diff --git a/plugins/processor_opentelemetry_envelope/otel_envelope.c b/plugins/processor_opentelemetry_envelope/otel_envelope.c
index c83fbb8f328..82c22084b0c 100644
--- a/plugins/processor_opentelemetry_envelope/otel_envelope.c
+++ b/plugins/processor_opentelemetry_envelope/otel_envelope.c
@@ -206,6 +206,112 @@ static int cb_process_logs(struct flb_processor_instance *ins,
     return FLB_PROCESSOR_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static int metrics_add_kvlist(struct cfl_kvlist *kvlist, char *kv1, char *sub_kv1, char *sub_kv2)
+{
+    int ret;
+    struct cfl_variant *var;
+    struct cfl_kvlist *tmp_kvlist;
+
+    var = cfl_kvlist_fetch(kvlist, kv1);
+    if (!var) {
+        tmp_kvlist = cfl_kvlist_create();
+        if (!tmp_kvlist) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        ret = cfl_kvlist_insert_kvlist(kvlist, kv1, tmp_kvlist);
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        /* retrieve the last kv inserted */
+        var = cfl_kvlist_fetch(kvlist, kv1);
+    }
+    else if (var->type != CFL_VARIANT_KVLIST) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (!var) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (sub_kv1) {
+        ret = metrics_add_kvlist(var->data.as_kvlist, sub_kv1, NULL, NULL);
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (sub_kv2) {
+        ret = metrics_add_kvlist(var->data.as_kvlist, sub_kv2, NULL, NULL);
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int cb_process_metrics(struct flb_processor_instance *processor_instance,
+                              struct cmt *cmt,
+                              struct cmt **out_context,
+                              const char *tag, int tag_len)
+{
+    (void) out_context;
+    (void) tag;
+    (void) tag_len;
+    int ret;
+    struct cfl_variant *var = NULL;
+
+    /* Check internal metadata, look for some producer, if no one is set, add it */
+    if (!cmt->internal_metadata) {
+        cmt->internal_metadata = cfl_kvlist_create();
+        if (!cmt->internal_metadata) {
+            return FLB_PROCESSOR_FAILURE;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        var = cfl_kvlist_fetch(cmt->internal_metadata, "producer");
+    }
+    if (!var) {
+        cfl_kvlist_insert_string(cmt->internal_metadata, "producer", "fluent-bit");
+    }
+
+    /* externl metadata */
+    if (!cmt->external_metadata) {
+        cmt->external_metadata = cfl_kvlist_create();
+        if (!cmt->external_metadata) {
+            return FLB_PROCESSOR_FAILURE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* scope */
+    ret = metrics_add_kvlist(cmt->external_metadata, "scope", "metadata", "attributes");
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        return FLB_PROCESSOR_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    /* scope_metrics */
+    ret = metrics_add_kvlist(cmt->external_metadata, "scope_metrics", "metadata", NULL);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        return FLB_PROCESSOR_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    /* resource */
+    ret = metrics_add_kvlist(cmt->external_metadata, "resource", "metadata", "attributes");
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        return FLB_PROCESSOR_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    /* resource_metrics */
+    ret = metrics_add_kvlist(cmt->external_metadata, "resource_metrics", "metadata", NULL);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        return FLB_PROCESSOR_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    *out_context = NULL;
+    return FLB_PROCESSOR_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
     /* EOF */
     {0}
@@ -216,7 +322,7 @@ struct flb_processor_plugin processor_opentelemetry_envelope_plugin = {
     .description        = "Package log records inside an OpenTelemetry Logs schema",
     .cb_init            = cb_init,
     .cb_process_logs    = cb_process_logs,
-    .cb_process_metrics = NULL,
+    .cb_process_metrics = cb_process_metrics,
     .cb_process_traces  = NULL,
     .cb_exit            = cb_exit,
     .config_map         = config_map,