diff --git a/cmd/configschema/go.mod b/cmd/configschema/go.mod
index 61b11c8ef301f..500630c888c95 100644
--- a/cmd/configschema/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/configschema/go.mod
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c // indirect
 	github.com/pquerna/cachecontrol v0.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.34.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4 v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/cmd/configschema/go.sum b/cmd/configschema/go.sum
index 7addbd4bbe4e2..16f51a8f820c5 100644
--- a/cmd/configschema/go.sum
+++ b/cmd/configschema/go.sum
@@ -1807,8 +1807,9 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ZLOG9ck3JLRdB5MgO8f+lLTe83A
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.1/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 h1:ZiaPsmm9uiBeaSMRznKsCDNtPCS0T3JVDGF+06gjBzk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1/go.mod h1:3Z9XVyYiZYEO+YQWt3RD2R3jrbd179Rt297l4aS6nDY=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff h1:iSQ1cKhnRgOLZhTsXtL+zgT6PGM6WWj9qxJvBktwCB4=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff/go.mod h1:KLGtagmR8GET5drwfO/cxzy0C3Om4pyqDr8kpjTJm6s=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20171117100541-99fa1f4be8e5/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190115171406-56726106282f/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/collector.go b/exporter/prometheusexporter/collector.go
index 45e9634868318..6c0fb67d30d76 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/collector.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/collector.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model/pdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
 	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.6.1"
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ func (c *collector) convertDoubleHistogram(metric pmetric.Metric, resourceAttrs
 
 	indicesMap := make(map[float64]int)
 	buckets := make([]float64, 0, len(ip.MBucketCounts()))
+
 	for index, bucket := range ip.MExplicitBounds() {
 		if _, added := indicesMap[bucket]; !added {
 			indicesMap[bucket] = index
@@ -215,11 +217,36 @@ func (c *collector) convertDoubleHistogram(metric pmetric.Metric, resourceAttrs
 		points[bucket] = cumCount
 	}
 
