diff --git a/chaoslib/litmus/k6-loadgen/lib/k6-loadgen.go b/chaoslib/litmus/k6-loadgen/lib/k6-loadgen.go
index 1de1d862b..79ce56b30 100644
--- a/chaoslib/litmus/k6-loadgen/lib/k6-loadgen.go
+++ b/chaoslib/litmus/k6-loadgen/lib/k6-loadgen.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/litmuschaos/litmus-go/pkg/cerrors"
@@ -103,6 +104,35 @@ func createHelperPod(ctx context.Context, experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.Ex
 
 	const volumeName = "script-volume"
 	const mountPath = "/mnt"
+
+	var envs []corev1.EnvVar
+	args := []string{
+		mountPath + "/" + experimentsDetails.ScriptSecretKey,
+		"-q",
+		"--duration",
+		strconv.Itoa(experimentsDetails.ChaosDuration) + "s",
+		"--tag",
+		"trace_id=" + span.SpanContext().TraceID().String(),
+	}
+
+	if otelExporterEndpoint := os.Getenv(telemetry.OTELExporterOTLPEndpoint); otelExporterEndpoint != "" {
+		envs = []corev1.EnvVar{
+			{
+				Name:  "K6_OTEL_METRIC_PREFIX",
+				Value: experimentsDetails.OTELMetricPrefix,
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  "K6_OTEL_GRPC_EXPORTER_INSECURE",
+				Value: "true",
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  "K6_OTEL_GRPC_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT",
+				Value: otelExporterEndpoint,
+			},
+		}
+		args = append(args, "--out", "experimental-opentelemetry")
+	}
+
 	helperPod := &corev1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
 			GenerateName: experimentsDetails.ExperimentName + "-helper-",
@@ -122,12 +152,8 @@ func createHelperPod(ctx context.Context, experimentsDetails *experimentTypes.Ex
 						"k6",
 						"run",
 					},
-					Args: []string{
-						mountPath + "/" + experimentsDetails.ScriptSecretKey,
-						"-q",
-						"--duration",
-						strconv.Itoa(experimentsDetails.ChaosDuration) + "s",
-					},
+					Args:      args,
+					Env:       envs,
 					Resources: chaosDetails.Resources,
 					VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{
 						{
diff --git a/pkg/load/k6-loadgen/environment/environment.go b/pkg/load/k6-loadgen/environment/environment.go
index 48ac8df28..aa7507f16 100644
--- a/pkg/load/k6-loadgen/environment/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/load/k6-loadgen/environment/environment.go
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ func GetENV(experimentDetails *experimentTypes.ExperimentDetails) {
 	experimentDetails.LIBImage = types.Getenv("LIB_IMAGE", "ghcr.io/grafana/k6-operator:latest-runner")
 	experimentDetails.ScriptSecretName = types.Getenv("SCRIPT_SECRET_NAME", "k6-script")
 	experimentDetails.ScriptSecretKey = types.Getenv("SCRIPT_SECRET_KEY", "script.js")
-
+	experimentDetails.OTELMetricPrefix = types.Getenv("OTEL_METRIC_PREFIX", "k6_")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/load/k6-loadgen/types/types.go b/pkg/load/k6-loadgen/types/types.go
index 915f8a8d5..9b6d6877f 100644
--- a/pkg/load/k6-loadgen/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/load/k6-loadgen/types/types.go
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ type ExperimentDetails struct {
 	LIBImage           string
 	ScriptSecretName   string
 	ScriptSecretKey    string
+	OTELMetricPrefix   string
 }