diff --git a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_environment.h b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_environment.h
index 26f0fbf241..787f852442 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_environment.h
+++ b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_environment.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ inline bool GetOtlpDefaultIsSslEnable()
 inline const std::string GetOtlpDefaultSslCertificatePath()
 {
   constexpr char kOtlpTracesSslCertificate[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CERTIFICATE";
-  constexpr char kOtlpSslCertificate[]       = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE ";
+  constexpr char kOtlpSslCertificate[]       = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE";
   auto ssl_cert_path =
       opentelemetry::sdk::common::GetEnvironmentVariable(kOtlpTracesSslCertificate);
   if (ssl_cert_path.empty())
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ inline const std::string GetOtlpDefaultSslCertificatePath()
 
 inline const std::string GetOtlpDefaultSslCertificateString()
 {
-  constexpr char kOtlpTracesSslCertificateString[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE_STRING";
-  constexpr char kOtlpSslCertificateString[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CERTIFICATE_STRING ";
+  constexpr char kOtlpTracesSslCertificateString[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CERTIFICATE_STRING";
+  constexpr char kOtlpSslCertificateString[]       = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE_STRING";
   auto ssl_cert =
       opentelemetry::sdk::common::GetEnvironmentVariable(kOtlpTracesSslCertificateString);
   if (ssl_cert.empty())
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ inline OtlpHeaders GetOtlpDefaultLogHeaders()
   return result;
 }
 
-inline const std::string GetOtlpDefaultHttpMetricEndpoint()
+// --- Metrics Environment Variables
+inline const std::string GetOtlpDefaultMetricsEndpoint()
 {
   constexpr char kOtlpMetricsEndpointEnv[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT";
   constexpr char kOtlpEndpointEnv[]        = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT";
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ inline const std::string GetOtlpDefaultHttpMetricEndpoint()
   return endpoint.size() ? endpoint : kOtlpEndpointDefault;
 }
 
-inline const std::chrono::system_clock::duration GetOtlpDefaultMetricTimeout()
+inline const std::chrono::system_clock::duration GetOtlpDefaultMetricsTimeout()
 {
   constexpr char kOtlpMetricsTimeoutEnv[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TIMEOUT";
   constexpr char kOtlpTimeoutEnv[]        = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TIMEOUT";
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ inline const std::chrono::system_clock::duration GetOtlpDefaultMetricTimeout()
   return GetOtlpTimeoutFromString(timeout.c_str());
 }
 
-inline OtlpHeaders GetOtlpDefaultMetricHeaders()
+inline OtlpHeaders GetOtlpDefaultMetricsHeaders()
 {
   constexpr char kOtlpMetricsHeadersEnv[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS";
   constexpr char kOtlpHeadersEnv[]        = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS";
@@ -313,6 +314,50 @@ inline OtlpHeaders GetOtlpDefaultMetricHeaders()
   return result;
 }
 
+inline bool GetOtlpDefaultMetricsIsSslEnable()
+{
+  constexpr char kOtlpMetricsIsSslEnableEnv[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_SSL_ENABLE";
+  constexpr char kOtlpIsSslEnableEnv[]        = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_SSL_ENABLE";
+
+  auto ssl_enable = opentelemetry::sdk::common::GetEnvironmentVariable(kOtlpMetricsIsSslEnableEnv);
+  if (ssl_enable.empty())
+  {
+    ssl_enable = opentelemetry::sdk::common::GetEnvironmentVariable(kOtlpIsSslEnableEnv);
+  }
+  if (ssl_enable == "True" || ssl_enable == "TRUE" || ssl_enable == "true" || ssl_enable == "1")
+  {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+inline const std::string GetOtlpDefaultMetricsSslCertificatePath()
+{
+  constexpr char kOtlpMetricsSslCertificate[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_CERTIFICATE";
+  constexpr char kOtlpSslCertificate[]        = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE";
+  auto ssl_cert_path =
+      opentelemetry::sdk::common::GetEnvironmentVariable(kOtlpMetricsSslCertificate);
+  if (ssl_cert_path.empty())
+  {
+    ssl_cert_path = opentelemetry::sdk::common::GetEnvironmentVariable(kOtlpSslCertificate);
+  }
+  return ssl_cert_path.size() ? ssl_cert_path : "";
+}
+
+inline const std::string GetOtlpDefaultMetricsSslCertificateString()
+{
+  constexpr char kOtlpTracesSslCertificateString[] =
+      "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_CERTIFICATE_STRING";
+  constexpr char kOtlpSslCertificateString[] = "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE_STRING";
+  auto ssl_cert =
+      opentelemetry::sdk::common::GetEnvironmentVariable(kOtlpTracesSslCertificateString);
+  if (ssl_cert.empty())
+  {
+    ssl_cert = opentelemetry::sdk::common::GetEnvironmentVariable(kOtlpSslCertificateString);
+  }
+  return ssl_cert.size() ? ssl_cert : "";
+}
+
 }  // namespace otlp
 }  // namespace exporter
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_metric_exporter.h b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_metric_exporter.h
index 643a0cd3d5..b741df905a 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_metric_exporter.h
+++ b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_metric_exporter.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 // clang-format on
 