+	arrLen := ip.Exemplars().Len()
+	exemplars := make([]prometheus.Exemplar, arrLen)
+	for i := 0; i < arrLen; i++ {
+		e := ip.Exemplars().At(i)
+
+		labels := make(prometheus.Labels, e.FilteredAttributes().Len())
+		e.FilteredAttributes().Range(func(k string, v pdata.Value) bool {
+			labels[k] = v.AsString()
+			return true
+		})
+
+		exemplars[i] = prometheus.Exemplar{
+			Value:     e.DoubleVal(),
+			Labels:    labels,
+			Timestamp: e.Timestamp().AsTime(),
+		}
+	}
+
 	m, err := prometheus.NewConstHistogram(desc, ip.Count(), ip.Sum(), points, attributes...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if arrLen > 0 {
+		m, err = prometheus.NewMetricWithExemplars(m, exemplars...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if c.sendTimestamps {
 		return prometheus.NewMetricWithTimestamp(ip.Timestamp().AsTime(), m), nil
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/collector_test.go b/exporter/prometheusexporter/collector_test.go
index 5870ece0ce638..aba8702de4f43 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/collector_test.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/collector_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	io_prometheus_client "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model/pdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
 	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.6.1"
@@ -96,6 +97,84 @@ func TestConvertInvalidMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConvertDoubleHistogramExemplar(t *testing.T) {
+	// initialize empty histogram
+	metric := pdata.NewMetric()
+	metric.SetDataType(pmetric.MetricDataTypeHistogram)
+	metric.SetName("test_metric")
+	metric.SetDescription("this is test metric")
+	metric.SetUnit("T")
+
+	// initialize empty datapoint
+	hd := metric.Histogram().DataPoints().AppendEmpty()
+
+	bounds := []float64{5, 25, 90}
+	hd.SetExplicitBounds(bounds)
+	bc := []uint64{2, 35, 70}
+	hd.SetBucketCounts(bc)
+
+	exemplarTs, _ := time.Parse("unix", "Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 MST 2006")
+	exemplars := []prometheus.Exemplar{
+		{
+			Timestamp: exemplarTs,
+			Value:     3,
+			Labels:    prometheus.Labels{"test_label_0": "label_value_0"},
+		},
+		{
+			Timestamp: exemplarTs,
+			Value:     50,
+			Labels:    prometheus.Labels{"test_label_1": "label_value_1"},
+		},
+		{
+			Timestamp: exemplarTs,
+			Value:     78,
+			Labels:    prometheus.Labels{"test_label_2": "label_value_2"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// add each exemplar value to the metric
+	for _, e := range exemplars {
+		pde := hd.Exemplars().AppendEmpty()
+		pde.SetDoubleVal(e.Value)
+		for k, v := range e.Labels {
+			pde.FilteredAttributes().InsertString(k, v)
+		}
+		pde.SetTimestamp(pdata.NewTimestampFromTime(e.Timestamp))
+	}
+
+	c := collector{
+		accumulator: &mockAccumulator{
+			[]pdata.Metric{metric},
+			pcommon.NewMap(),
+		},
+		logger: zap.NewNop(),
+	}
+
+	pbMetric, _ := c.convertDoubleHistogram(metric, pcommon.NewMap())
+	m := io_prometheus_client.Metric{}
+	require.NoError(t, pbMetric.Write(&m))
+
+	buckets := m.GetHistogram().GetBucket()
+
+	require.Equal(t, 3, len(buckets))
+
+	require.Equal(t, 3.0, buckets[0].GetExemplar().GetValue())
+	require.Equal(t, int32(128654848), buckets[0].GetExemplar().GetTimestamp().GetNanos())
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(buckets[0].GetExemplar().GetLabel()))
+	require.Equal(t, "test_label_0", buckets[0].GetExemplar().GetLabel()[0].GetName())
+	require.Equal(t, "label_value_0", buckets[0].GetExemplar().GetLabel()[0].GetValue())
+
+	require.Equal(t, 0.0, buckets[1].GetExemplar().GetValue())
+	require.Equal(t, int32(0), buckets[1].GetExemplar().GetTimestamp().GetNanos())
+	require.Equal(t, 0, len(buckets[1].GetExemplar().GetLabel()))
+
+	require.Equal(t, 78.0, buckets[2].GetExemplar().GetValue())
+	require.Equal(t, int32(128654848), buckets[2].GetExemplar().GetTimestamp().GetNanos())
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(buckets[2].GetExemplar().GetLabel()))
+	require.Equal(t, "test_label_2", buckets[2].GetExemplar().GetLabel()[0].GetName())
+	require.Equal(t, "label_value_2", buckets[2].GetExemplar().GetLabel()[0].GetValue())
+}
+
 // errorCheckCore keeps track of logged errors
 type errorCheckCore struct {
 	errorMessages []string
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/config.go b/exporter/prometheusexporter/config.go
index 41ab87ad0f4f7..9e6e44d98ccfd 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/config.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// ResourceToTelemetrySettings defines configuration for converting resource attributes to metric labels.
 	ResourceToTelemetrySettings resourcetotelemetry.Settings `mapstructure:"resource_to_telemetry_conversion"`
 
