diff --git a/charts/gateway-addons-helm/README.md b/charts/gateway-addons-helm/README.md
index bd1c5adce9..ad9bd969a6 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-addons-helm/README.md
+++ b/charts/gateway-addons-helm/README.md
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ To uninstall the chart:
 | opentelemetry-collector.image.repository | string | `"otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib"` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.image.tag | string | `"0.121.0"` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.mode | string | `"deployment"` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.containerPort | int | `8126` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.hostPort | int | `8126` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.protocol | string | `"TCP"` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.servicePort | int | `8126` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.ports.envoy-als.appProtocol | string | `"grpc"` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.ports.envoy-als.containerPort | int | `9000` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.ports.envoy-als.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
diff --git a/charts/gateway-addons-helm/values.yaml b/charts/gateway-addons-helm/values.yaml
index b491b506a0..309b6ee924 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-addons-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-addons-helm/values.yaml
@@ -814,6 +814,12 @@ opentelemetry-collector:
       hostPort: 9000
       protocol: TCP
       appProtocol: grpc
+    datadog:
+      enabled: true
+      containerPort: 8126
+      servicePort: 8126
+      hostPort: 8126
+      protocol: TCP
   fullnameOverride: otel-collector
   mode: deployment
   image:
diff --git a/site/content/en/latest/install/gateway-addons-helm-api.md b/site/content/en/latest/install/gateway-addons-helm-api.md
index 75e2be7301..df002772cf 100644
--- a/site/content/en/latest/install/gateway-addons-helm-api.md
+++ b/site/content/en/latest/install/gateway-addons-helm-api.md
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ An Add-ons Helm chart for Envoy Gateway
 | opentelemetry-collector.image.repository | string | `"otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib"` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.image.tag | string | `"0.121.0"` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.mode | string | `"deployment"` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.containerPort | int | `8126` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.hostPort | int | `8126` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.protocol | string | `"TCP"` |  |
+| opentelemetry-collector.ports.datadog.servicePort | int | `8126` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.ports.envoy-als.appProtocol | string | `"grpc"` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.ports.envoy-als.containerPort | int | `9000` |  |
 | opentelemetry-collector.ports.envoy-als.enabled | bool | `true` |  |
diff --git a/test/e2e/testdata/tracing-datadog.yaml b/test/e2e/testdata/tracing-datadog.yaml
index e3c2a1b6b9..d39f5e1fa5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/testdata/tracing-datadog.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/testdata/tracing-datadog.yaml
@@ -18,21 +18,6 @@ spec:
       kind: EnvoyProxy
       name: datadog-tracing
 ---
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: datadog-agent
-  namespace: monitoring
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: eg-addons
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-collector
-    component: standalone-collector
-  ports:
-    - protocol: TCP
-      port: 8126
-      targetPort: 8126
----
 apiVersion: gateway.envoyproxy.io/v1alpha1
 kind: EnvoyProxy
 metadata:
@@ -48,9 +33,8 @@ spec:
       provider:
         type: Datadog
         backendRefs:
-          - name: backend-fqdn
-            kind: Backend
-            group: gateway.envoyproxy.io
+          - name: otel-collector
+            namespace: monitoring
             port: 8126
       customTags:
         "provider":
@@ -75,17 +59,6 @@ spec:
     drainTimeout: 5s
     minDrainDuration: 1s
 ---
-apiVersion: gateway.envoyproxy.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Backend
-metadata:
-  name: backend-fqdn
-  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
-spec:
-  endpoints:
-    - fqdn:
-        hostname: datadog-agent.monitoring.svc.cluster.local
-        port: 8126
----
 apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: HTTPRoute
 metadata:
diff --git a/test/helm/gateway-addons-helm/e2e.out.yaml b/test/helm/gateway-addons-helm/e2e.out.yaml
index 60c1ec512d..6684b559a1 100644
--- a/test/helm/gateway-addons-helm/e2e.out.yaml
+++ b/test/helm/gateway-addons-helm/e2e.out.yaml
@@ -9747,6 +9747,10 @@ spec:
   type: ClusterIP
   ports:
     
+    - name: datadog
+      port: 8126
+      targetPort: 8126
+      protocol: TCP
     - name: envoy-als
       port: 9000
       targetPort: 9000
@@ -9997,6 +10001,9 @@ spec:
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           ports:
             
+            - name: datadog
+              containerPort: 8126
+              protocol: TCP
             - name: envoy-als
               containerPort: 9000
               protocol: TCP