diff --git a/elixir/config/runtime.exs b/elixir/config/runtime.exs
index dc374074c..0ebbb4050 100644
--- a/elixir/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/elixir/config/runtime.exs
@@ -227,7 +227,17 @@ if config_env() == :prod do
   ###############################
 
   if System.get_env("OTLP_ENDPOINT") do
-    config :opentelemetry, resource_detectors: [:otel_resource_env_var, :otel_resource_app_env]
+    config :opentelemetry,
+      resource_detectors: [:otel_resource_env_var, :otel_resource_app_env],
+      resource: %{
+        service: %{
+          # These are populated on our GCP VMs
+          name: System.get_env("APPLICATION_NAME"),
+          namespace: System.get_env("GCP_PROJECT_ID"),
+          version: System.get_env("RELEASE_VSN"),
+          instance: %{id: System.get_env("GCP_INSTANCE_NAME")}
+        }
+      }
 
     config :opentelemetry,
       span_processor: :batch,