+	// EnableOpenMetrics enables the use of the OpenMetrics encoding option for the prometheus exporter.
+	EnableOpenMetrics bool `mapstructure:"enable_open_metrics"`
+
 	// skipSanitizeLabel if enabled, labels that start with _ are not sanitized
 	skipSanitizeLabel bool
 }
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/factory.go b/exporter/prometheusexporter/factory.go
index 05af3cdde06f9..fd7f440e02c1e 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/factory.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() config.Exporter {
 		ConstLabels:       map[string]string{},
 		SendTimestamps:    false,
 		MetricExpiration:  time.Minute * 5,
+		EnableOpenMetrics: false,
 		skipSanitizeLabel: featuregate.GetRegistry().IsEnabled(dropSanitizationGate.ID),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/go.mod b/exporter/prometheusexporter/go.mod
index aa7bf0f666597..ef932a465da2c 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/go.mod
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.51.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/resourcetotelemetry v0.51.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/prometheusreceiver v0.51.0
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.34.0
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v0.35.1-0.20220503184552-2381d7be5731
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.51.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v0.51.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.51.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.21.0
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/go.sum b/exporter/prometheusexporter/go.sum
index 17d92364b70ca..7d25f4ba92530 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/go.sum
@@ -1016,8 +1016,9 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.1.0/go.mod h1:I1FGZT9+L76gKKOs5djB6ezCbFQ
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.4.0/go.mod h1:e9GMxYsXl05ICDXkRhurwBS4Q3OK1iX/F2sw+iXX5zU=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 h1:ZiaPsmm9uiBeaSMRznKsCDNtPCS0T3JVDGF+06gjBzk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1/go.mod h1:3Z9XVyYiZYEO+YQWt3RD2R3jrbd179Rt297l4aS6nDY=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff h1:iSQ1cKhnRgOLZhTsXtL+zgT6PGM6WWj9qxJvBktwCB4=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff/go.mod h1:KLGtagmR8GET5drwfO/cxzy0C3Om4pyqDr8kpjTJm6s=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20171117100541-99fa1f4be8e5/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
@@ -1217,6 +1218,8 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 h1:gqCw0LfLxScz8irSi8exQc7fyQ0fKQU/qnC/X8+V/1M=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.51.0 h1:r4cfvLYkmdTWU+RioL2QqxD/GLJUXRNifG0NCfRmxwk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.51.0/go.mod h1:2pHwJxKDhSd4t42GkiCosU9G3szHoWUK2R0qnB6X67A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0 h1:1wt8pQ4O6GaUeYEaR+dh3zHmYsFicduF2bbPGMZeSKk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0/go.mod h1:vKpC0JMtrL7g9tUHmzcQqd8rEbnahKVdTWZSVO7x3Ms=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v0.51.0 h1:J5CCnrg1iGOA1CfFOH+wAkMlJ1vjcm677kuPp18mbko=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v0.51.0/go.mod h1:FsowYKNmf8CgsHgOfJv8V3KjALmy6FYQRHtXAOY3fho=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.51.0 h1:Almgp3RZKDZNIp5491LfQ/oF2GG5gPK14IghjUxgkPg=
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/prometheus.go b/exporter/prometheusexporter/prometheus.go
index 15887e49d54bb..e0c226b6af0fb 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/prometheus.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/prometheus.go
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ func newPrometheusExporter(config *Config, set component.ExporterCreateSettings)
 		handler: promhttp.HandlerFor(
 			registry,
 			promhttp.HandlerOpts{
-				ErrorHandling: promhttp.ContinueOnError,
-				ErrorLog:      newPromLogger(set.Logger),
+				ErrorHandling:     promhttp.ContinueOnError,
+				ErrorLog:          newPromLogger(set.Logger),
+				EnableOpenMetrics: config.EnableOpenMetrics,
 			},
 		),
 	}, nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b3fc74683b408..d5a4338caffe9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c // indirect
 	github.com/pquerna/cachecontrol v0.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.34.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4 v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6ef033b637099..82bdf5aee2298 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1806,8 +1806,9 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ZLOG9ck3JLRdB5MgO8f+lLTe83A
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.1/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 h1:ZiaPsmm9uiBeaSMRznKsCDNtPCS0T3JVDGF+06gjBzk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1/go.mod h1:3Z9XVyYiZYEO+YQWt3RD2R3jrbd179Rt297l4aS6nDY=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff h1:iSQ1cKhnRgOLZhTsXtL+zgT6PGM6WWj9qxJvBktwCB4=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff/go.mod h1:KLGtagmR8GET5drwfO/cxzy0C3Om4pyqDr8kpjTJm6s=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20171117100541-99fa1f4be8e5/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190115171406-56726106282f/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
diff --git a/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterconfig/config.go b/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterconfig/config.go
index abdefe5b28a53..53e6c149f087f 100644
--- a/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterconfig/config.go
+++ b/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterconfig/config.go
@@ -118,8 +118,18 @@ type MatchProperties struct {
 	// A match occurs if the span's implementation library matches at least one item in this list.
 	// This is an optional field.
 	Libraries []InstrumentationLibrary `mapstructure:"libraries"`
+
+	// SpanKinds specify the list of items to match the span kind against.
+	// A match occurs if the span's span kind matches at least one item in this list.
+	SpanKinds []string `mapstructure:"span_kinds"`
 }
 
