diff --git a/.chloggen/call_cpu_info_only_on_demand.yaml b/.chloggen/call_cpu_info_only_on_demand.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a6c82f3d66e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/call_cpu_info_only_on_demand.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: resourcedetectionprocessor
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Fetch CPU info only if related attributes are enabled
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [33774]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/internal/metadataproviders/go.mod b/internal/metadataproviders/go.mod
index 586b06a88884..179533935eda 100644
--- a/internal/metadataproviders/go.mod
+++ b/internal/metadataproviders/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v25.0.5+incompatible
 	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.29.1
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig v0.103.0
+	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.103.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.27.0
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
@@ -69,8 +72,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20210521082421-73d9475a9142 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
+	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c // indirect
+	github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 // indirect
+	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 // indirect
+	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.49.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.27.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/metadataproviders/go.sum b/internal/metadataproviders/go.sum
index 6eb530acdfda..1f3f4473e3ea 100644
--- a/internal/metadataproviders/go.sum
+++ b/internal/metadataproviders/go.sum
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
+github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 h1:/Fpf6oFPoeFik9ty7siob0G6Ke8QvQEuVcuChpwXzpY=
+github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6/go.mod h1:pprOEPIfldk/42T2oK7lQ4v4JSDwmV0As9GaiUsvbm0=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.2/go.mod h1:3akKfEdA7DF1sugOqz1dVQHBcuDBPKZGEoHC/NkiQRg=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.3/go.mod h1:Pl9vOtqEWErmShwVjC8pYs9cog34VGT37dQOVbmoatg=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 h1:eCs3fxoIi3Wh6vtgmLTOjdhSpiqphQ+DaPn38N2ZdrE=
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
@@ -284,6 +287,8 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.5/go.mod h1:9r2w37qlBe7rQ6e1fg1S/9xpWHSnaqNdHD3WcMdbPDA=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
+github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0 h1:6E+4a0GO5zZEnZ81pIr0yLvtUWk2if982qA3F3QD6H4=
+github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20211012122336-39d0f177ccd0/go.mod h1:zJYVVT2jmtg6P3p1VtQj7WsuWi/y4VnjVBn7F8KPB3I=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190614124828-94de47d64c63/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20190626092158-b2ccc519800e/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.0/go.mod h1:KAzv3t3aY1NaHWoQz1+4F1ccyAH66Jk7yos7ldAVICs=
@@ -366,6 +371,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRI
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1/go.mod h1:em0nMJCgc9GFtwrmVmEMR/ZL6WyhyjMBndrE9hABlRI=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.2.3/go.mod h1:WZIdtGGp+qx0sLrYKtIRAruyNpv6hFCicSgv7Sy7s/s=
+github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c h1:ncq/mPwQF4JjgDlrVEn3C11VoGHZN7m8qihwgMEtzYw=
+github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c/go.mod h1:OmDBASR4679mdNQnz2pUhc2G8CO2JrUAVFDRBDP/hJE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.4.0/go.mod h1:e9GMxYsXl05ICDXkRhurwBS4Q3OK1iX/F2sw+iXX5zU=
@@ -384,6 +391,12 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncj
 github.com/ryanuber/columnize v0.0.0-20160712163229-9b3edd62028f/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFouqFdy9/2g9QGwK3SQygK0Ts=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529 h1:nn5Wsu0esKSJiIVhscUtVbo7ada43DJhG55ua/hjS5I=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5 h1:gGsArG5K6vmsh5hcFOHaPm87UD003CaDMkAOweSQjhM=
+github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.24.5/go.mod h1:aoebb2vxetJ/yIDZISmduFvVNPHqXQ9SEJwRXxkf0RA=
+github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 h1:nxdKQNcEB6vzgA2E2bvzKIYRuNj7XNJ4S/aRSwKzFtM=
+github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6/go.mod h1:1JJMcUBvfNwpq05QDQVAnx3gUHr9IYF7GNg9SUEw2VQ=
+github.com/shoenig/test v0.6.4 h1:kVTaSd7WLz5WZ2IaoM0RSzRsUD+m8wRR+5qvntpn4LU=
+github.com/shoenig/test v0.6.4/go.mod h1:byHiCGXqrVaflBLAMq/srcZIHynQPQgeyvkvXnjqq0k=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2/go.mod h1:tLMulIdttU9McNUspp0xgXVQah82FyeX6MwdIuYE2rE=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0/go.mod h1:yWOB1SBYBC5VeMP7gHvWumXLIWorT60ONWic61uBYv0=
@@ -411,10 +424,16 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 h1:0QaGUFOdQaIVdPgfITYzaTegZvdCjmYO52cSFAEVmqU=
+github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12/go.mod h1:Ho14jnntGE1fpdOqQEEaiKRpvIavV0hSfmBq8nJbHYI=
+github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 h1:ng9scYS7az0Bk4OZLvrNXNSAO2Pxr1XXRAPyjhIx+Fk=
+github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1/go.mod h1:1XfjsgE2zo8GVw7POkMbHENHzVg3GzmoZ9fESEdAacY=
 github.com/tv42/httpunix v0.0.0-20150427012821-b75d8614f926/go.mod h1:9ESjWnEqriFuLhtthL60Sar/7RFoluCcXsuvEwTV5KM=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
+github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 h1:zFUKzehAFReQwLys1b/iSMl+JQGSCSjtVqQn9bBrPo0=
+github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4/go.mod h1:SBZ9tNy3G9/m5Oi98Zks0QjeHVDvuK0qfxQmPyzfmi0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.21.0/go.mod h1:mSImk1erAIZhrmZN+AvHh14ztQfjbGwt4TtuofqLduU=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
@@ -546,6 +565,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190606165138-5da285871e9c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190616124812-15dcb6c0061f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190624142023-c5567b49c5d0/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190726091711-fc99dfbffb4e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190916202348-b4ddaad3f8a3/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190922100055-0a153f010e69/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190924154521-2837fb4f24fe/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191001151750-bb3f8db39f24/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -562,6 +582,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200302150141-5c8b2ff67527/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201204225414-ed752295db88/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210119212857-b64e53b001e4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210225134936-a50acf3fe073/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -577,6 +598,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220728004956-3c1f35247d10/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
diff --git a/internal/metadataproviders/system/metadata.go b/internal/metadataproviders/system/metadata.go
index 116ba76d9bf6..6a8dda084dd7 100644
--- a/internal/metadataproviders/system/metadata.go
+++ b/internal/metadataproviders/system/metadata.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Showmax/go-fqdn"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/cpu"
 	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.6.1"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ type Provider interface {
 
