diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index cd0136a5c..8822506a7 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ AUDIT_EXCLUDED_PATHS = [path.lstrip("/") for path in AUDIT_EXCLUDED_PATHS]
 ####################################
 
 ENABLE_OTEL = os.environ.get("ENABLE_OTEL", "False").lower() == "true"
+USE_OTEL_HTTP_EXPORTER = os.environ.get("USE_OTEL_HTTP_EXPORTER", "False").lower() == "true"
 ENABLE_OTEL_METRICS = os.environ.get("ENABLE_OTEL_METRICS", "False").lower() == "true"
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT = os.environ.get(
     "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT", "http://localhost:4317"
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
index 123666d02..f6d0513a8 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/telemetry/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter as HttpOTLPSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from sqlalchemy import Engine
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ from open_webui.env import (
     OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT,
     OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE,
     ENABLE_OTEL_METRICS,
+    USE_OTEL_HTTP_EXPORTER,
     OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME,
     OTEL_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD,
 )
@@ -35,11 +37,18 @@ def setup(app: FastAPI, db_engine: Engine):
         headers = [("authorization", f"Basic {auth_header}")]
 
     # otlp export
-    exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(
-        endpoint=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT,
-        insecure=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE,
-        headers=headers,
-    )
+    if USE_OTEL_HTTP_EXPORTER:
+        exporter = HttpOTLPSpanExporter(
+            endpoint=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT,
+            insecure=OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE,
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+    else:
+        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()