+var (
+	ErrMissingRequiredField    = errors.New(`at least one of "attributes", "libraries",  or "resources" field must be specified`)
+	ErrInvalidLogField         = errors.New("services, span_names, and span_kinds are not valid for log records")
+	ErrMissingRequiredLogField = errors.New(`at least one of "log_names", "log_bodies", "log_severity_texts", "attributes", "libraries", "span_kinds", or "resources" field must be specified`)
+)
+
 // ValidateForSpans validates properties for spans.
 func (mp *MatchProperties) ValidateForSpans() error {
 	if len(mp.LogBodies) > 0 {
@@ -131,8 +141,8 @@ func (mp *MatchProperties) ValidateForSpans() error {
 	}
 
 	if len(mp.Services) == 0 && len(mp.SpanNames) == 0 && len(mp.Attributes) == 0 &&
-		len(mp.Libraries) == 0 && len(mp.Resources) == 0 {
-		return errors.New(`at least one of "services", "span_names", "attributes", "libraries" or "resources" field must be specified`)
+		len(mp.Libraries) == 0 && len(mp.Resources) == 0 && len(mp.SpanKinds) == 0 {
+		return ErrMissingRequiredField
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -140,12 +150,12 @@ func (mp *MatchProperties) ValidateForSpans() error {
 
 // ValidateForLogs validates properties for logs.
 func (mp *MatchProperties) ValidateForLogs() error {
-	if len(mp.SpanNames) > 0 || len(mp.Services) > 0 {
-		return errors.New("neither services nor span_names should be specified for log records")
+	if len(mp.SpanNames) > 0 || len(mp.Services) > 0 || len(mp.SpanKinds) > 0 {
+		return ErrInvalidLogField
 	}
 
-	if len(mp.Attributes) == 0 && len(mp.Libraries) == 0 && len(mp.Resources) == 0 && len(mp.LogBodies) == 0 && len(mp.LogSeverityTexts) == 0 {
-		return errors.New(`at least one of "attributes", "libraries", "resources", "log_bodies" or "log_severity_texts" field must be specified`)
+	if len(mp.Attributes) == 0 && len(mp.Libraries) == 0 && len(mp.Resources) == 0 && len(mp.LogBodies) == 0 && len(mp.LogSeverityTexts) == 0 && len(mp.SpanKinds) == 0 {
+		return ErrMissingRequiredLogField
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterlog/filterlog_test.go b/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterlog/filterlog_test.go
index df2d7eb5f9528..0afe9e3c95652 100644
--- a/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterlog/filterlog_test.go
+++ b/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterlog/filterlog_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestLogRecord_validateMatchesConfiguration_InvalidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "empty_property",
 			property:    filterconfig.MatchProperties{},
-			errorString: `at least one of "attributes", "libraries", "resources", "log_bodies" or "log_severity_texts" field must be specified`,
+			errorString: `at least one of "log_names", "log_bodies", "log_severity_texts", "attributes", "libraries", "span_kinds", or "resources" field must be specified`,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "empty_log_bodies_and_attributes",
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ func TestLogRecord_validateMatchesConfiguration_InvalidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				LogBodies:        []string{},
 				LogSeverityTexts: []string{},
 			},
-			errorString: `at least one of "attributes", "libraries", "resources", "log_bodies" or "log_severity_texts" field must be specified`,
+			errorString: `at least one of "log_names", "log_bodies", "log_severity_texts", "attributes", "libraries", "span_kinds", or "resources" field must be specified`,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "span_properties",
 			property: filterconfig.MatchProperties{
 				SpanNames: []string{"span"},
 			},
-			errorString: "neither services nor span_names should be specified for log records",
+			errorString: "services, span_names, and span_kinds are not valid for log records",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid_match_type",
diff --git a/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan/filterspan.go b/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan/filterspan.go
index 618d8cbddae15..ddde89b4ae1e0 100644
--- a/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan/filterspan.go
+++ b/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan/filterspan.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ type propertiesMatcher struct {
 
