diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/pyroscope/pyroscope.ebpf.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/pyroscope/pyroscope.ebpf.md
index 62054d1408d..fa6155d50de 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/pyroscope/pyroscope.ebpf.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/pyroscope/pyroscope.ebpf.md
@@ -111,6 +111,63 @@ Several arguments are marked as "Deprecated (no-op)". These arguments were previ
 * `pyroscope_ebpf_profiling_sessions_total` (counter): Number of profiling sessions completed.
 * `pyroscope_fanout_latency` (histogram): Write latency for sending to direct and indirect components.
 
+### eBPF profiler internal metrics
+
+The component also exposes internal metrics from the embedded eBPF profiler.
+These metrics are only emitted after they have been recorded at least once, so not all metrics appear on every host.
+The metrics carry an `otel_scope_name="pyroscope.ebpf"` label.
+
+Notable metrics include:
+
+#### Native unwinding
+
+* `UnwindNativeAttempts_total` (counter): Unwind attempts since the previous check.
+* `UnwindNativeFrames_total` (counter): Unwound frames since the previous check.
+* `UnwindNativeStackDeltaStop_total` (counter): Number of stop stack deltas in the native unwinder (success).
+* `UnwindNativeSmallPC_total` (counter): Number of times PC held a value smaller than 0x1000.
+* `UnwindErrStackLengthExceeded_total` (counter): Number of times MAX_FRAME_UNWINDS has been exceeded.
+
+#### Interpreter unwinding
+
+* `UnwindPythonAttempts_total` (counter): Number of attempted Python unwinds.
+* `UnwindPythonFrames_total` (counter): Number of unwound Python frames.
+* `UnwindHotspotAttempts_total` (counter): Number of attempted Hotspot JVM unwinds.
+* `UnwindHotspotFrames_total` (counter): Number of unwound Hotspot JVM frames.
+* `UnwindRubyAttempts_total` (counter): Number of attempted Ruby unwinds.
+* `UnwindRubyFrames_total` (counter): Number of unwound Ruby frames.
+* `UnwindPHPAttempts_total` (counter): Number of attempted PHP unwinds.
+* `UnwindPHPFrames_total` (counter): Number of unwound PHP frames.
+* `UnwindPerlAttempts_total` (counter): Number of attempted Perl unwinds.
+* `UnwindPerlFrames_total` (counter): Number of unwound Perl frames.
+* `UnwindV8Attempts_total` (counter): Number of attempted V8 unwinds.
+* `UnwindV8Frames_total` (counter): Number of unwound V8 frames.
+* `UnwindDotnetAttempts_total` (counter): Number of attempted .NET unwinds.
+* `UnwindDotnetFrames_total` (counter): Number of unwound .NET frames.
+
+#### Symbolization
+
+* `PythonSymbolizationSuccesses_total` (counter): Number of successfully symbolized Python frames.
+* `PythonSymbolizationFailures_total` (counter): Number of Python frames that failed symbolization.
+* `HotspotSymbolizationSuccesses_total` (counter): Number of successfully symbolized Hotspot frames.
+* `HotspotSymbolizationFailures_total` (counter): Number of Hotspot frames that failed symbolization.
+* `RubySymbolizationSuccess_total` (counter): Number of successfully symbolized Ruby frames.
+* `RubySymbolizationFailure_total` (counter): Number of Ruby frames that failed symbolization.
+
+#### Process management
+
+* `NumProcNew_total` (counter): Number of new PID events.
+* `NumProcExit_total` (counter): Number of exit PID events.
+* `NumGenericPID_total` (counter): Number of generic PID events.
+
+#### eBPF map state
+
+* `NumExeIDLoadedToEBPF` (gauge): The number of executables loaded to eBPF maps.
+* `HashmapPidPageToMappingInfo` (gauge): Current size of the pid_page_to_mapping_info hash map.
+* `HashmapNumStackDeltaPages` (gauge): Current size of the stack delta pages hash map.
+* `UnwindInfoArraySize` (gauge): Current size of the unwind info array.
+
+The full list of ~213 metrics is defined in the [`opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler` metrics.json](https://github.com/grafana/opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler/blob/main/metrics/metrics.json).
+
 ## Profile collecting behavior
 
 The `pyroscope.ebpf` component collects stack traces associated with a process running on the current host.
diff --git a/internal/component/pyroscope/ebpf/ebpf_linux.go b/internal/component/pyroscope/ebpf/ebpf_linux.go
index 593586ccce1..39712e5e0a6 100644
--- a/internal/component/pyroscope/ebpf/ebpf_linux.go
+++ b/internal/component/pyroscope/ebpf/ebpf_linux.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package ebpf
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/pyroscope/internalshim/controller"
 
 	reporter2 "go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/reporter"
-	metricnoop "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/noop"
+	sdkprometheus "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus"
+	sdkmetric "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/pyroscope"
@@ -53,11 +55,37 @@ func init() {
 		},
 	})
 	python.NoContinueWithNextUnwinder.Store(true)
-	// Disable ebpf profiler metrics
-	ebpfmetrics.Start(metricnoop.Meter{})
 }
 
+var (
+	ebpfMetricsOnce     sync.Once
+	ebpfMetricsRegistry *prometheus.Registry // reused by all instances
+	ebpfMetricsErr      error                // stored for all instances to check
+)
+
 func New(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, id string, args Arguments) (*Component, error) {
+	// ebpfmetrics.Start writes to package-level globals in the upstream library,
+	// so it must only be called once. All instances share the same OTel registry.
+	ebpfMetricsOnce.Do(func() {
+		ebpfMetricsRegistry = prometheus.NewRegistry()
+		promExporter, err := sdkprometheus.New(
+			sdkprometheus.WithRegisterer(ebpfMetricsRegistry),
+			sdkprometheus.WithoutTargetInfo(),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			ebpfMetricsErr = fmt.Errorf("creating OTel prometheus exporter: %w", err)
+			return
+		}
+		mp := sdkmetric.NewMeterProvider(sdkmetric.WithReader(promExporter))
+		ebpfmetrics.Start(mp.Meter("pyroscope.ebpf"))
+	})
+	if ebpfMetricsErr != nil {
+		return nil, ebpfMetricsErr
+	}
+	if reg != nil {
+		reg.MustRegister(ebpfMetricsRegistry)
+	}
+
 	cfg, err := args.Convert()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err