diff --git a/haystack/components/generators/chat/openai.py b/haystack/components/generators/chat/openai.py
index 3547f672d04..7b03e3745f9 100644
--- a/haystack/components/generators/chat/openai.py
+++ b/haystack/components/generators/chat/openai.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class OpenAIChatGenerator:
     ```
     """
 
+    _HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS: ClassVar[dict[str, str]] = {"max_output_tokens": "max_completion_tokens"}
+
     SUPPORTED_MODELS: ClassVar[list[str]] = [
         "gpt-5-mini",
         "gpt-5-nano",
diff --git a/haystack/components/generators/chat/openai_responses.py b/haystack/components/generators/chat/openai_responses.py
index d0a804610bc..da6e4da040d 100644
--- a/haystack/components/generators/chat/openai_responses.py
+++ b/haystack/components/generators/chat/openai_responses.py
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ class OpenAIResponsesChatGenerator:
     ```
     """
 
+    _HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS: ClassVar[dict[str, str]] = {"max_output_tokens": "max_output_tokens"}
+
     SUPPORTED_MODELS: ClassVar[list[str]] = [
         "gpt-5-mini",
         "gpt-5-nano",
diff --git a/haystack/components/generators/chat/utils.py b/haystack/components/generators/chat/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..937e44978c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haystack/components/generators/chat/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-present deepset GmbH <info@deepset.ai>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from haystack.components.generators.chat.types import ChatGenerator
+
+# The provider-neutral generation parameters that Haystack components can request from Chat Generators.
+# The chosen name is based on OpenAI's Responses API.
+_HAYSTACK_GENERATION_PARAMETERS = frozenset({"max_output_tokens"})
+
+
+def _convert_haystack_generation_kwargs(
+    chat_generator: ChatGenerator, haystack_generation_kwargs: dict[str, Any]
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """
+    Convert provider-neutral Haystack generation parameters for a Chat Generator.
+
+    Chat Generators advertise supported parameters through a private class-level mapping from the canonical Haystack
+    name to the provider-specific name. Parameters not advertised by the generator are omitted, allowing callers to
+    provide a fallback for generators that do not expose this optional capability.
+
+    :param chat_generator: The Chat Generator that will receive the converted parameters.
+    :param haystack_generation_kwargs: Generation parameters using Haystack's canonical names.
+    :returns: The supported parameters converted to their provider-specific names.
+    :raises ValueError: If a parameter is not part of Haystack's canonical vocabulary.
+    """
+    unknown_parameters = haystack_generation_kwargs.keys() - _HAYSTACK_GENERATION_PARAMETERS
+    if unknown_parameters:
+        unknown = ", ".join(sorted(unknown_parameters))
+        msg = f"Unknown Haystack generation parameter(s): {unknown}"
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+
+    parameter_mapping = getattr(chat_generator, "_HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS", {})
+
+    return {
+        provider_name: haystack_generation_kwargs[haystack_name]
+        for haystack_name, provider_name in parameter_mapping.items()
+        if haystack_name in haystack_generation_kwargs
+    }
diff --git a/test/components/generators/chat/test_azure.py b/test/components/generators/chat/test_azure.py
index 8ad94029c6d..7b0c1ad0193 100644
--- a/test/components/generators/chat/test_azure.py
+++ b/test/components/generators/chat/test_azure.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import haystack.components.generators.chat.azure as azure_chat_module
 from haystack import Pipeline, component
-from haystack.components.generators.chat import AzureOpenAIChatGenerator
+from haystack.components.generators.chat import AzureOpenAIChatGenerator, OpenAIChatGenerator
 from haystack.components.generators.utils import print_streaming_chunk
 from haystack.dataclasses import ChatMessage, ToolCall
 from haystack.tools import ComponentTool, Tool
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ def tools():
 