 	// Span names to compare to.
 	nameFilters filterset.FilterSet
+
+	// Span kinds to compare to
+	kindFilters filterset.FilterSet
 }
 
 // NewMatcher creates a span Matcher that matches based on the given MatchProperties.
@@ -76,10 +79,19 @@ func NewMatcher(mp *filterconfig.MatchProperties) (Matcher, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var kindFS filterset.FilterSet
+	if len(mp.SpanKinds) > 0 {
+		kindFS, err = filterset.CreateFilterSet(mp.SpanKinds, &mp.Config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating span kind filters: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return &propertiesMatcher{
 		PropertiesMatcher: rm,
 		serviceFilters:    serviceFS,
 		nameFilters:       nameFS,
+		kindFilters:       kindFS,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -122,6 +134,10 @@ func (mp *propertiesMatcher) MatchSpan(span ptrace.Span, resource pcommon.Resour
 		return false
 	}
 
+	if mp.kindFilters != nil && !mp.kindFilters.Matches(span.Kind().String()) {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	return mp.PropertiesMatcher.Match(span.Attributes(), resource, library)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan/filterspan_test.go b/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan/filterspan_test.go
index 3aa9de5f6ba4f..946e1474a5cfd 100644
--- a/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan/filterspan_test.go
+++ b/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan/filterspan_test.go
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ func TestSpan_validateMatchesConfiguration_InvalidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "empty_property",
 			property:    filterconfig.MatchProperties{},
-			errorString: "at least one of \"services\", \"span_names\", \"attributes\", \"libraries\" or \"resources\" field must be specified",
+			errorString: filterconfig.ErrMissingRequiredField.Error(),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "empty_service_span_names_and_attributes",
 			property: filterconfig.MatchProperties{
 				Services: []string{},
 			},
-			errorString: "at least one of \"services\", \"span_names\", \"attributes\", \"libraries\" or \"resources\" field must be specified",
+			errorString: filterconfig.ErrMissingRequiredField.Error(),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "log_properties",
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ func TestSpan_Matching_False(t *testing.T) {
 				Attributes: []filterconfig.Attribute{},
 			},
 		},
-
 		{
 			name: "service_name_doesnt_match_strict",
 			properties: &filterconfig.MatchProperties{
@@ -144,6 +143,23 @@ func TestSpan_Matching_False(t *testing.T) {
 				Attributes: []filterconfig.Attribute{},
 			},
 		},
+
+		{
+			name: "span_kind_doesnt_match_regexp",
+			properties: &filterconfig.MatchProperties{
+				Config:     *createConfig(filterset.Regexp),
+				Attributes: []filterconfig.Attribute{},
+				SpanKinds:  []string{ptrace.SpanKindProducer.String()},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "span_kind_doesnt_match_strict",
+			properties: &filterconfig.MatchProperties{
+				Config:     *createConfig(filterset.Strict),
+				Attributes: []filterconfig.Attribute{},
+				SpanKinds:  []string{ptrace.SpanKindProducer.String()},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	span := ptrace.NewSpan()
@@ -218,6 +234,26 @@ func TestSpan_Matching_True(t *testing.T) {
 				Attributes: []filterconfig.Attribute{},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "span_kind_match_strict",
+			properties: &filterconfig.MatchProperties{
+				Config: *createConfig(filterset.Strict),
+				SpanKinds: []string{
+					ptrace.SpanKindClient.String(),
+				},
+				Attributes: []filterconfig.Attribute{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "span_kind_match_regexp",
+			properties: &filterconfig.MatchProperties{
+				Config: *createConfig(filterset.Regexp),
+				SpanKinds: []string{
+					"CLIENT",
+				},
+				Attributes: []filterconfig.Attribute{},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	span := ptrace.NewSpan()
@@ -227,6 +263,7 @@ func TestSpan_Matching_True(t *testing.T) {
 	span.Attributes().InsertDouble("keyDouble", 3245.6)
 	span.Attributes().InsertBool("keyBool", true)
 	span.Attributes().InsertString("keyExists", "present")
+	span.SetKind(ptrace.SpanKindClient)
 	assert.NotNil(t, span)
 
 	resource := pcommon.NewResource()
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/config.go b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/config.go
index d7dd5dada8c0b..daa6904730d4d 100644
--- a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/config.go
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/config.go
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@ package probabilisticsamplerprocessor // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opent
 
 import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterconfig"
 )
 
 // Config has the configuration guiding the trace sampler processor.
 type Config struct {
 	config.ProcessorSettings `mapstructure:",squash"` // squash ensures fields are correctly decoded in embedded struct
 
+	filterconfig.MatchConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
+
 	// SamplingPercentage is the percentage rate at which traces are going to be sampled. Defaults to zero, i.e.: no sample.
 	// Values greater or equal 100 are treated as "sample all traces".
 	SamplingPercentage float32 `mapstructure:"sampling_percentage"`
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/go.mod b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/go.mod
index 3fa5791dd63a8..82f0f38736532 100644
--- a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf v1.4.1 // indirect
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.4.1 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.30.0 // indirect
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/go.sum b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/go.sum
index 14bfd15150068..a9aa045d524d4 100644
--- a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/go.sum
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/go.sum
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da h1:oI5xCqsCo564l8iNU+DwB5epxmsaqB+rhGL0m5jtYqE=
+github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
@@ -173,6 +174,8 @@ github.com/rs/cors v1.8.2 h1:KCooALfAYGs415Cwu5ABvv9n9509fSiG5SQJn/AQo4U=
 github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFouqFdy9/2g9QGwK3SQygK0Ts=
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0/go.mod h1:807d1WSdnB0XRJzKNil9Om6lcp/3a0v4qIHxIXzX/Yc=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.4.1 h1:s0hze+J0196ZfEMTs80N7UlFt0BDuQ7Q+JDnHiMWKdA=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.4.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/probabilisticsampler.go b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/probabilisticsampler.go
index f325419f72f7b..81d819553be76 100644
--- a/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/probabilisticsampler.go
+++ b/processor/probabilisticsamplerprocessor/probabilisticsampler.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorhelper"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan"
 )
 
 // samplingPriority has the semantic result of parsing the "sampling.priority"
@@ -52,15 +54,28 @@ const (
 type tracesamplerprocessor struct {
 	scaledSamplingRate uint32
 	hashSeed           uint32
+	include            filterspan.Matcher
+	exclude            filterspan.Matcher
 }
 
 // newTracesProcessor returns a processor.TracesProcessor that will perform head sampling according to the given
 // configuration.
 func newTracesProcessor(nextConsumer consumer.Traces, cfg *Config) (component.TracesProcessor, error) {
+	include, err := filterspan.NewMatcher(cfg.Include)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	exclude, err := filterspan.NewMatcher(cfg.Exclude)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	tsp := &tracesamplerprocessor{
 		// Adjust sampling percentage on private so recalculations are avoided.
 		scaledSamplingRate: uint32(cfg.SamplingPercentage * percentageScaleFactor),
 		hashSeed:           cfg.HashSeed,
+		include:            include,
+		exclude:            exclude,
 	}
 
 	return processorhelper.NewTracesProcessor(
@@ -74,6 +89,9 @@ func (tsp *tracesamplerprocessor) processTraces(_ context.Context, td ptrace.Tra
 	td.ResourceSpans().RemoveIf(func(rs ptrace.ResourceSpans) bool {
 		rs.ScopeSpans().RemoveIf(func(ils ptrace.ScopeSpans) bool {
 			ils.Spans().RemoveIf(func(s ptrace.Span) bool {
+				if filterspan.SkipSpan(tsp.include, tsp.exclude, s, rs.Resource(), ils.Scope()) {
+					return false
+				}
 				sp := parseSpanSamplingPriority(s)
 				if sp == doNotSampleSpan {
 					// The OpenTelemetry mentions this as a "hint" we take a stronger
diff --git a/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/config.go b/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/config.go
index 5be4cd7f40095..c7d7b4546f883 100644
--- a/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/config.go
+++ b/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/config.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service/featuregate"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterconfig"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ type Dimension struct {
 type Config struct {
 	config.ProcessorSettings `mapstructure:",squash"` // squash ensures fields are correctly decoded in embedded struct
 
+	filterconfig.MatchConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
+
 	// MetricsExporter is the name of the metrics exporter to use to ship metrics.
 	MetricsExporter string `mapstructure:"metrics_exporter"`
 
diff --git a/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/go.mod b/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/go.mod
index bf28114ce5dcf..3dd5622e6f974 100644
--- a/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/jaegerexporter v0.51.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/prometheusexporter v0.51.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.51.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/jaegerreceiver v0.51.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.51.0
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 // indirect
@@ -45,13 +47,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mostynb/go-grpc-compression v1.1.16 // indirect
-	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.51.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/resourcetotelemetry v0.51.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger v0.51.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.4 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.34.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/uber/jaeger-client-go v2.30.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/uber/jaeger-lib v2.4.1+incompatible // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.32.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.32.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/go.sum b/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/go.sum
index a1eed9df69642..fd8ed8f1d6129 100644
--- a/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/go.sum
+++ b/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/go.sum
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ github.com/golang/freetype v0.0.0-20170609003504-e2365dfdc4a0/go.mod h1:E/TSTwGw
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da h1:oI5xCqsCo564l8iNU+DwB5epxmsaqB+rhGL0m5jtYqE=
+github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.5.0/go.mod h1:CWnOUgYIOo4TcNZ0wHX3YZCqsaM1I1Jvs6v3mP3KVu8=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
@@ -332,8 +333,9 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXP
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 h1:ZiaPsmm9uiBeaSMRznKsCDNtPCS0T3JVDGF+06gjBzk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1/go.mod h1:3Z9XVyYiZYEO+YQWt3RD2R3jrbd179Rt297l4aS6nDY=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff h1:iSQ1cKhnRgOLZhTsXtL+zgT6PGM6WWj9qxJvBktwCB4=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff/go.mod h1:KLGtagmR8GET5drwfO/cxzy0C3Om4pyqDr8kpjTJm6s=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
@@ -404,6 +406,8 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 h1:gqCw0LfLxScz8irSi8exQc7fyQ0fKQU/qnC/X8+V/1M=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.51.0 h1:r4cfvLYkmdTWU+RioL2QqxD/GLJUXRNifG0NCfRmxwk=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.51.0/go.mod h1:2pHwJxKDhSd4t42GkiCosU9G3szHoWUK2R0qnB6X67A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0 h1:1wt8pQ4O6GaUeYEaR+dh3zHmYsFicduF2bbPGMZeSKk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0/go.mod h1:vKpC0JMtrL7g9tUHmzcQqd8rEbnahKVdTWZSVO7x3Ms=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v0.51.0 h1:J5CCnrg1iGOA1CfFOH+wAkMlJ1vjcm677kuPp18mbko=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v0.51.0/go.mod h1:FsowYKNmf8CgsHgOfJv8V3KjALmy6FYQRHtXAOY3fho=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.51.0 h1:Almgp3RZKDZNIp5491LfQ/oF2GG5gPK14IghjUxgkPg=
diff --git a/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/processor.go b/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/processor.go
index 9286d0b8a0e4a..1644ebd063719 100644
--- a/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/processor.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.6.1"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/processor/filterspan"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/spanmetricsprocessor/internal/cache"
 )
 
@@ -90,12 +91,24 @@ type processorImp struct {
 	// An LRU cache of dimension key-value maps keyed by a unique identifier formed by a concatenation of its values:
 	// e.g. { "foo/barOK": { "serviceName": "foo", "operation": "/bar", "status_code": "OK" }}
 	metricKeyToDimensions *cache.Cache
+
+	include filterspan.Matcher
+	exclude filterspan.Matcher
 }
 
 func newProcessor(logger *zap.Logger, config config.Processor, nextConsumer consumer.Traces) (*processorImp, error) {
 	logger.Info("Building spanmetricsprocessor")
 	pConfig := config.(*Config)
 
