diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts
index 2088772ca27..751c8d935bc 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/utils/environment.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export type ENVIRONMENT = {
   OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT?: string;
   OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_PASSWORD?: string;
   OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_USER?: string;
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_HOST?: string;
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_PORT?: number;
   OTEL_LOG_LEVEL?: LogLevel;
   OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES?: string;
 } & ENVIRONMENT_NUMBERS &
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT: Required<ENVIRONMENT> = {
   OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT: '',
   OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_PASSWORD: '',
   OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_USER: '',
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_HOST: '',
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_PORT: 9464,
   OTEL_LOG_LEVEL: LogLevel.INFO,
   OTEL_NO_PATCH_MODULES: [],
   OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES: '',
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/utils/environment.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/utils/environment.test.ts
index 35c9bdcb5ab..ca993dc20d1 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/utils/environment.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/utils/environment.test.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ describe('environment', () => {
         OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT: 'https://example.com/endpoint',
         OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_PASSWORD: 'secret',
         OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_USER: 'whoami',
+        OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_HOST: '1.2.3.4',
+        OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_PORT: 1234,
         OTEL_LOG_LEVEL: 'ERROR',
         OTEL_NO_PATCH_MODULES: 'a,b,c',
         OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES: '<attrs>',
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ describe('environment', () => {
         env.OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_AGENT_HOST,
         'host.domain.com'
       );
+      assert.strictEqual(env.OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_HOST, '1.2.3.4');
+      assert.strictEqual(env.OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_PORT, 1234);
       assert.strictEqual(
         env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4,
         'https://ecs.uri/v4'
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/PrometheusExporter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/PrometheusExporter.ts
index d47745980ca..65b5402a6fe 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/PrometheusExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/src/PrometheusExporter.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   ExportResult,
   globalErrorHandler,
   ExportResultCode,
+  getEnv,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { MetricExporter, MetricRecord } from '@opentelemetry/metrics';
 import { createServer, IncomingMessage, Server, ServerResponse } from 'http';
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ import { ExporterConfig } from './export/types';
 import { PrometheusSerializer } from './PrometheusSerializer';
 import { PrometheusLabelsBatcher } from './PrometheusLabelsBatcher';
 
+const env = getEnv();
 export class PrometheusExporter implements MetricExporter {
   static readonly DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
-    port: 9464,
-    endpoint: '/metrics',
+    port: env.OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_PORT,
+    endpoint: `${env.OTEL_EXPORTER_PROMETHEUS_HOST}/metrics`,
     prefix: '',
     appendTimestamp: true,
   };