diff --git a/cli_flags.go b/cli_flags.go
index 3ca3db6f4..d6ea79d10 100644
--- a/cli_flags.go
+++ b/cli_flags.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const (
 	defaultArgSendErrorFrames     = false
 	defaultOffCPUThreshold        = 0
 	defaultEnvVarsValue           = ""
+	defaultBPFFSRoot              = "/sys/fs/bpf/"
 
 	// This is the X in 2^(n + x) where n is the default hardcoded map size value
 	defaultArgMapScaleFactor = 0
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ var (
 		"Expected format: probe_type:target[:symbol]. probe_type can be kprobe, kretprobe, uprobe, or uretprobe."
 	loadProbeHelper = "Load generic eBPF program that can be attached externally to " +
 		"various user or kernel space hooks."
+	bpffsHelp = fmt.Sprintf("Set the root BPF FS path for pinned maps. Only used for OBI span/trace ID communication. Default is %s",
+		defaultBPFFSRoot)
+	obiProcessCtxHelp = "Load or create a pinned eBPF map for sharing process context information with OBI."
 )
 
 // Package-scope variable, so that conditionally compiled other components can refer
@@ -141,11 +145,15 @@ func parseArgs() (*controller.Config, error) {
 
 	fs.StringVar(&args.IncludeEnvVars, "env-vars", defaultEnvVarsValue, envVarsHelp)
 
+	fs.StringVar(&args.BPFFSRoot, "bpffs-root", defaultBPFFSRoot, bpffsHelp)
+
 	fs.Func("probe-link", probeLinkHelper, func(link string) error {
 		args.ProbeLinks = append(args.ProbeLinks, link)
 		return nil
 	})
 
+	fs.BoolVar(&args.OBIProcessCtx, "obi-process-ctx", false, obiProcessCtxHelp)
+
 	fs.BoolVar(&args.LoadProbe, "load-probe", false, loadProbeHelper)
 
 	fs.Usage = func() {
diff --git a/collector/config/config.go b/collector/config/config.go
index 1f4ebe96d..03e2eec54 100644
--- a/collector/config/config.go
+++ b/collector/config/config.go
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	NoKernelVersionCheck   bool          `mapstructure:"no_kernel_version_check"`
 	MaxGRPCRetries         uint32        `mapstructure:"max_grpc_retries"`
 	MaxRPCMsgSize          int           `mapstructure:"max_rpc_msg_size"`
+	BPFFSRoot              string        `mapstructure:"bpf_fs_root"`
 	ErrorMode              ErrorMode     `mapstructure:"error_mode"`
+	OBIProcessCtx          bool          `mapstructure:"obi_process_ctx"`
 }
 
 // Validate validates the config.
diff --git a/collector/factory.go b/collector/factory.go
index 1988b48ee..2a9a0ab53 100644
--- a/collector/factory.go
+++ b/collector/factory.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func defaultConfig() component.Config {
 		ClockSyncInterval:      3 * time.Minute,
 		MaxGRPCRetries:         5,
 		MaxRPCMsgSize:          32 << 20, // 32 MiB,
+		BPFFSRoot:              "/sys/fs/bpf/",
 		ErrorMode:              config.PropagateError,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/controller/controller.go b/internal/controller/controller.go
index cb3e378b0..9bdd602a8 100644
--- a/internal/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/controller.go
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ func (c *Controller) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 		ProbeLinks:             c.config.ProbeLinks,
 		LoadProbe:              c.config.LoadProbe,
 		ExecutableReporter:     c.config.ExecutableReporter,
+		BPFFSRoot:              c.config.BPFFSRoot,
+		OBIProcessCtx:          c.config.OBIProcessCtx,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load eBPF tracer: %w", err)
diff --git a/processmanager/manager.go b/processmanager/manager.go
index 0148d99b6..f280a4fbd 100644
--- a/processmanager/manager.go
+++ b/processmanager/manager.go
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ func (pm *ProcessManager) HandleTrace(bpfTrace *libpf.EbpfTrace) {
 		Origin:         bpfTrace.Origin,
 		OffTime:        bpfTrace.OffTime,
 		EnvVars:        bpfTrace.EnvVars,
+		TraceID:        bpfTrace.APMTraceID,
+		SpanID:         bpfTrace.APMTransactionID,
 	}
 
 	pid := bpfTrace.PID
diff --git a/reporter/base_reporter.go b/reporter/base_reporter.go
index 84266918c..c33f8eff3 100644
--- a/reporter/base_reporter.go
+++ b/reporter/base_reporter.go
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ func (b *baseReporter) ReportTraceEvent(trace *libpf.Trace, meta *samples.TraceE
 		Comm:      meta.Comm,
 		TID:       int64(meta.TID),
 		CPU:       int64(meta.CPU),
+		SpanID:    meta.SpanID,
+		TraceID:   meta.TraceID,
 		ExtraMeta: extraMeta,
 	}
 	if events, exists := rtp.Events[meta.Origin][sampleKey]; exists {
diff --git a/support/ebpf/interpreter_dispatcher.ebpf.c b/support/ebpf/interpreter_dispatcher.ebpf.c
index aa2d54c24..ae9a1c9a7 100644
--- a/support/ebpf/interpreter_dispatcher.ebpf.c
+++ b/support/ebpf/interpreter_dispatcher.ebpf.c
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ struct trace_events_t {
 
 // End shared maps
 
+// Implements the specification to share span/trace IDs according to:
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/blob/main/devdocs/trace-profile-correlation.md
+struct traces_ctx_v1_t {
+  __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_HASH);
+  __type(key, u64);
+  __type(value, SpanTraceInfo);
+  __uint(max_entries, 1 << 14);
+} traces_ctx_v1 SEC(".maps");
+
 struct apm_int_procs_t {
   __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH);
   __type(key, pid_t);
@@ -188,6 +197,26 @@ static EBPF_INLINE void maybe_add_go_custom_labels(struct pt_regs *ctx, PerCPURe
   tail_call(ctx, PROG_GO_LABELS);
 }
 
+// Implements the specification to share span/trace IDs according to:
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/blob/main/devdocs/trace-profile-correlation.md
+static EBPF_INLINE void maybe_add_otel_span_trace_id(Trace *trace)
+{
+  u64 id = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
+
+  SpanTraceInfo *info = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&traces_ctx_v1, &id);
+  if (!info) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The structure of apm_[transaction|trace]_id happens to be the same
+  // as proposed in
+  // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/blob/main/devdocs/trace-profile-correlation.md
+
+  trace->apm_trace_id.as_int.hi    = info->trace_id.as_int.hi;
+  trace->apm_trace_id.as_int.lo    = info->trace_id.as_int.lo;
+  trace->apm_transaction_id.as_int = info->span_id.as_int;
+}
+
 static EBPF_INLINE void maybe_add_apm_info(Trace *trace)
 {
   u32 pid              = trace->pid; // verifier needs this to be on stack on 4.15 kernel
@@ -247,6 +276,12 @@ static EBPF_INLINE int unwind_stop(struct pt_regs *ctx)
   UnwindState *state = &record->state;
 
   maybe_add_apm_info(trace);
+  if (
+    trace->apm_trace_id.as_int.hi == 0 && trace->apm_trace_id.as_int.lo == 0 &&
+    trace->apm_transaction_id.as_int == 0) {
+    // Populate OTel span/trace ID only if span/trace ID is not yet set.
+    maybe_add_otel_span_trace_id(trace);
+  }
 
   // If the stack is otherwise empty, push an error for that: we should
   // never encounter empty stacks for successful unwinding.
diff --git a/support/ebpf/tracer.ebpf.amd64 b/support/ebpf/tracer.ebpf.amd64
index 9a44839d7..8425df149 100644
Binary files a/support/ebpf/tracer.ebpf.amd64 and b/support/ebpf/tracer.ebpf.amd64 differ
diff --git a/support/ebpf/tracer.ebpf.arm64 b/support/ebpf/tracer.ebpf.arm64
index 4d55359b6..d1a47909a 100644
Binary files a/support/ebpf/tracer.ebpf.arm64 and b/support/ebpf/tracer.ebpf.arm64 differ
diff --git a/support/ebpf/types.h b/support/ebpf/types.h
index 048e3c02c..5c7cd815f 100644
--- a/support/ebpf/types.h
+++ b/support/ebpf/types.h
@@ -565,6 +565,11 @@ typedef union ApmSpanID {
 
 _Static_assert(sizeof(ApmSpanID) == 8, "unexpected trace ID size");
 
+typedef struct __attribute__((packed)) SpanTraceInfo {
+  ApmTraceID trace_id;
+  ApmSpanID span_id;
+} SpanTraceInfo;
+
 // Defines the format of the APM correlation TLS buffer.
 //
 // Specification:
diff --git a/tracer/tracer.go b/tracer/tracer.go
index f64d9ff39..950232114 100644
--- a/tracer/tracer.go
+++ b/tracer/tracer.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/rand/v2"
+	"os"
+	"path"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ const (
 	schedProcessFreeV2 = "tracepoint__sched_process_free"
 )
 
+// Shared map name according to
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/blob/main/devdocs/trace-profile-correlation.md
+const (
+	obiSpanTracesMap = "traces_ctx_v1"
+)
+
 // Intervals is a subset of config.IntervalsAndTimers.
 type Intervals interface {
 	MonitorInterval() time.Duration
@@ -177,6 +185,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// LoadProbe indicates whether the generic eBPF program should be loaded
 	// without being attached to something.
 	LoadProbe bool
+	// BPFFSRoot is the root path to BPF filesystem for pinned maps and programs.
+	BPFFSRoot string
+	// OBIProcessCtx enable the use of a known shared eBPF map with OBI.
+	OBIProcessCtx bool
 }
 
 // hookPoint specifies the group and name of the hooked point in the kernel.
@@ -620,6 +632,24 @@ func loadAllMaps(coll *cebpf.CollectionSpec, cfg *Config,
 			// Off CPU Profiling is disabled. So do not load this map.
 			continue
 		}
+		if mapName == obiSpanTracesMap {
+			if cfg.BPFFSRoot == "" || !cfg.OBIProcessCtx {
+				// As BPF FS is not set or process context sharing with OBI is not
+				// enabled, the map can not be shared with other OTel components.
+				// To reduce the memory footprint in this case reduce the size of the map.
+				mapSpec.MaxEntries = 1
+			} else {
+				// Try to load it from a known path:
+				mPath := path.Join(cfg.BPFFSRoot, "otel", mapName)
+				ebpfMap, err := cebpf.LoadPinnedMap(mPath, &cebpf.LoadPinOptions{})
+				if err == nil {
+					log.Infof("Using shared map for OBI span/trace ID communication")
+					ebpfMaps[mapName] = ebpfMap
+					continue
+				}
+				// The shared map does not yet exist or BPF FS is not set - so continue as usual
+			}
+		}
 
 		if !types.IsMapEnabled(mapName, cfg.IncludeTracers) {
 			log.Debugf("Skipping eBPF map %s: tracer not enabled", mapName)
@@ -634,6 +664,32 @@ func loadAllMaps(coll *cebpf.CollectionSpec, cfg *Config,
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to load %s: %v", mapName, err)
 		}
 		ebpfMaps[mapName] = ebpfMap
+
+		if mapName == obiSpanTracesMap {
+			if cfg.BPFFSRoot == "" || !cfg.OBIProcessCtx {
+				// In environments, where BPF FS is not available,
+				// we just load the map to not break eBPF programs.
+				log.Infof("Skip pinning eBPF map to share OTel span/trace IDs")
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// Pin the loaded map to a known path, so that other
+			// OTel components can also use it.
+			otelBPFFS := path.Join(cfg.BPFFSRoot, "otel")
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(otelBPFFS, 0o1700); err != nil {
+				// This is a non-fatal error for the functionality
+				// of the profiler. So just log it.
+				log.Warnf("Failed to create '%s'. OTel span/trace IDs can not be shared: %v",
+					otelBPFFS, err)
+				continue
+			}
+			if err := ebpfMap.Pin(path.Join(otelBPFFS, mapName)); err != nil {
+				// This is a non-fatal error for the functionality
+				// of the profiler. So just log it.
+				log.Warnf("Failed to pin '%s'. OTel span/trace IDs can not be shared: %v",
+					mapName, err)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil