diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05d24bab1f..cfc26cae86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     the `libsplunk.so` shared object library (default: `--without-systemd-instrumentation`)
   - `--otlp-endpoint host:port`: Set the OTLP gRPC endpoint for captured traces (default: `http://LISTEN_INTERFACE:4317`
     where `LISTEN_INTERFACE` is the value from the `--listen-interface` option if specified, or `127.0.0.1` otherwise)
+- (Splunk) Add the loadbalancing exporter to the distribution ([#3825](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/3825))
 
 ## v0.86.0
 
diff --git a/docs/components.md b/docs/components.md
index ac1ce5c249..11ccd2babe 100644
--- a/docs/components.md
+++ b/docs/components.md
@@ -82,19 +82,20 @@ The distribution offers support for the following components.
 
 <div>
 
-| Exporters                                                                                                            | Stability        |
-|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------|
-| [debug](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/debugexporter)                  | [in development] |
-| [file](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/fileexporter)            | [alpha]          |
-| [kafka](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/kafkaexporter)          | [beta]           |
-| [httpsink](../internal/exporter/httpsinkexporter)                                                                    | [in development] |
-| [logging](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/loggingexporter)              | [deprecated]     |
-| [otlp](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/otlpexporter)                    | [stable]         |
-| [otlphttp](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/otlphttpexporter)            | [stable]         |
-| [pulsar](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/pulsarexporter)        | [alpha]          |
-| [signalfx](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/signalfxexporter)    | [beta]           |
-| [sapm](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/sapmexporter)            | [beta]           |
-| [splunk_hec](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/splunkhecexporter) | [beta]           |
+| Exporters                                                                                                                   | Stability        |
+|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------|
+| [debug](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/debugexporter)                         | [in development] |
+| [file](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/fileexporter)                   | [alpha]          |
+| [kafka](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/kafkaexporter)                 | [beta]           |
+| [httpsink](../internal/exporter/httpsinkexporter)                                                                           | [in development] |
+| [loadbalancing](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/loadbalancingexporter) | [beta]           |
+| [logging](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/loggingexporter)                     | [deprecated]     |
+| [otlp](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/otlpexporter)                           | [stable]         |
+| [otlphttp](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/otlphttpexporter)                   | [stable]         |
+| [pulsar](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/pulsarexporter)               | [alpha]          |
+| [signalfx](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/signalfxexporter)           | [beta]           |
+| [sapm](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/sapmexporter)                   | [beta]           |
+| [splunk_hec](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/splunkhecexporter)        | [beta]           |
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b71d54c733..b9b523dc1d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/fileexporter v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter v0.87.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/loadbalancingexporter v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/pulsarexporter v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/sapmexporter v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter v0.87.0
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/moby/patternmatcher v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/sys/sequential v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka v0.87.0 // indirect
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/batchpersignal v0.87.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/ottl v0.87.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatautil v0.87.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/prometheus v0.87.0 // indirect
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230913181813-007df8e322eb // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230920204549-e6e6cdab5c13 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/uaago v0.0.0-20190307164349-8136b7bbe76e // indirect
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20230607035331-e9ce68804cb4 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.6 // indirect
