diff --git a/pkg/gotenberg/internal/otel/otel.go b/pkg/gotenberg/internal/otel/otel.go
index f4fca1b..804ab22 100644
--- a/pkg/gotenberg/internal/otel/otel.go
+++ b/pkg/gotenberg/internal/otel/otel.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/exemplar"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.41.0"
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ func InitMeterProvider(logger *slog.Logger, serviceName, serviceVersion string)
 	metricOpts := []metric.Option{
 		metric.WithResource(res),
 	}
+	metricOpts = append(metricOpts, exemplarFilterOptions()...)
 
 	metricReader, err := autoexport.NewMetricReader(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -108,6 +110,17 @@ func InitMeterProvider(logger *slog.Logger, serviceName, serviceVersion string)
 	return meterProvider.Shutdown, nil
 }
 
+// exemplarFilterOptions returns the meter provider options that pin trace-based
+// exemplars, so the histograms expose the trace id of a representative
+// measurement. It yields no option when the operator selects a filter via
+// OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER, letting the SDK's own env handling win.
+func exemplarFilterOptions() []metric.Option {
+	if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER"); ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return []metric.Option{metric.WithExemplarFilter(exemplar.TraceBasedFilter)}
+}
+
 // InitLoggerProvider initializes the OpenTelemetry logger provider.
 func InitLoggerProvider(logger *slog.Logger, serviceName, serviceVersion string) (shutdown func(context.Context) error, handler slog.Handler, err error) {
 	initOtelLogger(logger)
diff --git a/pkg/gotenberg/internal/otel/otel_test.go b/pkg/gotenberg/internal/otel/otel_test.go
index 1a3ad64..a5751c9 100644
--- a/pkg/gotenberg/internal/otel/otel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gotenberg/internal/otel/otel_test.go
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ package otel
 import (
 	"context"
 	"log/slog"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	sdkmetric "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/exemplar"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
+	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 )
 
 // TestInitTracerProvider_HonorsSamplerEnv guards the contract that the tracer
@@ -40,3 +45,71 @@ func TestInitTracerProvider_HonorsSamplerEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestExemplarFilterOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("default pins trace-based", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if v, ok := os.LookupEnv("OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER"); ok {
+			os.Unsetenv("OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER")
+			t.Cleanup(func() { os.Setenv("OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER", v) })
+		}
+		if got := exemplarFilterOptions(); len(got) != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 1 option when env unset, got %d", len(got))
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("env override yields no option", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Setenv("OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER", "always_off")
+		if got := exemplarFilterOptions(); len(got) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 0 options when env set, got %d", len(got))
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// TestMeterProvider_TraceBasedExemplar guards that the trace-based filter we pin
+// actually attaches a trace id to a histogram measurement recorded inside a
+// sampled span.
+func TestMeterProvider_TraceBasedExemplar(t *testing.T) {
+	reader := sdkmetric.NewManualReader()
+	provider := sdkmetric.NewMeterProvider(
+		sdkmetric.WithReader(reader),
+		sdkmetric.WithExemplarFilter(exemplar.TraceBasedFilter),
+	)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = provider.Shutdown(context.Background()) })
+
+	hist, err := provider.Meter("test").Float64Histogram("conversion.duration")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create histogram: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	tracer := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(sdktrace.WithSampler(sdktrace.AlwaysSample())).Tracer("test")
+	ctx, span := tracer.Start(context.Background(), "conversion")
+	hist.Record(ctx, 1.0)
+	traceID := span.SpanContext().TraceID()
+	span.End()
+
+	var rm metricdata.ResourceMetrics
+	if err := reader.Collect(context.Background(), &rm); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("collect: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var found bool
+	for _, sm := range rm.ScopeMetrics {
+		for _, m := range sm.Metrics {
+			hd, ok := m.Data.(metricdata.Histogram[float64])
+			if !ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			for _, dp := range hd.DataPoints {
+				for _, ex := range dp.Exemplars {
+					if string(ex.TraceID) == string(traceID[:]) {
+						found = true
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		t.Error("expected a trace-based exemplar carrying the span trace id")
+	}
+}