diff --git a/gobblin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/configuration/ConfigurationKeys.java b/gobblin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/configuration/ConfigurationKeys.java
index 637cdeba065..7b33f1d3031 100644
--- a/gobblin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/configuration/ConfigurationKeys.java
+++ b/gobblin-api/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/configuration/ConfigurationKeys.java
@@ -911,6 +911,12 @@ public class ConfigurationKeys {
   public static final String METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_PREFIX = "metrics.reporting.opentelemetry.";
   public static final String METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED = METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_PREFIX + "enabled";
 
+  public static final String METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_LOGEXPORTER_ENABLED = METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_PREFIX + "logexporter.enabled";
+
+  public static final Boolean DEFAULT_METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_LOGEXPORTER_ENABLED = false;
+
+  public static final String METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_LOGEXPORTER_CLASSNAME = METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_PREFIX + "logexporter.className";
+
   public static final String METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_CONFIGS_PREFIX = METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_PREFIX + "configs.";
   public static final Boolean DEFAULT_METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED = false;
 
diff --git a/gobblin-metrics-libs/gobblin-metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/metrics/OpenTelemetryMetrics.java b/gobblin-metrics-libs/gobblin-metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/metrics/OpenTelemetryMetrics.java
index 522568462b9..ce85b6ad895 100644
--- a/gobblin-metrics-libs/gobblin-metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/metrics/OpenTelemetryMetrics.java
+++ b/gobblin-metrics-libs/gobblin-metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/metrics/OpenTelemetryMetrics.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.gobblin.metrics;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -59,6 +60,20 @@ private OpenTelemetryMetrics(State state) {
 
   @Override
   protected MetricExporter initializeMetricExporter(State state) {
+    // TODO: Refactor the method to use a factory pattern for instantiating MetricExporter. Each MetricExporter
+    //       type would have its own factory class, ensuring proper instantiation and handling specific configs.
+    if (state.getPropAsBoolean(ConfigurationKeys.METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_LOGEXPORTER_ENABLED,
+        ConfigurationKeys.DEFAULT_METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_LOGEXPORTER_ENABLED)) {
+      try {
+        Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(ConfigurationKeys.METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_LOGEXPORTER_CLASSNAME);
+        Method instanceMethod = clazz.getMethod("instance");
+        // Invoke the method to get the singleton instance
+        return metricExporter = (MetricExporter) instanceMethod.invoke(null);
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        log.error("Error occurred while instantiating opentelemetry LogExporter class", e);
+      }
+    }
+
     Preconditions.checkArgument(state.contains(ConfigurationKeys.METRICS_REPORTING_OPENTELEMETRY_ENDPOINT),
         "OpenTelemetry endpoint must be provided");
     OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder httpExporterBuilder = OtlpHttpMetricExporter.builder();