-	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.12.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2b2bc93346..bbdcdf8809 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -327,8 +327,9 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18 h1:qZbsLvmyu+Vlty0/Ex5xc0z2YtKpIsb5n45m
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18/go.mod h1:1RdCUu95+gc2v9t3IL+zIlpClSmew7/0YS8O5eQZrOw=
 github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XX4ZTnoOId4HklF4edwc4DcqskFZuvXB1Evzy5KFQpQ=
 github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.2/go.mod h1:9trJWW2sRlGub4wZJRTW83VtbOLS6hwcDZXTn6oPz9s=
-github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0 h1:wkHLiw0WNATZnSG7epLsujiMCgPAc9xhjJ4tgnAxmfM=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
+github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1 h1:yi21YpKnrx1gt5R+la8n5WgS0kCrsPp33dmEyHReZr4=
+github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1/go.mod h1:irMmmIw/7yzSRPWryHsK7EYSg09caPQL03VsM8rvUec=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190321100706-95778dfbb74e/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190719114852-fd7a80b32e1f/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 h1:g01GSCwiDw2xSZfjJ2/T9M+S6pFdcNtFYsp+Y43HYDQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 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-logr/zapr v1.2.4 h1:QHVo+6stLbfJmYGkQ7uGHUCu5hnAFAj6mDe6Ea0SeOo=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5/go.mod h1:pprOEPIfldk/42T2oK7lQ4v4JSDwmV0As9GaiUsvbm0=
 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=
@@ -1114,6 +1116,8 @@ github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/fileexporter
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/fileexporter v0.87.0/go.mod h1:hCW56IompCDBqn91bU5tseVCsiMi3cjJCwwYwHIW8Qs=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter v0.87.0 h1:JADmKOCiLljFDjic3Fb5yyPsvNj7IBJyZU6QrnOUZH0=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter v0.87.0/go.mod h1:WKjmyVi+Xhhvuvj2J+1Z0fXvY38MKRbREe2aR5UPOIw=
+github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/loadbalancingexporter v0.87.0 h1:+apdZt5DPPIxjBrayu1muKbvUK3zqsfgb+3fMh6Hnyo=
+github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/loadbalancingexporter v0.87.0/go.mod h1:JXVmcuySy3xyo3JjoU+CrNWy/C12Fw6JB1HWXf26HwQ=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter v0.87.0 h1:52+RVfmzj+JePVJuD07gfppdzF9fsKASIRGzTC05QIg=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/pulsarexporter v0.87.0 h1:eWYdD2BOC4PtYi2zlJt2qrZkXrld3YWqowdu3tUJVAg=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/pulsarexporter v0.87.0/go.mod h1:v/wW5xSrLdfOExRRe5LKsaYuxj0E7K9/mho5BNITD+k=
@@ -1170,6 +1174,8 @@ github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/splunk v0.87.
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/splunk v0.87.0/go.mod h1:UzFeYKNUASQbotHqmgwyQaxWzNnxs+raNJlEfjm2dMQ=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/batchperresourceattr v0.87.0 h1:Y33/Rqo5qBOc29oobYHQdzkZF/EliWepokS0YDRbkjg=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/batchperresourceattr v0.87.0/go.mod h1:rKGi5XluJau5mJNh1Mj4k1GafWnCdYobT9YJW/+zzbY=
+github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/batchpersignal v0.87.0 h1:sy75u6ZwBvRwv9RjEF65SqlkBsAeZFqF4+eFOLhIsJQ=
+github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/batchpersignal v0.87.0/go.mod h1:trWrnucNKCkBEYpe5IBo+RgGQtzwMT454sGkWsggmDM=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata v0.87.0 h1:In1MvDALXpwvKssEX9FAWS1aAAhw2XIBsTb5ti2iFMg=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata v0.87.0/go.mod h1:BYadY3muPFv/Bpla5px88egUfaR6aNhTZsi39dIGgWs=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/ottl v0.87.0 h1:jtdLqdRyt29EUd6H6p431/XmGHwS6BHB5s/EqCfEWoc=
@@ -2265,6 +2271,8 @@ rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 h1:mwXAVuEk3EQf478PQwQ48zGOXvW27UJc8NHktQVuIPU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:UZbZAZfX0wV2zr7YZorDz6GXROfDFj6LvqCRm4VUVKk=
diff --git a/internal/components/components.go b/internal/components/components.go
index cf7cc59651..940b9a27d6 100644
--- a/internal/components/components.go
+++ b/internal/components/components.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/fileexporter"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/loadbalancingexporter"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/pulsarexporter"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/sapmexporter"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter"
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ func Get() (otelcol.Factories, error) {
 		debugexporter.NewFactory(),
 		fileexporter.NewFactory(),
 		kafkaexporter.NewFactory(),
+		loadbalancingexporter.NewFactory(),
 		loggingexporter.NewFactory(),
 		otlpexporter.NewFactory(),
 		otlphttpexporter.NewFactory(),
diff --git a/internal/components/components_test.go b/internal/components/components_test.go
index 25331ee60d..8645536283 100644
--- a/internal/components/components_test.go
+++ b/internal/components/components_test.go
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func TestDefaultComponents(t *testing.T) {
 		"debug",
 		"file",
 		"kafka",
+		"loadbalancing",
 		"logging",
 		"otlp",
 		"otlphttp",