid <- random_id()
+    x <- dt_options_set_value(data = x, option = "table_id", value = table_uuid)
+
+    if (!is.na(caption_text)) {
+      quarto_api_send(
+        "set_table_caption",
+        caption = caption_text,
+        table_id = paste0("table-", table_uuid))
+    }
+  }
+
   if (knitr_is_rtf_output()) {
 
     x <- as_rtf(x)
diff --git a/R/render_as_html.R b/R/render_as_html.R
index 7167733d9b..ba4b509c5b 100644
--- a/R/render_as_html.R
+++ b/R/render_as_html.R
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ render_as_html <- function(data) {
   finalize_html_table(
     class = "gt_table",
     style = table_defs$table_style,
+    id = if (check_quarto()) paste0("table-", dt_options_get_value(data, "table_id")),
     caption_component,
     table_defs$table_colgroups,
     heading_component,
diff --git a/R/utils_quarto.R b/R/utils_quarto.R
index 4c6488d98c..eaff7ed795 100644
--- a/R/utils_quarto.R
+++ b/R/utils_quarto.R
@@ -1,3 +1,43 @@
 check_quarto <- function() {
   Sys.getenv("QUARTO_MESSAGES_FILE") != ""
 }
+
+check_knitr <- function() {
+
+  if (!requireNamespace("knitr", quietly = TRUE)) {
+
+    cli::cli_abort(c(
+      "Please install the knitr package.",
+      "*" = "Use `install.packages(\"knitr\")`."
+    ))
+  }
+}
+
+get_uuid <- function() {
+  uuid::UUIDgenerate()
+}
+
+quarto_api_send <- function(message, ...) {
+
+  uuid <- get_uuid()
+
+  # Ensure that the knitr package is available
+  check_knitr()
+
+  # Generate a JSON-formatted line
+  line <-
+    jsonlite::toJSON(
+      list(
+        message = message,
+        uuid = uuid,
+        payload = list(...)
+      ),
+      auto_unbox = TRUE
+    )
+
+  file <- Sys.getenv("QUARTO_MESSAGES_FILE")
+
+  write(line, file, append = TRUE)
+
+  uuid
+}