 	// HostMACs returns the host's MAC addresses
 	HostMACs() ([]net.HardwareAddr, error)
+
+	// CPUInfo returns the host's CPU info
+	CPUInfo(ctx context.Context) ([]cpu.InfoStat, error)
 }
 
 type systemMetadataProvider struct {
@@ -216,3 +220,7 @@ func (p systemMetadataProvider) HostMACs() (macs []net.HardwareAddr, err error)
 	}
 	return macs, err
 }
+
+func (p systemMetadataProvider) CPUInfo(ctx context.Context) ([]cpu.InfoStat, error) {
+	return cpu.InfoWithContext(ctx)
+}
diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/system/system.go b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/system/system.go
index 02c218f9b8a5..f3ff1c0c160a 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/system/system.go
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/system/system.go
@@ -130,9 +130,14 @@ func (d *Detector) Detect(ctx context.Context) (resource pcommon.Resource, schem
 		return pcommon.NewResource(), "", fmt.Errorf("failed getting OS description: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	cpuInfo, err := cpu.Info()
-	if err != nil {
-		return pcommon.NewResource(), "", fmt.Errorf("failed getting host cpuinfo: %w", err)
+	var cpuInfo []cpu.InfoStat
+	if d.cfg.ResourceAttributes.HostCPUCacheL2Size.Enabled || d.cfg.ResourceAttributes.HostCPUFamily.Enabled ||
+		d.cfg.ResourceAttributes.HostCPUModelID.Enabled || d.cfg.ResourceAttributes.HostCPUVendorID.Enabled ||
+		d.cfg.ResourceAttributes.HostCPUModelName.Enabled || d.cfg.ResourceAttributes.HostCPUStepping.Enabled {
+		cpuInfo, err = d.provider.CPUInfo(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return pcommon.NewResource(), "", fmt.Errorf("failed getting host cpuinfo: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	for _, source := range d.cfg.HostnameSources {
diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/system/system_test.go b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/system/system_test.go
index 6455b1918182..1626dbf2b4b8 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/system/system_test.go
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/internal/system/system_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/cpu"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ func (m *mockMetadata) HostMACs() ([]net.HardwareAddr, error) {
 	return args.Get(0).([]net.HardwareAddr), args.Error(1)
 }
 
+func (m *mockMetadata) CPUInfo(_ context.Context) ([]cpu.InfoStat, error) {
+	args := m.MethodCalled("CPUInfo")
+	return args.Get(0).([]cpu.InfoStat), args.Error(1)
+}
+
 var (
 	testIPsAttribute = []any{"192.168.1.140", "fe80::abc2:4a28:737a:609e"}
 	testIPsAddresses = []net.IP{net.ParseIP(testIPsAttribute[0].(string)), net.ParseIP(testIPsAttribute[1].(string))}
@@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ func TestDetectFQDNAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, conventions.SchemaURL, schemaURL)
 	md.AssertExpectations(t)
+	md.AssertNotCalled(t, "CPUInfo")
 
 	expected := map[string]any{
 		conventions.AttributeHostName:      "fqdn",
@@ -330,6 +337,40 @@ func TestDetectError(t *testing.T) {
 	}, res.Attributes().AsRaw())
 }
 
+func TestDetectCPUInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	md := &mockMetadata{}
+	md.On("FQDN").Return("fqdn", nil)
+	md.On("OSDescription").Return("Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)", nil)
+	md.On("OSType").Return("darwin", nil)
+	md.On("HostID").Return("2", nil)
+	md.On("HostArch").Return("amd64", nil)
+	md.On("HostIPs").Return(testIPsAddresses, nil)
+	md.On("HostMACs").Return(testMACsAddresses, nil)
+	md.On("CPUInfo").Return([]cpu.InfoStat{{Family: "some"}}, nil)
+
+	cfg := allEnabledConfig()
+	cfg.HostCPUFamily.Enabled = true
+	detector := newTestDetector(md, []string{"dns"}, cfg)
+	res, schemaURL, err := detector.Detect(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, conventions.SchemaURL, schemaURL)
+	md.AssertExpectations(t)
+
+	expected := map[string]any{
+		conventions.AttributeHostName:      "fqdn",
+		conventions.AttributeOSDescription: "Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)",
+		conventions.AttributeOSType:        "darwin",
+		conventions.AttributeHostID:        "2",
+		conventions.AttributeHostArch:      conventions.AttributeHostArchAMD64,
+		"host.ip":                          testIPsAttribute,
+		"host.mac":                         testMACsAttribute,
+		"host.cpu.family":                  "some",
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, res.Attributes().AsRaw())
+
+}
+
 func newTestDetector(mock *mockMetadata, hostnameSources []string, resCfg metadata.ResourceAttributesConfig) *Detector {
 	return &Detector{
 		provider: mock,