diff --git a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
index 884c96b7c..5ac07bf9e 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 // Backend is an abstraction for tracking backend (OpenTelemetry, ...).
 type Backend interface {
-	Setup(serviceName string, sampleRate float64, globalAttributes map[string]string) (trace.Tracer, io.Closer, error)
+	Setup(serviceName string, sampleRate float64, resourceAttributes map[string]string) (trace.Tracer, io.Closer, error)
 }
 
 // NewTracing Creates a Tracing.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func NewTracing(conf *static.Tracing) (*Tracer, io.Closer, error) {
 
 	otel.SetTextMapPropagator(autoprop.NewTextMapPropagator())
 
-	tr, closer, err := backend.Setup(conf.ServiceName, conf.SampleRate, conf.GlobalAttributes)
+	tr, closer, err := backend.Setup(conf.ServiceName, conf.SampleRate, conf.ResourceAttributes)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go
index f6d69a716..b5e0d9b02 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func TestTracing(t *testing.T) {
 		desc                 string
 		propagators          string
 		headers              map[string]string
+		resourceAttributes   map[string]string
 		wantServiceHeadersFn func(t *testing.T, headers http.Header)
 		assertFn             func(*testing.T, string)
 	}{
@@ -85,6 +86,17 @@ func TestTracing(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Regexp(t, `({"key":"service.version","value":{"stringValue":"dev"}})`, trace)
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			desc: "resource attributes must be propagated",
+			resourceAttributes: map[string]string{
+				"service.environment": "custom",
+			},
+			assertFn: func(t *testing.T, trace string) {
+				t.Helper()
+
+				assert.Regexp(t, `({"key":"service.environment","value":{"stringValue":"custom"}})`, trace)
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			desc:        "TraceContext propagation",
 			propagators: "tracecontext",
@@ -328,8 +340,9 @@ func TestTracing(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 
 			tracingConfig := &static.Tracing{
-				ServiceName: "traefik",
-				SampleRate:  1.0,
+				ServiceName:        "traefik",
+				SampleRate:         1.0,
+				ResourceAttributes: test.resourceAttributes,
 				OTLP: &types.OTelTracing{
 					HTTP: &types.OTelHTTP{
 						Endpoint: collector.URL,
diff --git a/pkg/types/tracing.go b/pkg/types/tracing.go
index 2346e3b69..c232ad37a 100644
--- a/pkg/types/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/types/tracing.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func (c *OTelTracing) SetDefaults() {
 }
 
 // Setup sets up the tracer.
-func (c *OTelTracing) Setup(serviceName string, sampleRate float64, globalAttributes map[string]string) (trace.Tracer, io.Closer, error) {
+func (c *OTelTracing) Setup(serviceName string, sampleRate float64, resourceAttributes map[string]string) (trace.Tracer, io.Closer, error) {
 	var (
 		err      error
 		exporter *otlptrace.Exporter
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (c *OTelTracing) Setup(serviceName string, sampleRate float64, globalAttrib
 		semconv.ServiceVersionKey.String(version.Version),
 	}
 
-	for k, v := range globalAttributes {
+	for k, v := range resourceAttributes {
 		attr = append(attr, attribute.String(k, v))
 	}