diff --git a/cmd/containerd-shim-runc-v2/manager/manager_linux.go b/cmd/containerd-shim-runc-v2/manager/manager_linux.go
index 4e2f1c1195..ee7e281308 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd-shim-runc-v2/manager/manager_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd-shim-runc-v2/manager/manager_linux.go
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	goruntime "runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -105,7 +107,20 @@ func newCommand(ctx context.Context, id, containerdAddress, containerdTTRPCAddre
 	cmd := exec.Command(self, args...)
 	cmd.Dir = cwd
 	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GOMAXPROCS=4")
-	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=containerd-shim-"+id)
+	// Preserve inherited resource attributes, but override the daemon's identity.
+	// The OpenTelemetry SDK uses the last value for duplicate resource keys.
+	var attrs []string
+	if inherited := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES")); inherited != "" {
+		attrs = append(attrs, inherited)
+	}
+	attrs = append(attrs,
+		"service.instance.id="+url.PathEscape(id),
+		"service.version="+url.PathEscape(version.Version),
+	)
+	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env,
+		"OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=containerd-shim-runc-v2",
+		"OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="+strings.Join(attrs, ","),
+	)
 
 	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
 		Setpgid: true,
diff --git a/cmd/containerd-shim-runc-v2/manager/manager_linux_test.go b/cmd/containerd-shim-runc-v2/manager/manager_linux_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49e07ad301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/containerd-shim-runc-v2/manager/manager_linux_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+   Copyright The containerd Authors.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package manager
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/namespaces"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/version"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
+)
+
+func TestNewCommandTracingResource(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name       string
+		inherited  string
+		attributes map[string]string
+	}{
+		{name: "empty"},
+		{name: "whitespace", inherited: "  "},
+		{
+			name:      "inherited",
+			inherited: "service.name=containerd,service.instance.id=daemon,service.version=old,service.namespace=runtime,host.name=node,custom.value=a%2Cb%3Dc%25",
+			attributes: map[string]string{
+				"service.namespace": "runtime",
+				"host.name":         "node",
+				"custom.value":      "a,b=c%",
+			},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Setenv("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME", "containerd")
+			t.Setenv("OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES", tc.inherited)
+			ctx := namespaces.WithNamespace(context.Background(), "test-ns")
+			for _, id := range []string{"test-shim", "another-shim"} {
+				cmd, err := newCommand(ctx, id, "/containerd.sock", "/containerd.sock.ttrpc", false)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				// Environ applies exec.Cmd's duplicate-variable handling. Read the
+				// resulting resource with the SDK without using its cached default.
+				for _, entry := range cmd.Environ() {
+					key, value, _ := strings.Cut(entry, "=")
+					if key == "OTEL_SERVICE_NAME" || key == "OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES" {
+						t.Setenv(key, value)
+					}
+				}
+				res, err := resource.New(ctx, resource.WithFromEnv())
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				attrs := res.Set()
+				for key, expected := range map[string]string{
+					"service.name":        "containerd-shim-runc-v2",
+					"service.instance.id": id,
+					"service.version":     version.Version,
+				} {
+					value, ok := attrs.Value(attribute.Key(key))
+					require.True(t, ok, key)
+					require.Equal(t, expected, value.AsString(), key)
+				}
+				for key, expected := range tc.attributes {
+					value, ok := attrs.Value(attribute.Key(key))
+					require.True(t, ok, key)
+					require.Equal(t, expected, value.AsString(), key)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}