diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
index c01264cb94..0c14f0063b 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorExporterNodeBase.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ import {
   CollectorExporterBase,
   collectorTypes,
 } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-collector';
-import type { Metadata } from '@grpc/grpc-js';
+import { Metadata } from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 import {
   CollectorExporterConfigNode,
   GRPCQueueItem,
   ServiceClientType,
 } from './types';
 import { ServiceClient } from './types';
+import { getEnv, baggageUtils } from "@opentelemetry/core";
 
 /**
  * Collector Metric Exporter abstract base class
@@ -48,8 +49,13 @@ export abstract class CollectorExporterNodeBase<
     if (config.headers) {
       diag.warn('Headers cannot be set when using grpc');
     }
-    this.metadata = config.metadata;
+    const headers = baggageUtils.parseKeyPairsIntoRecord(getEnv().OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS);
+    this.metadata = config.metadata || new Metadata();
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(headers)) {
+      this.metadata.set(k, v)
+    }
   }
+
   private _sendPromise(
     objects: ExportItem[],
     onSuccess: () => void,
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorMetricExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorMetricExporter.ts
index 84a880c16d..c909241a73 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorMetricExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorMetricExporter.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import {
 import { MetricRecord, MetricExporter } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
 import { CollectorExporterConfigNode, ServiceClientType } from './types';
 import { CollectorExporterNodeBase } from './CollectorExporterNodeBase';
-import { getEnv } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { baggageUtils, getEnv } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { validateAndNormalizeUrl } from './util';
+import { Metadata } from "@grpc/grpc-js";
 
 const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'localhost:4317';
 
@@ -38,6 +39,15 @@ export class CollectorMetricExporter
   // Converts time to nanoseconds
   protected readonly _startTime = new Date().getTime() * 1000000;
 
+  constructor(config: CollectorExporterConfigNode = {}) {
+    super(config);
+    const headers = baggageUtils.parseKeyPairsIntoRecord(getEnv().OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS);
+    this.metadata ||= new Metadata();
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(headers)) {
+      this.metadata.set(k, v)
+    }
+  }
+
   convert(
     metrics: MetricRecord[]
   ): collectorTypes.opentelemetryProto.collector.metrics.v1.ExportMetricsServiceRequest {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorTraceExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorTraceExporter.ts
index aae731d10c..f0b63cbb79 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorTraceExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/src/CollectorTraceExporter.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import {
   toCollectorExportTraceServiceRequest,
 } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-collector';
 import { CollectorExporterConfigNode, ServiceClientType } from './types';
-import { getEnv } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { baggageUtils, getEnv } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { validateAndNormalizeUrl } from './util';
+import { Metadata } from "@grpc/grpc-js";
 
 const DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_URL = 'localhost:4317';
 
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@ export class CollectorTraceExporter
     collectorTypes.opentelemetryProto.collector.trace.v1.ExportTraceServiceRequest
   >
   implements SpanExporter {
+
+  constructor(config: CollectorExporterConfigNode = {}) {
+    super(config);
+    const headers = baggageUtils.parseKeyPairsIntoRecord(getEnv().OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS);
+    this.metadata ||= new Metadata();
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(headers)) {
+      this.metadata.set(k, v)
+    }
+  }
+
   convert(
     spans: ReadableSpan[]
   ): collectorTypes.opentelemetryProto.collector.trace.v1.ExportTraceServiceRequest {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/CollectorMetricExporter.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/CollectorMetricExporter.test.ts
index a0cb218a7e..f765c250cb 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/CollectorMetricExporter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/CollectorMetricExporter.test.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,25 @@ describe('when configuring via environment', () => {
     envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT = '';
     envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT = '';
   });
+  it('should use headers defined via env', () => {
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS = 'foo=bar';
+    const collectorExporter = new CollectorMetricExporter();
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(collectorExporter.metadata?.get('foo'), ['bar']);
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS = '';
+  });
+  it('should override global headers config with signal headers defined via env', () => {
+    const metadata = new grpc.Metadata();
+    metadata.set('foo', 'bar');
+    metadata.set('goo', 'lol');
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS = 'foo=jar,bar=foo';
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS = 'foo=boo';
+    const collectorExporter = new CollectorMetricExporter({ metadata });
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(collectorExporter.metadata?.get('foo'), ['boo']);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(collectorExporter.metadata?.get('bar'), ['foo']);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(collectorExporter.metadata?.get('goo'), ['lol']);
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS = '';
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS = '';
+  });
 });
 
 testCollectorMetricExporter({ useTLS: true });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
index 1c91cae6a7..bd498b6de3 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/CollectorTraceExporter.test.ts
@@ -240,6 +240,25 @@ describe('when configuring via environment', () => {
     envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT = '';
     envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT = '';
   });
+  it('should use headers defined via env', () => {
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS = 'foo=bar';
+    const collectorExporter = new CollectorTraceExporter();
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(collectorExporter.metadata?.get('foo'), ['bar']);
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS = '';
+  });
+  it('should override global headers config with signal headers defined via env', () => {
+    const metadata = new grpc.Metadata();
+    metadata.set('foo', 'bar');
+    metadata.set('goo', 'lol');
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS = 'foo=jar,bar=foo';
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS = 'foo=boo';
+    const collectorExporter = new CollectorTraceExporter({ metadata });
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(collectorExporter.metadata?.get('foo'), ['boo']);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(collectorExporter.metadata?.get('bar'), ['foo']);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(collectorExporter.metadata?.get('goo'), ['lol']);
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS = '';
+    envSource.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS = '';
+  });
 });
 
 testCollectorExporter({ useTLS: true });