diff --git a/src/phoenix/config.py b/src/phoenix/config.py
index c01e83d748..bd370ef8f8 100644
--- a/src/phoenix/config.py
+++ b/src/phoenix/config.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ENV_PHOENIX_PORT = "PHOENIX_PORT"
 ENV_PHOENIX_HOST = "PHOENIX_HOST"
 ENV_NOTEBOOK_ENV = "PHOENIX_NOTEBOOK_ENV"
+ENV_TRACE_ENDPOINT = "PHOENIX_TRACE_ENDPOINT"
 
 
 def _get_temp_path() -> Path:
@@ -76,3 +77,7 @@ def get_env_port() -> int:
 
 def get_env_host() -> str:
     return os.getenv(ENV_PHOENIX_HOST) or HOST
+
+
+def get_env_trace_endpoint() -> Optional[str]:
+    return os.getenv(ENV_TRACE_ENDPOINT) or None
diff --git a/src/phoenix/trace/exporter.py b/src/phoenix/trace/exporter.py
index f7b71fad4e..f46b554f74 100644
--- a/src/phoenix/trace/exporter.py
+++ b/src/phoenix/trace/exporter.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
 
 import phoenix.trace.v1 as pb
-from phoenix.config import get_env_host, get_env_port
+from phoenix.config import get_env_host, get_env_port, get_env_trace_endpoint
 from phoenix.trace.schemas import Span
 from phoenix.trace.v1.utils import encode
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def export(self, _: Any) -> None:
 class HttpExporter:
     def __init__(
         self,
+        endpoint: Optional[str] = None,
         host: Optional[str] = None,
         port: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ def __init__(
 
         Parameters
         ----------
+        endpoint: Optional[str]
+            The endpoint of the Phoenix server (collector). This should be set if the Phoenix
+            server is running on a remote instance. It can also be set using environment
+            variable `PHOENIX_TRACES_ENDPOINT`, otherwise it defaults to `http://127.0.0.1:6006`
         host: Optional[str]
             The host of the Phoenix server. It can also be set using environment
             variable `PHOENIX_HOST`, otherwise it defaults to `127.0.0.1`.
@@ -48,7 +53,9 @@ def __init__(
         """
         self._host = host or get_env_host()
         self._port = port or get_env_port()
-        self._base_url = f"http://{self._host}:{self._port}"
+        endpoint = endpoint or get_env_trace_endpoint() or f"http://{self._host}:{self._port}"
+        # Make sure the url does not end with a slash
+        self._base_url = endpoint.rstrip("/")
         self._warn_if_phoenix_is_not_running()
         self._session = Session()
         weakref.finalize(self, self._session.close)