diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index 0f7b5611f..7061fd252 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -543,6 +543,9 @@ ENABLE_OTEL_METRICS = os.environ.get("ENABLE_OTEL_METRICS", "False").lower() ==
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT = os.environ.get(
     "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost:4317"
 )
+OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE = (
+    os.environ.get("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE", "False").lower() == "true"
+)
 OTEL_SERVICE_NAME = os.environ.get("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", "open-webui")
 OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES = os.environ.get(
     "OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES", ""
@@ -550,6 +553,8 @@ OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES = os.environ.get(
 OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER = os.environ.get(
     "OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER", "parentbased_always_on"
 ).lower()
+OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME = os.environ.get("OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME", "")
+OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD", "")
 
 ####################################
 # TOOLS/FUNCTIONS PIP OPTIONS
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
index 62632cff5..123666d02 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExport
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from sqlalchemy import Engine
+from base64 import b64encode
 
 from open_webui.utils.telemetry.exporters import LazyBatchSpanProcessor
 from open_webui.utils.telemetry.instrumentors import Instrumentor
@@ -11,7 +12,10 @@ from open_webui.utils.telemetry.metrics import setup_metrics
 from open_webui.env import (
     OTEL_SERVICE_NAME,
     OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT,
+    OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE,
     ENABLE_OTEL_METRICS,
+    OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME,
+    OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD,
 )
 
 
@@ -22,8 +26,20 @@ def setup(app: FastAPI, db_engine: Engine):
             resource=Resource.create(attributes={SERVICE_NAME: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME})
         )
     )
+
+    # Add basic auth header only if both username and password are not empty
+    headers = []
+    if OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME and OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD:
+        auth_string = f"{OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME}:{OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD}"
+        auth_header = b64encode(auth_string.encode()).decode()
+        headers = [("authorization", f"Basic {auth_header}")]
+
     # otlp export
-    exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT)
+    exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(
+        endpoint=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT,
+        insecure=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE,
+        headers=headers,
+    )
     trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(LazyBatchSpanProcessor(exporter))
     Instrumentor(app=app, db_engine=db_engine).instrument()