diff --git a/docs/reference/edot-python/configuration.md b/docs/reference/edot-python/configuration.md
index 50894310..7efa5c07 100644
--- a/docs/reference/edot-python/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/reference/edot-python/configuration.md
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ EDOT Python uses different defaults than OpenTelemetry Python for the following
 
 | Option | EDOT Python default | OpenTelemetry Python default | Notes |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| `OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS` | `process_runtime,os,otel,telemetry_distro,service_instance,containerid,_gcp,aws_ec2,aws_ecs,aws_elastic_beanstalk,azure_app_service,azure_vm` | `otel` | |
+| `OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS` | `process_runtime,os,telemetry_distro,service_instance,containerid,_gcp,aws_ec2,aws_ecs,aws_elastic_beanstalk,azure_app_service,azure_vm,otel` | `otel` | |
 | `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TEMPORALITY_PREFERENCE` | `DELTA` | `CUMULATIVE` | |
 | `OTEL_LOG_LEVEL` | `warn` | | {applies_to}`edot_python: ga 1.9.0` |
 | `OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER` | `always_off` | `trace_based` | |
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ EDOT Python uses different defaults than OpenTelemetry Python for the following
 | `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG` | `1.0` | | {applies_to}`edot_python: ga 1.6.0`|
 
 :::{note}
-`OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS` cloud resource detectors are dynamically set. When running in a Kubernetes Pod it will be set to `process_runtime,os,otel,telemetry_distro,service_instance,_gcp,aws_eks`.
+`OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS` cloud resource detectors are dynamically set. When running in a Kubernetes Pod it will be set to `process_runtime,os,telemetry_distro,service_instance,_gcp,aws_eks,otel`.
 :::
 
 :::{note}
diff --git a/src/elasticotel/distro/__init__.py b/src/elasticotel/distro/__init__.py
index 9f6e67c5..ac7482be 100644
--- a/src/elasticotel/distro/__init__.py
+++ b/src/elasticotel/distro/__init__.py
@@ -190,10 +190,12 @@ def _configure(self, **kwargs):
         base_resource_detectors = [
             "process_runtime",
             "os",
-            "otel",
             "telemetry_distro",
             "service_instance",
             "containerid",
         ]
-        detectors = base_resource_detectors + get_cloud_resource_detectors()
+        # the `otel` resource detector reads the `OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` and `OTEL_SERVICE_NAME`
+        # from the environment variables. Keep it last so we can override attributes by the other
+        # resource detectors
+        detectors = base_resource_detectors + get_cloud_resource_detectors() + ["otel"]
         os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS, ",".join(detectors))
diff --git a/tests/distro/test_distro.py b/tests/distro/test_distro.py
index 106d3b3c..5ec681f7 100644
--- a/tests/distro/test_distro.py
+++ b/tests/distro/test_distro.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_default_configuration(self):
         self.assertEqual("otlp", os.environ.get(OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER))
         self.assertEqual("grpc", os.environ.get(OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL))
         self.assertEqual(
-            "process_runtime,os,otel,telemetry_distro,service_instance,containerid,_gcp,aws_ec2,aws_ecs,aws_elastic_beanstalk,azure_app_service,azure_vm",
+            "process_runtime,os,telemetry_distro,service_instance,containerid,_gcp,aws_ec2,aws_ecs,aws_elastic_beanstalk,azure_app_service,azure_vm,otel",
             os.environ.get(OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS),
         )
         self.assertEqual("always_off", os.environ.get(OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER))
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_integration.py b/tests/integration/test_integration.py
index bd1f8bce..8901c783 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_integration.py
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ def test_traces_sets_resource_attributes_from_env(self):
         resource = span["resource"]
         self.assertEqual(resource["service.name"], "my-service")
 
+    def test_traces_can_override_resource_attributes_from_env(self):
+        env = {"OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES": "telemetry.distro.name=custom-distro"}
+        stdout, stderr, returncode = self.run_script(
+            self.script, environment_variables=env, wrapper_script="opentelemetry-instrument"
+        )
+
+        telemetry = self.get_telemetry()
+        (span,) = telemetry["traces"]
+        resource = span["resource"]
+        self.assertEqual(resource["telemetry.distro.name"], "custom-distro")
+
     def test_metrics_default_does_not_contain_system_metrics(self):
         stdout, stderr, returncode = self.run_script(self.script, wrapper_script="opentelemetry-instrument")