diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/package.json
index 40f4cfd659f..9e11325b521 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@opentelemetry/resources": "^0.4.0",
     "@babel/core": "^7.6.0",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.5",
     "@types/node": "^12.6.8",
@@ -83,6 +82,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.4.0",
     "@opentelemetry/base": "^0.4.0",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.4.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/resources": "^0.4.0",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "^0.4.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporter.ts
index 82aee233998..4e2c71504f5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/CollectorExporter.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { Attributes, Logger } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import * as collectorTypes from './types';
 import { toCollectorSpan } from './transform';
 import { onInit, onShutdown, sendSpans } from './platform/index';
+import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 
 /**
  * Collector Exporter Config
@@ -100,10 +101,12 @@ export class CollectorExporter implements SpanExporter {
           toCollectorSpan(span)
         );
         this.logger.debug('spans to be sent', spansToBeSent);
+        const resource =
+          spansToBeSent.length > 0 ? spans[0].resource : Resource.empty();
 
         // Send spans to [opentelemetry collector]{@link https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector}
         // it will use the appropriate transport layer automatically depends on platform
-        sendSpans(spansToBeSent, resolve, reject, this);
+        sendSpans(spansToBeSent, resolve, reject, this, resource);
       } catch (e) {
         reject(e);
       }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/sendSpans.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/sendSpans.ts
index ca8b1f9203d..e3836266cf2 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/sendSpans.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/browser/sendSpans.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { Logger } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { CollectorExporter } from '../../CollectorExporter';
 import * as collectorTypes from '../../types';
 import { VERSION } from '../../version';
+import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 
 /**
  * function that is called once when {@link ExporterCollector} is initialised
@@ -43,12 +44,14 @@ export function onShutdown(shutdownF: EventListener) {
  * @param onSuccess
  * @param onError
  * @param collectorExporter
+ * @param resource
  */
 export function sendSpans(
   spans: collectorTypes.Span[],
   onSuccess: () => void,
   onError: (status?: number) => void,
-  collectorExporter: CollectorExporter
+  collectorExporter: CollectorExporter,
+  resource: Resource
 ) {
   const exportTraceServiceRequest: collectorTypes.ExportTraceServiceRequest = {
     node: {
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ export function sendSpans(
       },
       attributes: collectorExporter.attributes,
     },
-    // resource: '', not implemented
+    resource: resource.labels,
     spans,
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/sendSpans.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/sendSpans.ts
index aaf23d2820a..363bcc5ce6c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/sendSpans.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/platform/node/sendSpans.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import * as collectorTypes from '../../types';
 
 import * as url from 'url';
 import { VERSION } from '../../version';
+import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 
 /**
  * function that is called once when {@link ExporterCollector} is initialised
@@ -47,12 +48,14 @@ export function onShutdown(shutdownF: Function) {}
  * @param onSuccess
  * @param onError
  * @param collectorExporter
+ * @param resource
  */
 export function sendSpans(
   spans: collectorTypes.Span[],
   onSuccess: () => void,
   onError: (status?: number) => void,
-  collectorExporter: CollectorExporter
+  collectorExporter: CollectorExporter,
+  resource: Resource
 ) {
   const exportTraceServiceRequest: collectorTypes.ExportTraceServiceRequest = {
     node: {
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ export function sendSpans(
       },
       attributes: collectorExporter.attributes,
     },
-    // resource: '', not implemented
+    resource: resource.labels,
     spans,
   };
   const body = JSON.stringify(exportTraceServiceRequest);