diff --git a/reporters/kamon-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/reporters/kamon-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 0d9a3c31b..922f85db6 100644
--- a/reporters/kamon-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/reporters/kamon-opentelemetry/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ kamon.otel {
   attributes = ""
   attributes = ${?OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}
 
+  retryEnabled = false
+  retryEnabled = ${?OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_EXPORTER_OTLP_RETRY_ENABLED}
+
   trace {
       endpoint = ${kamon.otel.endpoint}
       full-endpoint = ${?OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT}
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ kamon.otel {
       protocol = ${kamon.otel.protocol}
       protocol = ${?OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL}
 
+      retryEnabled = ${kamon.otel.retryEnabled}
       # If set to true, any error (message and stacktrace) on a span will be included as an event on the span with
       # standard attribute names; enable for 'more full' compliance with otel standard
       include-error-event = false
diff --git a/reporters/kamon-opentelemetry/src/main/scala/kamon/otel/TraceService.scala b/reporters/kamon-opentelemetry/src/main/scala/kamon/otel/TraceService.scala
index 1909b5619..f7b923af2 100644
--- a/reporters/kamon-opentelemetry/src/main/scala/kamon/otel/TraceService.scala
+++ b/reporters/kamon-opentelemetry/src/main/scala/kamon/otel/TraceService.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.{Collection => JCollection}
 import scala.concurrent.{Future, Promise}
 
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
+import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.retry.{RetryPolicy, RetryUtil}
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.http.trace.OtlpHttpSpanExporter
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace.OtlpGrpcSpanExporter
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.`export`.SpanExporter
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ private[otel] object OtlpTraceService {
       case Array(k, v) => k -> v
     }.toSeq
     val timeout = otelExporterConfig.getDuration("timeout")
+    val retryEnabled = otelExporterConfig.getBoolean("retryEnabled")
     // See https://opentelemetry.io/docs/reference/specification/protocol/exporter/#endpoint-urls-for-otlphttp
     val url = (protocol, fullEndpoint) match {
       case ("http/protobuf", Some(full)) =>
@@ -85,20 +87,22 @@ private[otel] object OtlpTraceService {
 
     logger.info(s"Configured endpoint for OpenTelemetry trace reporting [$url] using $protocol protocol")
 
-    new OtlpTraceService(protocol, url, compression, headers, timeout)
+    new OtlpTraceService(protocol, url, compression, headers, timeout, retryEnabled)
   }
 }
 
-private[otel] class OtlpTraceService(protocol: String, endpoint: String, compressionEnabled: Boolean, headers: Seq[(String, String)], timeout: Duration) extends TraceService {
+private[otel] class OtlpTraceService(protocol: String, endpoint: String, compressionEnabled: Boolean, headers: Seq[(String, String)], timeout: Duration, retryEnabled: Boolean) extends TraceService {
   private val compressionMethod = if (compressionEnabled) "gzip" else "none"
   private val delegate: SpanExporter = protocol match {
     case "grpc" =>
       val builder = OtlpGrpcSpanExporter.builder().setEndpoint(endpoint).setCompression(compressionMethod).setTimeout(timeout)
       headers.foreach { case (k, v) => builder.addHeader(k, v) }
+      if (retryEnabled) RetryUtil.setRetryPolicyOnDelegate(builder, RetryPolicy.getDefault)
       builder.build()
     case "http/protobuf" =>
       val builder = OtlpHttpSpanExporter.builder().setEndpoint(endpoint).setCompression(compressionMethod).setTimeout(timeout)
       headers.foreach { case (k, v) => builder.addHeader(k, v) }
+      if (retryEnabled) RetryUtil.setRetryPolicyOnDelegate(builder, RetryPolicy.getDefault)
       builder.build()
   }