diff --git a/installer/examples/full-config.yaml b/installer/examples/full-config.yaml
index ff9d6f09..03c29deb 100644
--- a/installer/examples/full-config.yaml
+++ b/installer/examples/full-config.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ tracing:
   install: true
   honeycombDataset: "fake-dataset"
   honeycombAPIKey: "fake-key"
+  extraSpanAttributes:
+    preview: test
+    exampleKey: exampleValue
 werft:
   installServiceMonitors: false
 imports:
diff --git a/installer/pkg/components/otel-collector/configmap.go b/installer/pkg/components/otel-collector/configmap.go
index 281ebd94..1df122c0 100644
--- a/installer/pkg/components/otel-collector/configmap.go
+++ b/installer/pkg/components/otel-collector/configmap.go
@@ -10,7 +10,40 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/observability/installer/pkg/common"
 )
 
-var configMapData = `receivers:
+const extraAttributesProcessor = "attributes"
+
+func configMap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
+	var receiversConfig = buildReceiversConfig(ctx)
+	var processorsConfig = buildProcessorsConfig(ctx)
+	var exportersConfig = buildExportersConfig(ctx)
+	var extensionsConfig = buildExtensionsConfig(ctx)
+	var serviceConfig = buildServiceConfig(ctx)
+	var config = fmt.Sprintf(`%s
+%s
+%s
+%s
+%s`, receiversConfig, processorsConfig, exportersConfig, extensionsConfig, serviceConfig)
+
+	return []runtime.Object{
+		&corev1.ConfigMap{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				APIVersion: "v1",
+				Kind:       "ConfigMap",
+			},
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      Name,
+				Namespace: Namespace,
+				Labels:    common.Labels(Name, Component, App, Version),
+			},
+			Data: map[string]string{
+				"collector.yaml": config,
+			},
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func buildReceiversConfig(ctx *common.RenderContext) string {
+	return `receivers:
   jaeger:
     protocols:
       thrift_http:
@@ -19,44 +52,62 @@ var configMapData = `receivers:
     protocols:
       grpc: # on port 4317
       http: # on port 4318
-exporters:
+`
+}
+
+func buildProcessorsConfig(ctx *common.RenderContext) string {
+	var processorsConfig = ""
+	if ctx.Config.Tracing.ExtraSpanAttributes != nil {
+		processorsConfig = fmt.Sprintf(`processors:
+  %s:
+    actions:`, extraAttributesProcessor)
+
+		var keyValueAttributeTemplate = `
+      - key: '%s'
+        value: %s
+        action: insert`
+		for key, value := range ctx.Config.Tracing.ExtraSpanAttributes {
+			processorsConfig += fmt.Sprintf(keyValueAttributeTemplate, key, value)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return processorsConfig
+}
+
+func buildExportersConfig(ctx *common.RenderContext) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`exporters:
   otlp:
     endpoint: "api.honeycomb.io:443"
     headers:
       "x-honeycomb-team": "%s"
-      "x-honeycomb-dataset": "%s"
+      "x-honeycomb-dataset": "%s"`,
+		ctx.Config.Tracing.HoneycombAPIKey, ctx.Config.Tracing.HoneycombDataset)
+}
 
-extensions:
+func buildExtensionsConfig(ctx *common.RenderContext) string {
+	return `extensions:
   health_check:
   pprof:
-  zpages:
-service:
+  zpages:`
+}
+
+func buildServiceConfig(ctx *common.RenderContext) string {
+	var serviceTemplate = `service:
   telemetry:
     logs:
       level: "debug"
   extensions: [health_check, pprof,  zpages]
   pipelines:
     traces:
-      receivers: [jaeger, otlp]
-      processors: [ ]
-      exporters: ["otlp"]
+     receivers: [jaeger, otlp]
+     processors: [%s]
+     exporters: ["otlp"]
 `
+	var processors = ""
 
-func configMap(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
-	return []runtime.Object{
-		&corev1.ConfigMap{
-			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-				APIVersion: "v1",
-				Kind:       "ConfigMap",
-			},
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      Name,
-				Namespace: Namespace,
-				Labels:    common.Labels(Name, Component, App, Version),
-			},
-			Data: map[string]string{
-				"collector.yaml": fmt.Sprintf(configMapData, ctx.Config.Tracing.HoneycombAPIKey, ctx.Config.Tracing.HoneycombDataset),
-			},
-		},
-	}, nil
+	if ctx.Config.Tracing.ExtraSpanAttributes != nil {
+		processors = extraAttributesProcessor
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf(serviceTemplate, processors)
 }
diff --git a/installer/pkg/config/config.go b/installer/pkg/config/config.go
index 84432028..ccdf38a0 100644
--- a/installer/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/installer/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 type Tracing struct {
-	Install          bool   `json:"install"`
-	HoneycombAPIKey  string `json:"honeycombAPIKey,omitempty"`
-	HoneycombDataset string `json:"honeycombDataset,omitempty"`
+	Install             bool              `json:"install"`
+	HoneycombAPIKey     string            `json:"honeycombAPIKey,omitempty"`
+	HoneycombDataset    string            `json:"honeycombDataset,omitempty"`
+	ExtraSpanAttributes map[string]string `json:"extraSpanAttributes,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Alerting struct {