 #  include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_environment.h"
-#  include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_metric_exporter_options.h"
 #  include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/metric_exporter.h"
 
 OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -23,6 +22,30 @@ namespace exporter
 namespace otlp
 {
 
+/**
+ * Struct to hold OTLP metrics exporter options.
+ */
+struct OtlpGrpcMetricExporterOptions
+{
+
+  // The endpoint to export to. By default the OpenTelemetry Collector's default endpoint.
+  std::string endpoint = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsEndpoint();
+  // By default when false, uses grpc::InsecureChannelCredentials(); If true,
+  // uses ssl_credentials_cacert_path if non-empty, else uses ssl_credentials_cacert_as_string
+  bool use_ssl_credentials = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsIsSslEnable();
+  // ssl_credentials_cacert_path specifies path to .pem file to be used for SSL encryption.
+  std::string ssl_credentials_cacert_path = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsSslCertificatePath();
+  // ssl_credentials_cacert_as_string in-memory string representation of .pem file to be used for
+  // SSL encryption.
+  std::string ssl_credentials_cacert_as_string = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsSslCertificateString();
+  // Timeout for grpc deadline
+  std::chrono::system_clock::duration timeout = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsTimeout();
+  // Additional HTTP headers
+  OtlpHeaders metadata = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsHeaders();
+  opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::AggregationTemporality aggregation_temporality =
+      opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::AggregationTemporality::kDelta;
+};
+
 /**
  * The OTLP exporter exports metrics data in OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) format in gRPC.
  */
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_metric_exporter.h b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_metric_exporter.h
index f73966ee22..217882e715 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_metric_exporter.h
+++ b/exporters/otlp/include/opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_metric_exporter.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct OtlpHttpMetricExporterOptions
   // @see
   // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/protocol/otlp.md
   // @see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/receiver/otlpreceiver
-  std::string url = GetOtlpDefaultHttpMetricEndpoint();
+  std::string url = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsEndpoint();
 
   // By default, post json data
   HttpRequestContentType content_type = HttpRequestContentType::kJson;
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ struct OtlpHttpMetricExporterOptions
   bool console_debug = false;
 
   // TODO: Enable/disable to verify SSL certificate
-  std::chrono::system_clock::duration timeout = GetOtlpDefaultMetricTimeout();
+  std::chrono::system_clock::duration timeout = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsTimeout();
 
   // Additional HTTP headers
-  OtlpHeaders http_headers = GetOtlpDefaultMetricHeaders();
+  OtlpHeaders http_headers = GetOtlpDefaultMetricsHeaders();
 
   // Preferred Aggregation Temporality
   sdk::metrics::AggregationTemporality aggregation_temporality =
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/test/otlp_http_metric_exporter_test.cc b/exporters/otlp/test/otlp_http_metric_exporter_test.cc
index 891812c4d1..3d51eebd50 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/test/otlp_http_metric_exporter_test.cc
+++ b/exporters/otlp/test/otlp_http_metric_exporter_test.cc
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ TEST_F(OtlpHttpMetricExporterTestPeer, ConfigFromMetricsEnv)
 
 TEST_F(OtlpHttpMetricExporterTestPeer, DefaultEndpoint)
 {
-  EXPECT_EQ("http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics", GetOtlpDefaultHttpMetricEndpoint());
+  EXPECT_EQ("http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics", GetOtlpDefaultMetricsEndpoint());
 }
 
 #  endif