diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/config/runtime/exporter/OtlpExporterTracesConfig.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/config/runtime/exporter/OtlpExporterTracesConfig.java
index 20aa1cbe976ff..d65ed16722eae 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/config/runtime/exporter/OtlpExporterTracesConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/config/runtime/exporter/OtlpExporterTracesConfig.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
 
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigDocDefault;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigGroup;
 import io.smallrye.config.WithDefault;
 import io.smallrye.config.WithName;
@@ -72,6 +74,11 @@ public interface OtlpExporterTracesConfig {
     @WithName("trust-cert")
     TrustCert trustCert();
 
+    /**
+     * Set proxy options
+     */
+    ProxyConfig proxyOptions();
+
     interface KeyCert {
         /**
          * Comma-separated list of the path to the key files (Pem format).
@@ -91,6 +98,29 @@ interface TrustCert {
         Optional<List<String>> certs();
     }
 
+    interface ProxyConfig {
+        /**
+         * Set proxy username.
+         */
+        Optional<String> username();
+
+        /**
+         * Set proxy password.
+         */
+        Optional<String> password();
+
+        /**
+         * Set proxy port.
+         */
+        @ConfigDocDefault("3128")
+        OptionalInt port();
+
+        /**
+         * Set proxy host.
+         */
+        Optional<String> host();
+    }
+
     class Protocol {
         public static final String GRPC = "grpc";
         public static final String HTTP_PROTOBUF = "http/protobuf";
diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OTelExporterRecorder.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OTelExporterRecorder.java
index 8757df5a2dcdd..c572dd72aba3f 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OTelExporterRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OTelExporterRecorder.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 import io.vertx.core.net.KeyCertOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.net.PemKeyCertOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.net.PemTrustOptions;
+import io.vertx.core.net.ProxyOptions;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 @Recorder
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ public HttpClientOptionsConsumer(OtlpExporterTracesConfig tracesConfig, URI base
         @Override
         public void accept(HttpClientOptions options) {
             configureTLS(options);
+            configureProxyOptions(options);
         }
 
         private void configureTLS(HttpClientOptions options) {
@@ -218,6 +221,54 @@ private void configureTLS(HttpClientOptions options) {
             }
         }
 
+        private void configureProxyOptions(HttpClientOptions options) {
+            var proxyConfig = tracesConfig.proxyOptions();
+            Optional<String> proxyHost = proxyConfig.host();
+            if (proxyHost.isPresent()) {
+                ProxyOptions proxyOptions = new ProxyOptions()
+                        .setHost(proxyHost.get());
+                if (proxyConfig.port().isPresent()) {
+                    proxyOptions.setPort(proxyConfig.port().getAsInt());
+                }
+                if (proxyConfig.username().isPresent()) {
+                    proxyOptions.setUsername(proxyConfig.username().get());
+                }
+                if (proxyConfig.password().isPresent()) {
+                    proxyOptions.setPassword(proxyConfig.password().get());
+                }
+                options.setProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
+            } else {
+                configureProxyOptionsFromJDKSysProps(options);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void configureProxyOptionsFromJDKSysProps(HttpClientOptions options) {
+            String proxyHost = options.isSsl()
+                    ? System.getProperty("https.proxyHost", "none")
+                    : System.getProperty("http.proxyHost", "none");
+            String proxyPortAsString = options.isSsl()
+                    ? System.getProperty("https.proxyPort", "443")
+                    : System.getProperty("http.proxyPort", "80");
+            int proxyPort = Integer.parseInt(proxyPortAsString);
+
+            if (!"none".equals(proxyHost)) {
+                ProxyOptions proxyOptions = new ProxyOptions().setHost(proxyHost).setPort(proxyPort);
+                String proxyUser = options.isSsl()
+                        ? System.getProperty("https.proxyUser")
+                        : System.getProperty("http.proxyUser");
+                if (proxyUser != null && !proxyUser.isBlank()) {
+                    proxyOptions.setUsername(proxyUser);
+                }
+                String proxyPassword = options.isSsl()
+                        ? System.getProperty("https.proxyPassword")
+                        : System.getProperty("http.proxyPassword");
+                if (proxyPassword != null && !proxyPassword.isBlank()) {
+                    proxyOptions.setPassword(proxyPassword);
+                }
+                options.setProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
+            }
+        }
+
         private KeyCertOptions toPemKeyCertOptions() {
             OtlpExporterTracesConfig.KeyCert keyCert = tracesConfig.keyCert();
             if (keyCert.certs().isEmpty() && keyCert.keys().isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OtlpExporterProviderTest.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OtlpExporterProviderTest.java
index f7cc1d9451645..d9c749311967a 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OtlpExporterProviderTest.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/test/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OtlpExporterProviderTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.OptionalInt;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -134,6 +135,31 @@ public Optional<List<String>> certs() {
                             }
                         };
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public ProxyConfig proxyOptions() {
+                        return new ProxyConfig() {
+                            @Override
+                            public Optional<String> username() {
+                                return Optional.empty();
+                            }
+
+                            @Override
+                            public Optional<String> password() {
+                                return Optional.empty();
+                            }
+
+                            @Override
+                            public OptionalInt port() {
+                                return OptionalInt.empty();
+                            }
+
+                            @Override
+                            public Optional<String> host() {
+                                return Optional.empty();
+                            }
+                        };
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };