diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 367442f3ac32..c134788dc16c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -934,6 +934,13 @@ dev-lab-tempo: $(HELM) ## Deploy tempo helm chart
 		--values ./scripts/config/dev/tempo.yaml
 	@kubectl apply -f ./scripts/config/dev/tempo-datasource.yaml
 
+.PHONY: dev-lab-otel-collector
+dev-lab-otel-collector: $(HELM) ## Deploy tempo helm chart
+	@echo Install otel-collector chart... >&2
+	@$(HELM) upgrade --install opentelemetry-collector --namespace monitoring --create-namespace --wait \
+		--repo https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts opentelemetry-collector \
+		--values ./scripts/config/dev/otel-collector.yaml
+
 .PHONY: dev-lab-metrics-server
 dev-lab-metrics-server: $(HELM) ## Deploy metrics-server helm chart
 	@echo Install metrics-server chart... >&2
@@ -942,7 +949,7 @@ dev-lab-metrics-server: $(HELM) ## Deploy metrics-server helm chart
 		--values ./scripts/config/dev/metrics-server.yaml
 
 .PHONY: dev-lab-all
-dev-lab-all: dev-lab-ingress-ngingx dev-lab-metrics-server dev-lab-prometheus dev-lab-loki dev-lab-tempo ## Deploy all dev lab components
+dev-lab-all: dev-lab-ingress-ngingx dev-lab-metrics-server dev-lab-prometheus dev-lab-loki dev-lab-tempo dev-lab-otel-collector ## Deploy all dev lab components
 
 .PHONY: dev-lab-policy-reporter
 dev-lab-policy-reporter: $(HELM) ## Deploy policy-reporter helm chart
diff --git a/scripts/config/dev/otel-collector.yaml b/scripts/config/dev/otel-collector.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18aaa5d77045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/config/dev/otel-collector.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+mode: daemonset
+
+tolerations:
+- key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
+  operator: Exists
+
+config:
+  exporters:
+    otlp:
+      endpoint: tempo.monitoring:4317
+      tls:
+        insecure: true
+
+  service:
+    pipelines:
+      traces:
+        exporters:
+          - otlp