diff --git a/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt b/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
index 27ee7de956..3589c28b5c 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/exporters/otlp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 include_directories(include)
 
 add_library(opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol src/recordable.cc)
+target_include_directories(
+  opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol
+  PUBLIC $<TARGET_PROPERTY:opentelemetry_proto,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
 target_link_libraries(opentelemetry_exporter_otprotocol
                       $<TARGET_OBJECTS:opentelemetry_proto>)
 
diff --git a/third_party/opentelemetry-proto/Protobuf.cmake b/third_party/opentelemetry-proto/Protobuf.cmake
index 50a174f1fc..95a3fae81c 100644
--- a/third_party/opentelemetry-proto/Protobuf.cmake
+++ b/third_party/opentelemetry-proto/Protobuf.cmake
@@ -1,48 +1,68 @@
+include(FetchContent)
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  gRPC
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/grpc/grpc
+  GIT_TAG v1.32.0)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(gRPC)
+
 set(PROTO_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/opentelemetry-proto")
 
 set(COMMON_PROTO "${PROTO_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/common/v1/common.proto")
-set(RESOURCE_PROTO "${PROTO_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/resource/v1/resource.proto")
+set(RESOURCE_PROTO
+    "${PROTO_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/resource/v1/resource.proto")
 set(TRACE_PROTO "${PROTO_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.proto")
 
-set(GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated/third_party/opentelemetry-proto")
+set(GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated/third_party/opentelemetry-proto")
 
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}")
 
-set(COMMON_PB_CPP_FILE "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/common/v1/common.pb.cc")
-set(COMMON_PB_H_FILE "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/common/v1/common.pb.h")
-set(RESOURCE_PB_CPP_FILE "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/resource/v1/resource.pb.cc")
-set(RESOURCE_PB_H_FILE "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/resource/v1/resource.pb.h")
-set(TRACE_PB_CPP_FILE "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.pb.cc")
-set(TRACE_PB_H_FILE "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.pb.h")
+set(COMMON_PB_CPP_FILE
+    "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/common/v1/common.pb.cc")
+set(COMMON_PB_H_FILE
+    "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/common/v1/common.pb.h")
+set(RESOURCE_PB_CPP_FILE
+    "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/resource/v1/resource.pb.cc")
+set(RESOURCE_PB_H_FILE
+    "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/resource/v1/resource.pb.h")
+set(TRACE_PB_CPP_FILE
+    "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.pb.cc")
+set(TRACE_PB_H_FILE
+    "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.pb.h")
+set(TRACE_GRPC_PB_CPP_FILE
+    "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.grpc.pb.cc")
+set(TRACE_GRPC_PB_H_FILE
+    "${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.grpc.pb.h")
 
 foreach(IMPORT_DIR ${PROTOBUF_IMPORT_DIRS})
   list(APPEND PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_FLAGS "-I${IMPORT_DIR}")
 endforeach()
 
 add_custom_command(
-  OUTPUT
-    ${COMMON_PB_H_FILE}
-    ${COMMON_PB_CPP_FILE}
-    ${RESOURCE_PB_H_FILE}
-    ${RESOURCE_PB_CPP_FILE}
-    ${TRACE_PB_H_FILE}
-    ${TRACE_PB_CPP_FILE}
-  COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE}
-  ARGS
-    "--proto_path=${PROTO_PATH}"
-    ${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_FLAGS}
+  OUTPUT ${COMMON_PB_H_FILE}
+         ${COMMON_PB_CPP_FILE}
+         ${RESOURCE_PB_H_FILE}
+         ${RESOURCE_PB_CPP_FILE}
+         ${TRACE_PB_H_FILE}
+         ${TRACE_PB_CPP_FILE}
+         ${TRACE_GRPC_PB_H_FILE}
+         ${TRACE_GRPC_PB_CPP_FILE}
+  COMMAND
+    ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} ARGS "--grpc_out=${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}"
+    "--proto_path=${PROTO_PATH}" ${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_FLAGS}
     "--cpp_out=${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}"
-    ${COMMON_PROTO}
-    ${RESOURCE_PROTO}
-    ${TRACE_PROTO}
-)
-
-include_directories(SYSTEM "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated/third_party/opentelemetry-proto")
-
-add_library(opentelemetry_proto OBJECT
-    ${COMMON_PB_CPP_FILE}
-    ${RESOURCE_PB_CPP_FILE}
-    ${TRACE_PB_CPP_FILE})
-if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=$<TARGET_FILE:grpc_cpp_plugin> ${COMMON_PROTO}
+    ${RESOURCE_PROTO} ${TRACE_PROTO})
+
+include_directories(${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH})
+
+add_library(
+  opentelemetry_proto OBJECT ${COMMON_PB_CPP_FILE} ${RESOURCE_PB_CPP_FILE}
+                             ${TRACE_PB_CPP_FILE} ${TRACE_GRPC_PB_CPP_FILE})
+set_target_properties(
+  opentelemetry_proto
+  PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_PATH}
+             INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES gRPC::grpc)
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   set_property(TARGET opentelemetry_proto PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 endif()