diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Api/Internal/HttpSemanticConventionHelper.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Api/Internal/HttpSemanticConventionHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1774cbd2069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Api/Internal/HttpSemanticConventionHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// <copyright file="HttpSemanticConventionHelper.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace OpenTelemetry.Internal;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Helper class for Http Semantic Conventions.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Due to a breaking change in the semantic convention, affected instrumentation libraries
+/// must inspect an environment variable to determine which attributes to emit.
+/// This is expected to be removed when the instrumentation libraries reach Stable.
+/// <see href="https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md"/>.
+/// </remarks>
+internal static class HttpSemanticConventionHelper
+{
+    [Flags]
+    internal enum HttpSemanticConvention
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Instructs an instrumentation library to emit the old experimental HTTP attributes.
+        /// </summary>
+        Old = 0x1,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Instructs an instrumentation library to emit the new, stable Http attributes.
+        /// </summary>
+        New = 0x2,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Instructs an instrumentation library to emit both the old and new attributes.
+        /// </summary>
+        Dupe = Old | New,
+    }
+
+    public static HttpSemanticConvention GetSemanticConventionOptIn()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var envVarValue = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN");
+            return envVarValue?.ToLowerInvariant() switch
+            {
+                "http" => HttpSemanticConvention.New,
+                "http/dup" => HttpSemanticConvention.Dupe,
+                _ => HttpSemanticConvention.Old,
+            };
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            return HttpSemanticConvention.Old;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs
index 66321c1cb14..537ff5ea42e 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #endif
 using OpenTelemetry.Internal;
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
+using static OpenTelemetry.Internal.HttpSemanticConventionHelper;
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.Implementation
 {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ internal class HttpInListener : ListenerHandler
 #endif
         private readonly PropertyFetcher<Exception> stopExceptionFetcher = new("Exception");
         private readonly AspNetCoreInstrumentationOptions options;
+        private readonly HttpSemanticConvention httpSemanticConvention;
 
         public HttpInListener(AspNetCoreInstrumentationOptions options)
             : base(DiagnosticSourceName)
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ public HttpInListener(AspNetCoreInstrumentationOptions options)
             Guard.ThrowIfNull(options);
 
             this.options = options;
+
+            this.httpSemanticConvention = GetSemanticConventionOptIn();
         }
 
         public override void OnEventWritten(string name, object payload)
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj
index 8cea09bc65e..cc04eed9bd2 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore.csproj
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.GrpcNetClient\GrpcTagHelper.cs" Link="Includes\GrpcTagHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.GrpcNetClient\StatusCanonicalCode.cs" Link="Includes\StatusCanonicalCode.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Api\Internal\Guard.cs" Link="Includes\Guard.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(RepoRoot)\src\OpenTelemetry.Api\Internal\HttpSemanticConventionHelper.cs" Link="Includes\HttpSemanticConventionHelper.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Api.Tests/Internal/HttpSemanticConventionHelperTest.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Api.Tests/Internal/HttpSemanticConventionHelperTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48a92230ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Api.Tests/Internal/HttpSemanticConventionHelperTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// <copyright file="HttpSemanticConventionHelperTest.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// </copyright>
+
+using Xunit;
+using static OpenTelemetry.Internal.HttpSemanticConventionHelper;
+
+namespace OpenTelemetry.Api.Tests.Internal;
+
+public class HttpSemanticConventionHelperTest
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void VerifyFlags()
+    {
+        var testValue = HttpSemanticConvention.Dupe;
+        Assert.True(testValue.HasFlag(HttpSemanticConvention.Old));
+        Assert.True(testValue.HasFlag(HttpSemanticConvention.New));
+
+        testValue = HttpSemanticConvention.Old;
+        Assert.True(testValue.HasFlag(HttpSemanticConvention.Old));
+        Assert.False(testValue.HasFlag(HttpSemanticConvention.New));
+
+        testValue = HttpSemanticConvention.New;
+        Assert.False(testValue.HasFlag(HttpSemanticConvention.Old));
+        Assert.True(testValue.HasFlag(HttpSemanticConvention.New));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void VerifyGetSemanticConventionOptIn()
+    {
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable(null, HttpSemanticConvention.Old);
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable(string.Empty, HttpSemanticConvention.Old);
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable("junk", HttpSemanticConvention.Old);
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable("none", HttpSemanticConvention.Old);
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable("NONE", HttpSemanticConvention.Old);
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable("http", HttpSemanticConvention.New);
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable("HTTP", HttpSemanticConvention.New);
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable("http/dup", HttpSemanticConvention.Dupe);
+        this.RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable("HTTP/DUP", HttpSemanticConvention.Dupe);
+    }
+
+    private void RunTestWithEnvironmentVariable(string value, HttpSemanticConvention expected)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN", value);
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, GetSemanticConventionOptIn());
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN", null);
+        }
+    }
+}