diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
index 3a3cfec0cde..b68386ec79b 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/client.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (d *client) UploadTraces(ctx context.Context, protoSpans []*tracepb.Resourc
 }
 
 func (d *client) newRequest(body []byte) (request, error) {
-	u := url.URL{Scheme: d.getScheme(), Host: d.cfg.Endpoint, Path: d.cfg.URLPath}
+	u := url.URL{Scheme: d.getScheme(), Host: d.cfg.Endpoint, Path: d.cfg.URLPath, RawQuery: d.getRawQuery()}
 	r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return request{Request: r}, err
@@ -339,3 +339,12 @@ func (d *client) contextWithStop(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, context.
 	}(ctx, cancel)
 	return ctx, cancel
 }
+
+func (d *client) getRawQuery() string {
+	values := url.Values{}
+	for k, v := range d.cfg.Query {
+		values[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return values.Encode()
+}
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
index 9a595c36a62..96981af212f 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ type (
 		Compression Compression
 		Timeout     time.Duration
 		URLPath     string
+		Query       map[string][]string
 
 		// gRPC configurations
 		GRPCCredentials credentials.TransportCredentials
@@ -326,3 +327,10 @@ func WithTimeout(duration time.Duration) GenericOption {
 		return cfg
 	})
 }
+
+func WithQuery(query map[string][]string) GenericOption {
+	return newGenericOption(func(cfg Config) Config {
+		cfg.Traces.Query = query
+		return cfg
+	})
+}
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/options.go
index e3ed6494c5d..bdc21681468 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/options.go
@@ -114,3 +114,8 @@ func WithTimeout(duration time.Duration) Option {
 func WithRetry(rc RetryConfig) Option {
 	return wrappedOption{otlpconfig.WithRetry(retry.Config(rc))}
 }
+
+// WithQuery allows one to tell the driver to send query values with the payloads.
+func WithQuery(query map[string][]string) Option {
+	return wrappedOption{otlpconfig.WithQuery(query)}
+}