+	include, err := filterspan.NewMatcher(pConfig.Include)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	exclude, err := filterspan.NewMatcher(pConfig.Exclude)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	bounds := defaultLatencyHistogramBucketsMs
 	if pConfig.LatencyHistogramBuckets != nil {
 		bounds = mapDurationsToMillis(pConfig.LatencyHistogramBuckets)
@@ -106,7 +119,8 @@ func newProcessor(logger *zap.Logger, config config.Processor, nextConsumer cons
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := validateDimensions(pConfig.Dimensions, pConfig.skipSanitizeLabel); err != nil {
+	err = validateDimensions(pConfig.Dimensions, pConfig.skipSanitizeLabel)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -134,6 +148,8 @@ func newProcessor(logger *zap.Logger, config config.Processor, nextConsumer cons
 		nextConsumer:          nextConsumer,
 		dimensions:            pConfig.Dimensions,
 		metricKeyToDimensions: metricKeyToDimensionsCache,
+		include:               include,
+		exclude:               exclude,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -375,6 +391,9 @@ func (p *processorImp) aggregateMetricsForServiceSpans(rspans ptrace.ResourceSpa
 		spans := ils.Spans()
 		for k := 0; k < spans.Len(); k++ {
 			span := spans.At(k)
+			if filterspan.SkipSpan(p.include, p.exclude, span, rspans.Resource(), ils.Scope()) {
+				continue
+			}
 			p.aggregateMetricsForSpan(serviceName, span, rspans.Resource().Attributes())
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/testbed/go.mod b/testbed/go.mod
index d992ff1da8777..6861452cbad9a 100644
--- a/testbed/go.mod
+++ b/testbed/go.mod
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4 v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/uber/jaeger-lib v2.4.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.2 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.32.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.32.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.32.0 // indirect
diff --git a/testbed/go.sum b/testbed/go.sum
index 278d178f81d1c..270b70abec96d 100644
--- a/testbed/go.sum
+++ b/testbed/go.sum
@@ -1287,8 +1287,9 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.4.0/go.mod h1:e9GMxYsXl05ICDXkRhurwBS4Q3O
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.1/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1 h1:ZiaPsmm9uiBeaSMRznKsCDNtPCS0T3JVDGF+06gjBzk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1/go.mod h1:3Z9XVyYiZYEO+YQWt3RD2R3jrbd179Rt297l4aS6nDY=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff h1:iSQ1cKhnRgOLZhTsXtL+zgT6PGM6WWj9qxJvBktwCB4=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.2-0.20220318110013-3bc8f2c651ff/go.mod h1:KLGtagmR8GET5drwfO/cxzy0C3Om4pyqDr8kpjTJm6s=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20171117100541-99fa1f4be8e5/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20180712105110-5c3871d89910/go.mod h1:MbSGuTsp3dbXC40dX6PRTWyKYBIrTGTE9sqQNg2J8bo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190129233127-fd36f4220a90/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
@@ -1579,6 +1580,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.51.0/go.mod h1:2pHwJxKDhSd4t42GkiCosU9G3szHoWUK
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.44.0/go.mod h1:4jo1R8uBDspLCxUGhQ0k3v/EFXFbW7s0AIy3LuGLbcU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.45.0/go.mod h1:uyiyyq8lV45zrJ94MnLip26sorfNLP6J9XmOvaEmy7w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.48.0/go.mod h1:1QVYv8TqsTMt9wVC5BUF9fqMVtk2C5EclWDnuVqdKoU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0 h1:1wt8pQ4O6GaUeYEaR+dh3zHmYsFicduF2bbPGMZeSKk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/model v0.50.0/go.mod h1:vKpC0JMtrL7g9tUHmzcQqd8rEbnahKVdTWZSVO7x3Ms=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v0.51.0 h1:J5CCnrg1iGOA1CfFOH+wAkMlJ1vjcm677kuPp18mbko=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v0.51.0/go.mod h1:FsowYKNmf8CgsHgOfJv8V3KjALmy6FYQRHtXAOY3fho=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.51.0 h1:Almgp3RZKDZNIp5491LfQ/oF2GG5gPK14IghjUxgkPg=