diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
index e1fd70a5bdf6..f131018ef054 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func (mt metricTranslator) translateOTelToGroupedMetric(rm pmetric.ResourceMetri
 	var instrumentationScopeName string
 	cWNamespace := getNamespace(rm, config.Namespace)
 	logGroup, logStream, patternReplaceSucceeded := getLogInfo(rm, cWNamespace, config)
+	deltaInitialValue := config.RetainInitialValueOfDeltaMetric
 
 	ilms := rm.ScopeMetrics()
 	var metricReceiver string
@@ -120,11 +121,12 @@ func (mt metricTranslator) translateOTelToGroupedMetric(rm pmetric.ResourceMetri
 			metric := metrics.At(k)
 			metadata := cWMetricMetadata{
 				groupedMetricMetadata: groupedMetricMetadata{
-					namespace:      cWNamespace,
-					timestampMs:    timestamp,
-					logGroup:       logGroup,
-					logStream:      logStream,
-					metricDataType: metric.Type(),
+					namespace:                  cWNamespace,
+					timestampMs:                timestamp,
+					logGroup:                   logGroup,
+					logStream:                  logStream,
+					metricDataType:             metric.Type(),
+					retainInitialValueForDelta: deltaInitialValue,
 				},
 				instrumentationScopeName: instrumentationScopeName,
 				receiver:                 metricReceiver,
diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
index 0cafd832331b..845d9d8a65d4 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/metric_translator_test.go
@@ -2509,6 +2509,36 @@ func TestTranslateOtToGroupedMetricForLogGroupAndStream(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTranslateOtToGroupedMetricForInitialDeltaValue(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range logGroupStreamTestCases {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			config := &Config{
+				Namespace:                       "",
+				LogGroupName:                    test.inLogGroupName,
+				LogStreamName:                   test.inLogStreamName,
+				DimensionRollupOption:           zeroAndSingleDimensionRollup,
+				logger:                          zap.NewNop(),
+				RetainInitialValueOfDeltaMetric: true,
+			}
+
+			translator := newMetricTranslator(*config)
+
+			groupedMetrics := make(map[interface{}]*groupedMetric)
+
+			rm := test.inputMetrics.ResourceMetrics().At(0)
+			err := translator.translateOTelToGroupedMetric(rm, groupedMetrics, config)
+			assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+			assert.NotNil(t, groupedMetrics)
+			assert.Equal(t, 1, len(groupedMetrics))
+
+			for _, actual := range groupedMetrics {
+				assert.True(t, actual.metadata.retainInitialValueForDelta)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestMetrics(tm testMetric) pmetric.Metrics {
 	md := pmetric.NewMetrics()
 	now := time.Now()