diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 76facfe2..d40a6c4d 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ proto_library(
         "//envoy/extensions/stat_sinks/graphite_statsd/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/stat_sinks/open_telemetry/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/stat_sinks/wasm/v3:pkg",
+        "//envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/transport_sockets/alts/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/transport_sockets/http_11_proxy/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/transport_sockets/internal_upstream/v3:pkg",
diff --git a/envoy/config/trace/v3/opentelemetry.proto b/envoy/config/trace/v3/opentelemetry.proto
index 7ae6a964..5d9c9202 100644
--- a/envoy/config/trace/v3/opentelemetry.proto
+++ b/envoy/config/trace/v3/opentelemetry.proto
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 
 package envoy.config.trace.v3;
 
+import "envoy/config/core/v3/extension.proto";
 import "envoy/config/core/v3/grpc_service.proto";
 import "envoy/config/core/v3/http_service.proto";
 
@@ -43,4 +44,8 @@ message OpenTelemetryConfig {
   // The name for the service. This will be populated in the ResourceSpan Resource attributes.
   // If it is not provided, it will default to "unknown_service:envoy".
   string service_name = 2;
+
+  // An ordered list of resource detectors
+  // [#extension-category: envoy.tracers.opentelemetry.resource_detectors]
+  repeated core.v3.TypedExtensionConfig resource_detectors = 4;
 }
diff --git a/envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3/BUILD b/envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee92fb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# DO NOT EDIT. This file is generated by tools/proto_format/proto_sync.py.
+
+load("@envoy_api//bazel:api_build_system.bzl", "api_proto_package")
+
+licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2
+
+api_proto_package(
+    deps = ["@com_github_cncf_udpa//udpa/annotations:pkg"],
+)
diff --git a/envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3/environment_resource_detector.proto b/envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3/environment_resource_detector.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df62fc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3/environment_resource_detector.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package envoy.extensions.tracers.opentelemetry.resource_detectors.v3;
+
+import "udpa/annotations/status.proto";
+
+option java_package = "io.envoyproxy.envoy.extensions.tracers.opentelemetry.resource_detectors.v3";
+option java_outer_classname = "EnvironmentResourceDetectorProto";
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+option go_package = "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3;resource_detectorsv3";
+option (udpa.annotations.file_status).package_version_status = ACTIVE;
+
+// [#protodoc-title: Environment Resource Detector config]
+
+// Configuration for the Environment Resource detector extension.
+// The resource detector reads from the ``OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES``
+// environment variable, as per the OpenTelemetry specification.
+//
+// See:
+//
+// `OpenTelemetry specification <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/v1.24.0/specification/resource/sdk.md#detecting-resource-information-from-the-environment>`_
+//
+// [#extension: envoy.tracers.opentelemetry.resource_detectors.environment]
+message EnvironmentResourceDetectorConfig {
+}
diff --git a/versioning/BUILD b/versioning/BUILD
index 9f8638e3..9ad67e06 100644
--- a/versioning/BUILD
+++ b/versioning/BUILD
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ proto_library(
         "//envoy/extensions/stat_sinks/graphite_statsd/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/stat_sinks/open_telemetry/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/stat_sinks/wasm/v3:pkg",
+        "//envoy/extensions/tracers/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/transport_sockets/alts/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/transport_sockets/http_11_proxy/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/extensions/transport_sockets/internal_upstream/v3:pkg",