 
 class TestAzureOpenAIChatGenerator:
+    def test_haystack_to_provider_generation_kwargs(self) -> None:
+        assert (
+            AzureOpenAIChatGenerator._HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS
+            is OpenAIChatGenerator._HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS
+        )
+
     def test_supported_models(self) -> None:
         """SUPPORTED_MODELS is a non-empty list of strings."""
         models = AzureOpenAIChatGenerator.SUPPORTED_MODELS
diff --git a/test/components/generators/chat/test_azure_responses.py b/test/components/generators/chat/test_azure_responses.py
index 5692954dd92..d0202b51477 100644
--- a/test/components/generators/chat/test_azure_responses.py
+++ b/test/components/generators/chat/test_azure_responses.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from haystack import Pipeline, component
-from haystack.components.generators.chat import AzureOpenAIResponsesChatGenerator
+from haystack.components.generators.chat import AzureOpenAIResponsesChatGenerator, OpenAIResponsesChatGenerator
 from haystack.components.generators.utils import print_streaming_chunk
 from haystack.dataclasses import ChatMessage, ToolCall
 from haystack.tools import ComponentTool, Tool
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ def tools():
 
 
 class TestInitialization:
+    def test_haystack_to_provider_generation_kwargs(self) -> None:
+        assert (
+            AzureOpenAIResponsesChatGenerator._HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS
+            is OpenAIResponsesChatGenerator._HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS
+        )
+
     def test_supported_models(self) -> None:
         """SUPPORTED_MODELS is a non-empty list of strings."""
         models = AzureOpenAIResponsesChatGenerator.SUPPORTED_MODELS
diff --git a/test/components/generators/chat/test_openai.py b/test/components/generators/chat/test_openai.py
index cd5c63d95a8..772826d9c6b 100644
--- a/test/components/generators/chat/test_openai.py
+++ b/test/components/generators/chat/test_openai.py
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ def tools():
 
 
 class TestOpenAIChatGenerator:
+    def test_haystack_to_provider_generation_kwargs(self) -> None:
+        assert OpenAIChatGenerator._HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS == {
+            "max_output_tokens": "max_completion_tokens"
+        }
+
     def test_supported_models(self) -> None:
         """SUPPORTED_MODELS is a non-empty list of strings."""
         models = OpenAIChatGenerator.SUPPORTED_MODELS
diff --git a/test/components/generators/chat/test_openai_responses.py b/test/components/generators/chat/test_openai_responses.py
index 91a7c102221..acde77b4b6e 100644
--- a/test/components/generators/chat/test_openai_responses.py
+++ b/test/components/generators/chat/test_openai_responses.py
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ def __call__(self, chunk: StreamingChunk) -> None:
 
 
 class TestInitialization:
+    def test_haystack_to_provider_generation_kwargs(self) -> None:
+        assert OpenAIResponsesChatGenerator._HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS == {
+            "max_output_tokens": "max_output_tokens"
+        }
+
     def test_supported_models(self) -> None:
         """SUPPORTED_MODELS is a non-empty list of strings."""
         models = OpenAIResponsesChatGenerator.SUPPORTED_MODELS
diff --git a/test/components/generators/chat/test_utils.py b/test/components/generators/chat/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1661a4860d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/generators/chat/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-present deepset GmbH <info@deepset.ai>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from typing import ClassVar
+
+import pytest
+
+from haystack.components.generators.chat import MockChatGenerator
+from haystack.components.generators.chat.utils import (
+    _HAYSTACK_GENERATION_PARAMETERS,
+    _convert_haystack_generation_kwargs,
+)
+
+
+class MappedMockChatGenerator(MockChatGenerator):
+    _HAYSTACK_TO_PROVIDER_GENERATION_KWARGS: ClassVar[dict[str, str]] = {"max_output_tokens": "provider_max_tokens"}
+
+
+class TestConvertHaystackGenerationKwargs:
+    def test_haystack_generation_parameters(self) -> None:
+        assert {"max_output_tokens"} == _HAYSTACK_GENERATION_PARAMETERS
+
+    def test_conversion(self) -> None:
+        converted = _convert_haystack_generation_kwargs(MappedMockChatGenerator(), {"max_output_tokens": 100})
+        assert converted == {"provider_max_tokens": 100}
+
+    def test_no_mapping(self) -> None:
+        assert _convert_haystack_generation_kwargs(MockChatGenerator(), {"max_output_tokens": 100}) == {}
+
+    def test_invalid_parameter(self) -> None:
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unknown Haystack generation parameter\\(s\\): max_tokens"):
+            _convert_haystack_generation_kwargs(MockChatGenerator(), {"max_tokens": 100})