diff --git a/pkg/ingester/otlp/ingest_handler.go b/pkg/ingester/otlp/ingest_handler.go
index 71ab6b1826..90cb9e1502 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/otlp/ingest_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/otlp/ingest_handler.go
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
+	model2 "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/pyroscope/pkg/model"
+
 	"connectrpc.com/connect"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
@@ -159,13 +163,17 @@ func getServiceNameFromAttributes(attrs []v1.KeyValue) string {
 func getDefaultLabels() []*typesv1.LabelPair {
 	return []*typesv1.LabelPair{
 		{
-			Name:  "__name__",
+			Name:  model2.MetricNameLabel,
 			Value: "process_cpu",
 		},
 		{
-			Name:  "__delta__",
+			Name:  model.LabelNameDelta,
 			Value: "false",
 		},
+		{
+			Name:  model.LabelNameOTEL,
+			Value: "true",
+		},
 		{
 			Name:  "pyroscope_spy",
 			Value: "unknown",
diff --git a/pkg/model/labels.go b/pkg/model/labels.go
index 666074d128..f009573baa 100644
--- a/pkg/model/labels.go
+++ b/pkg/model/labels.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 	LabelNameProfileType        = "__profile_type__"
 	LabelNameServiceNamePrivate = "__service_name__"
 	LabelNameDelta              = "__delta__"
+	LabelNameOTEL               = "__otel__"
 	LabelNameProfileName        = pmodel.MetricNameLabel
 	LabelNamePeriodType         = "__period_type__"
 	LabelNamePeriodUnit         = "__period_unit__"
diff --git a/pkg/model/profile.go b/pkg/model/profile.go
index 6d4c00aac0..9f16ad2fd5 100644
--- a/pkg/model/profile.go
+++ b/pkg/model/profile.go
@@ -70,13 +70,15 @@ func NewSpanSelector(spans []string) (SpanSelector, error) {
 	return m, nil
 }
 
-func StacktracePartitionFromProfile(lbls []Labels, p *profilev1.Profile) uint64 {
-	return xxhash.Sum64String(stacktracePartitionKeyFromProfile(lbls, p))
+func StacktracePartitionFromProfile(lbls []Labels, p *profilev1.Profile, otel bool) uint64 {
+	return xxhash.Sum64String(stacktracePartitionKeyFromProfile(lbls, p, otel))
 }
 
-func stacktracePartitionKeyFromProfile(lbls []Labels, p *profilev1.Profile) string {
-	// take the first mapping (which is the main binary's file basename)
-	if len(p.Mapping) > 0 {
+func stacktracePartitionKeyFromProfile(lbls []Labels, p *profilev1.Profile, otel bool) string {
+	// Take the first mapping (which is the main binary's file basename)
+	// OTEL (at least from ebpf profiler at the time of writing) mappings are unreliable and ordered unpredictably and
+	// have no VA addresses (only relative to the shared object base)
+	if len(p.Mapping) > 0 && !otel {
 		if filenameID := p.Mapping[0].Filename; filenameID > 0 {
 			if filename := extractMappingFilename(p.StringTable[filenameID]); filename != "" {
 				return filename
diff --git a/pkg/phlaredb/head.go b/pkg/phlaredb/head.go
index 24239e7489..00908457e2 100644
--- a/pkg/phlaredb/head.go
+++ b/pkg/phlaredb/head.go
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ func (h *Head) Ingest(ctx context.Context, p *profilev1.Profile, id uuid.UUID, e
 
 	delta := phlaremodel.Labels(externalLabels).Get(phlaremodel.LabelNameDelta) != "false"
 	externalLabels = phlaremodel.Labels(externalLabels).Delete(phlaremodel.LabelNameDelta)
+	otel := phlaremodel.Labels(externalLabels).Get(phlaremodel.LabelNameOTEL) == "true"
+	externalLabels = phlaremodel.Labels(externalLabels).Delete(phlaremodel.LabelNameOTEL)
 
 	enforceLabelOrder := phlaremodel.Labels(externalLabels).Get(phlaremodel.LabelNameOrder) == phlaremodel.LabelOrderEnforced
 	externalLabels = phlaremodel.Labels(externalLabels).Delete(phlaremodel.LabelNameOrder)
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ func (h *Head) Ingest(ctx context.Context, p *profilev1.Profile, id uuid.UUID, e
 	}
 
 	// determine the stacktraces partition ID
-	partition := phlaremodel.StacktracePartitionFromProfile(lbls, p)
+	partition := phlaremodel.StacktracePartitionFromProfile(lbls, p, otel)
 
 	metricName := phlaremodel.Labels(externalLabels).Get(model.MetricNameLabel)